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TRINITY INTERNATIONAL TROJANS (6-7, 2-4 CCAC) at ST. AMBROSE BEES (9-5, 4-2 CCAC)
Tuesday, January 5 | 5:30 p.m.
Lohman Arena | Davenport, Iowa

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TRINITY INTERNATIONAL TROJANS (6-7, 2-4 CCAC) vs. #6 CARDINAL STRITCH WOLVES (12-3, 5-1 CCAC)
Thursday, January 7 | 5:30 p.m.
Van Dixhorn Arena | Deerfield, Ill.

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TRINITY INTERNATIONAL TROJANS (6-7, 2-4 CCAC) at TRINITY CHRISTIAN TROLLS (0-14, 0-7 CCAC)
Saturday, January 9 | 1:00 p.m.
Trinity Athletics & Recreation Complex | Palos Heights, Ill.

Quick Notes
• Trinity International resumes conference play this week with a full slate, as the Trojans host a nationally-ranked opponent, sandwiched around a pair of road contests. The Trojans first head to St. Ambrose for the first meeting with the Bees as a conference foe on Tuesday night. On Thursday, TIU hosts No. 6 Cardinal Stritch, before heading to Trinity Christian on Saturday.
• All three contests will be streamed live, online at TIUTrojans.com.
• Two players are averaging double figures for TIU this season, with senior guard JaToya Woods scoring a team-high 17.3 points per game. Junior Sarina Falvo has contributed 12.2 points per game while shooting a team-leading 35.8% from three-point range in her first season as a Trojan.
• St. Ambrose will host the Trojans while on a five-game winning streak, which include a 38-point win over Holy Cross, and a 49-point victory over Viterbo (Wisc.). Cardinal Stritch are 12-3 on the year, but just 2-2 in their last four contests. Trinity Christian are searching for their first win of the season, with an 0-14 mark.
• TIU ranks 2nd in NAIA D-II with a team average of 14.6 steals per game, and are 7th nationally with 190 total steals.
• Defensively, the Trojans allow 64.3 points per game, good for 5th in the CCAC and 48th nationally.
• 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 six 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

National Leaders
• The Trojans are one of the better defensive units in the NAIA this season. Trinity ranks among the top 40 teams in five different defensive categories.
• Individually, senior JaToya Woods currently holds the third-highest steals-per-game average in the NAIA, with 3.5 per game.
• Freshman forward Parris Bryant ranks 9th in the nation with 2.23 blocks per game, and 12th in total blocks, with 29.

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 703 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 22 points in Saturday's win at Governors State, Woods moved into 8th on the list, surpassing Jonkea Stewart-Butler (2007-09). Another six points against the Bees on Tuesday will move Woods into 7th, passing Rachel Edelen (2004-08).

Trojan Program History
• Head Coach Laurel Wartluft is one of the winningest active head coaches in the NAIA; Wartluft has collected 351 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 159-231 (.408).
•Trinity International has never appeared in the NAIA Coaches Poll, since it's debut in 1999-00.