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TRINITY INTERNATIONAL TROJANS (7-12, 3-9 CCAC) at #1 ST. XAVIER COUGARS (22-1, 12-1 CCAC)
Wednesday, January 27 | 5:00 p.m.
Shannon Center | Chicago, Ill.

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TRINITY INTERNATIONAL TROJANS (7-12, 3-9 CCAC) vs. INDIANA-SOUTH BEND TITANS (10-13, 4-8 CCAC)
Saturday, January 30 | 5:00 p.m.
Van Dixhorn Arena | Deerfield, Ill.

Quick Notes 
• Trinity International faces a tough road test this week, before returning home for one of just four remaining games inside Van Dixhorn Arena. The Trojans take on No. 1 St. Xavier on Wednesday night, then host Indiana-South Bend on Saturday, in the TIU Whiteout Game. The first 700 fans in the door will receive a free TIU Whiteout t-shirt.
• Both games will be streamed online at TIUTrojans.com.
• The Trojans are currently tied with Judson for 11th in the CCAC standings, just two games behind 8th-place Robert Morris. The top eight teams earn a berth into the CCAC Tournament, beginning on Feb. 23.
• Two players are averaging double figures for TIU this season, with senior guard JaToya Woods scoring a team-high 18.1 points per game. Junior Sarina Falvo has contributed 11.3 points per game while shooting a team-leading 31.1% from three-point range in her first season as a Trojan.
• TIU ranks 4th in NAIA D-II with a team average of 13.2 steals per game, and are 12th nationally with 251 total steals.
• Defensively, the Trojans allow 69.9 points per game, good for 11th in the CCAC. TIU opponents have shot 38.2% from the field, ranking the Trojan defense 9th in the conference.
• The Trojans' win over Maranatha Baptist (Wisc.) on December 10th was head coach Laurel Wartluft's 350th career victory. Wartluft is one of 15 active coaches in the NAIA Division II with 350 or more victories.
• Trinity's seven victories this year are the most for the Trojans since 2012-13. The Trojans have more wins this season than in the past two years combined
• St. Xavier have won their last four games, following their first loss of the season, 73-61 at St. Francis on Jan. 9.
• Indiana-South Bend enter play on Wednesday with a three-game losing streak, and have just one victory in their last five games.

Series History with SXU
• The Trojans and Cougars will meet for the 18th time since the 2000-01 season on Wednesday, with St. Xavier taking the last 17 matchups in the series.
• The Trojans won the first game over the Cougars on Nov. 14, 2000, by a single point, 69-68, at the Meyer Sports Complex.

Series History with IUSB
• Trinity and Indiana-South Bend have met up nine times since the 2007-08 season, and the Titans hold a 6-3 record over the Trojans.
• IUSB have won the last three meetings, by an average margin of victory of 19.7 points.

Last Time Out vs. St. Xavier
• Senior guard JaToya Woods led Trinity International with 18 points on the night, but the Trojans were unable to keep up with the No. 3 St. Xavier Cougars, falling 76-54 on Nov. 18 inside Van Dixhorn Arena.
• The Trojans struggled on the boards, surrendering 19 offensive rebounds that resulted in 24 second-chance points for SXU. Turnovers plaged the home team as well, committing 33 on the night.
• Nika Bracun finished in double figures, picking up 10 points, while freshman forward Parris Bryant nearly picked up a double-double with nine points and nine boards.

Last Time Out vs. Indiana-South Bend
• Trinity International's top two scorers led the way on Jan. 14, 2015, as JaToya Woods and Basha Ramsey combined for more than half of the Trojans total offense, but a cold shooting performance and a big rebounding margin in favor of their opponents resulted in a 68-43 loss at the hands of the Indiana-South Bend Titans.
• Woods led the Trojans with 17 points, shooting 6-for-19 from the field. The loss snaps a two-game win streak for TIU in their first road trip after collecting a pair of victories at home over Christmas break.

National Leaders
• Individually, senior JaToya Woods currently holds the fourth-highest steals-per-game average in the NAIA, with 3.2 per game.
• On the offensvie end, Woods also ranks among the top of the NAIA, with 18.2 points per game, the 18th-best scoring average in the nation.
• Sarina Falvo ranks 28th in the NAIA with 2.4 steals per game, and 38th in total steals, with 45.

Player of the Week
• On Dec. 15, junior guard Sarina Falvo was named the CCAC Player of the Week, as well as the NCCAA National Player of the Week.
• Falvo recorded a career-high 34 points in the win over the Calumet St. Joseph on Dec. 12, the highest single-game point total for a Trojan since the 2010-11 season. The Cairns, Australia native knocked down eight three-pointers, matching the highest total of any player in the NAIA D-II at that point in the season.
• The Player of the Week award is the first for Trinity International women's basketball in nearly five years, when Melanie Duplessis was selected Player of the Week on Feb. 8, 2011. That season, the Trojans reached the CCAC Tournament simifinals, and qualified for the NCCAA National Tournament.

1,000 Point Club
• Since 2003-04, four Trojans have reached 1,000 career points, most recently Brittany Simon (2009-13), with 1,019 points.
• JaToya Woods is the active career leader in scoring, with 821 points. With 24 points in the win over Maranatha Baptist on Dec. 10, Woods moved into the program's top ten scoring list, dating back to the '03-'04 season.
• With 18 points in the win at Trinity Christian on Jan. 9, Woods moved into 6th on the list, surpassing Cassie Glendenning (2009-12).

Trojan Program History
• Head Coach Laurel Wartluft is one of the winningest active head coaches in the NAIA; Wartluft has collected 353 wins over her 25 years as a head coach.
• 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 160-236 (.404).
•Trinity International has never appeared in the NAIA Coaches Poll, since it's debut in 1999-00.

Up Next
• Next week, the Trojans will host the Judson Eagles in a Wednesday night matchup, before hitting the road to face the Roosevelt Lakers on Saturday, Feb. 6.