Quick Notes

• Trinity International continues their search for the season's first conference victory Tuesday night, when they host the Judson Eagles in the second of a two-game homestand.
• Live stats and streaming video of Tuesday's game can be found at TIUTrojans.com/LIVE
• The Trojans are looking to snap a three-game slide, following Saturday's 68-52 loss to Holy Cross.
• Senior guard Rayelle Ross leads the team with 12.3 points per game in the early season. Sarina Falvo (11.7 ppg) is also averaging double figures for the Trojans.
• Senior forward Marlou Peters is averaging a team-high 6.3 rebounds per game. Six different Trojans are pulling down three or more boards per game.
• As a team, the Trojans rank 2nd in the NAIA in free throw shooting, connecting at the charity stripe with a .785 percentage. Trinity posted a season-high .895 free throw percentage (17-of-19) in the win at Cincinnati Christian on Nov. 5.
• TIU head coach Laurel Wartluft earned her 355th career victory at Cincinnati Christian. Wartluft is one of 14 active coaches in NAIA Division II with 350 or more victories.
• Trinity is averaging 61.7 points per game as a team, good for 11th in the CCAC. Defensively, the Trojans allow an average of 67.0 points per game, ranking 6th in the league.
• The Judson offense is tied for 7th in the CCAC, averaging 65.8 points per game, while on the defensive end of the floor the Eagles allow 63.9 points per game, ranking 5th in the league.
• Trinity ranks 4th in the CCAC and 36th in the NAIA with an average of 10.7 steals per game. Rayelle Ross leads the team and ranks 22nd among NAIA leaders with 3.0 steals per game.
• The Trojans are looking to improve upon last season's record of 8-19, which was the program's highest win total in three seasons.

Series History

• Tuesday marks the 28th meeting between the Trojans and Eagles since the 2003-04 season. Judson currently holds a 20-8 lead in the series.
• Judson has claimed the last six victories, and nine of the last ten, dating back to 2011-12.

Last Time Out vs. Judson

• JaToya Woods paced Trinity with a game-high 19 points, but a stagnant third period proved to be the difference, as the visiting Eagles took the win over the Trojans, 71-59 on Feb. 3, 2016.
• The Trojans held a 28-27 halftime lead, but were outscored by the Eagles 25-6 in the third period, giving Judson a lead they would hold the rest of the way.
• Rayelle Ross finished with 13 points on the night, while Nika Bracun pulled down a team-high seven rebounds for TIU.

Scouting the Opponent

• The Eagles are coming off of an upset victory over No. 16 Olivet Nazarene last Saturday, and are currently 1-1 in league play. 
• Diamond Courts and Ashley Heine rank 22nd and 25th in the NAIA with 29 and 28 assists, respectively. As a team, the Eagles have the 5th-highest number of assists, with 141 on the season.
• Guard Jayla Barrett leads Judson with 10.6 points per game.

National Leaders

• Senior guard Rayelle Ross is among the NAIA's national leaders in steals, ranking 22th with an average of 3.0 steals per game. Her 18 total steals this year ranks 32nd in the NAIA.
• Senior guard Sarina Falvo is 29th in the NAIA, shooting .870 from the free throw line, after going a perfect 5-for-5 from the stripe against Holy Cross on Saturday.

Trojan Program History

• Head Coach Laurel Wartluft is one of the winningest active head coaches in the NAIA; Wartluft has collected 356 wins over her 26 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 161-245 (.397).
•Trinity International has never appeared in the NAIA Coaches Poll, since it's debut in 1999-00.

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.
• Basha Ramsey is the active career leader in scoring, with 569 points.

Up Next

• The Trojans then return from Thanksgiving break with a trip to Roosevelt on Wednesday, Nov. 30.
• Trinity then hits the road for the second game of the year against a nationally-ranked opponent, when they face No. 13 Purdue-Northwest on Saturday, December 3.