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TRINITY INTERNATIONAL TROJANS (0-13) at SAINT THOMAS (Fla.) BOBCATS (5-3)
Wednesday, December 31 | 5:00 p.m.
Fernandez Family Center | Miami Gardens, Fla.
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TRINITY INTERNATIONAL TROJANS vs. WARNER (Fla.) ROYALS (3-4)
Friday, January 2 | 12:00 p.m.
ICI Center | Daytona Beach, Fla.
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TRINITY INTERNATIONAL TROJANS at EMBRY-RIDDLE (Fla.) EAGLES (5-3)
Saturday, January 3 | 2:00 p.m.
ICI Center | Daytona Beach, Fla.
Game Notes | Twitter Updates | Live Video: St. Thomas | Warner | Embry-Riddle
Live Audio: St. Thomas | Embry-Riddle | Live Stats: St. Thomas | Warner | Embry-Riddle
Season Stats: TIU | St. Thomas | Warner | Embry-Riddle
Quick Notes
• The Trinity International Trojans will spend the New Year down south, as TIU heads to Florida for three matchups this week. The Trojans will take on St. Thomas (Fla.) on New Year's Eve, as part of The Athlete's Meals Classic, then face Warner (Fla.) and Embry-Riddle (Fla.) on January 2 and 3, in the Bahama House & Best Western Aku Tiki Shootout.
• All three games will have live video available; visit the women's basketball schedule page at TIUtrojans.com for links to video and audio broadcasts, as well as live stats throughout the weekend.
• TIU will look to snap a 31-game slide, dating back to last season.
• The Trojans are averaging 40.8 points per game, 13th-most in the CCAC; Defensively, they have allowed 79.9 points per game, ranking 12th in the conference.
• This weekend will mark Trinity's first meeting with all three opponents, dating back to the 2003-04 season. The Embry-Riddle program is in it's inaugural season.
• The Trojans were 5-24 last season, including an 0-18 mark in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
• Trinity returns just 44.3% of its scoring output from last season, as the top three scorers from a year ago graduated at the end of the season. This year's roster consists of just one senior, and included a total of 12 freshmen and sophomores.
• The Trojans had arguably the toughest opening stretch of any team in the NAIA. Trinity faced off against five nationally-ranked programs in the month of November, including each opponent in the first four games of the season. TIU capped that run off with a matchup against No. 1 St. Francis (Ind.). Additionally, nine of TIU's 13 opponents so far this season have winning records
• Sophomore Basha Ramsey has led the team in the early portion of the season, with 10.5 points per game. Freshman Nika Bracun has been TIU's leading rebounder, averaging 6.2 boards per night.
• Bracun scored a career-high 23 points against Roosevelt on Nov. 19, setting a new season high for any TIU player this year. In just her sixth collegiate game, the freshman became this season's only Trojan to score 20 points in a game.
League Leaders
• Trinity ranks 6th in the CCAC, allowing a .282 three-point shooting percentage to their opponents. (33rd in NAIA). As a whole, TIU opponents have been shooting at a .416 clip, the 4th-highest average in the conference.
• The team has an average of 26.1 blocked shots on the year, placing them 9th among CCAC squads.
• Basha Ramsey is the lone Trojan among the top 30 scoring leaders in the CCAC; her 10.5 points per game average places her 26th on the conference leaderboard.
• Freshman Nika Bracun sits 17th in the CCAC with 6.2 rebounds per game, and is the third-ranked freshman in the league. Bracun also ranks 7th in the conference in defensive boards, with 5.1 each night, most by any freshman in the conference.
• Arielle Miree ranks among the league leaders in free throw percentage, shooting 75.7% from the line, good for 12th in the CCAC. The sophomore from Chicago, Ill. has played the fourth-highest number of minutes on average, seeing 33.7 minutes on the floor each night.
Trojan Program History
• Head Coach Laurel Wartluft is one of the winningest head coaches in NAIA history; Wartluft has collected 344 wins over her 24 years as a head coach, which ranks 16th on the NAIA's winningest active head coaching list.
• TIU has made two appearances at the NAIA Women's Basketball Championship, in 1992-93, and 1994-95. The Trojans lost in the first round both times, to College of the Ozarks (Mo.) in 1993, and Western Oregon in 1995.
• Since 2003-04, TIU has posted an overall record of 151-210 (.418).
•Trinity International has never appeared in the NAIA Coaches Poll, since it's debut in 1999-00.
Van Dixhorn Arena Dedication
• Friends, family and alumni of Trinity International University are welcome to attend the dedication of the new Henry Van Dixhorn Arena, during the TIU Women's and Men's doubleheader on Saturday, February 7.
• The newly refurbished arena, made possible by the generous gifts from several friends across the Trinity family, including board member Henry Van Dixhorn and his family, was officially opened Friday, October 24th in the Meyer Sports Complex.
• The arena is the largest gathering space Trinity's campus has ever held, with a capacity of over 1,700 in the stands that now surround the brand new court on all sides.
