Quick Notes

• Trinity International continues a busy, three-game week on Thursday night, when they head north to take on the 16th-ranked Cardinal Stritch Wolves.
• Streaming video and live stats of Thursday's game can be found at StritchWolves.com.
• The Trojans are working to rebound after a 64-57 loss to St. Ambrose on Tuesday, snapping a two-game home winning streak.
• Senior guard Sarina Falvo leads the team with 11.8 points per game this season. Falvo has scored double figures in four of her last five games, including 14 points against St. Ambrose on Tuesday.
• Senior Rayelle Ross is second in scoring for the Trojans, with 8.5 points per game. Ross led the Trojans with 17 points against the Bees, marking the fourth time this year Ross was Trinity's top scorer.
• In just six games after returning from injury, Basha Ramsey has averaged 8.2 points with a team-high 6.3 rebounds per game, as five different Trojans are pulling down four or more boards per game.
• As a team, the Trojans rank 13th in the NAIA in free throw shooting, connecting at the charity stripe with a .739 percentage. Trinity shot a season-best 19-of-20 (.950) from the free throw line in the win over Calumet St. Joseph on Dec. 10.
• TIU head coach Laurel Wartluft earned her 355th career victory at Cincinnati Christian on Nov. 5. Wartluft is one of 15 active coaches in NAIA Division II with 350 or more victories.
• Trinity is averaging 62.5 points per game as a team, good for 12th in the CCAC. Defensively, the Trojans allow an average of 63.9 points per game, ranking 5th in the league.
• Cardinal Stritch averages 70.7 points per game, the 6th-best offense in the league. The Wolves lead the CCAC on the defensive end, allowing just 54.1 points each night.
• Trinity ranks 4th in the CCAC with an average of 11.0 steals per game. The team's average grew by more than two steals per game after recording a season-high 31 in the win over Lincoln Christian on Dec. 7.
• 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
• Thursday will be the 32nd meeting between the Trojans and Wolves since the 2003-04 season. Cardinal Stritch have earned a 29-2 record over that time.
• Stritch are winners of eight straight in the series, with the last Trojan victory coming in 2012.

Last Time Out vs. Cardinal Stritch
• A tight game throughout the first half, Trinity looked to have a shot for the upset, but the visitors pulled away after the halftime break, as the No. 9 Wolves defeated the Trojans 80-51 on Jan. 7, 2016, inside Van Dixhorn Arena.
• Senior guard JaToya Woods led Trinity (6-9, 2-6 CCAC) with 17 points on 5-of-15 shooting, while junior Rayelle Ross pitched in with 10 points and four assists.
• Stritch would go on to hold a 21-15 lead at the end of the first period, and built their first double-digit advantage early in the second. A pair of threes from Ross, along with two of Marlou Peters' nine points would cut the lead all the way down to 29-27, forcing a Stritch timeout. The Wolves came out of the stoppage firing, closing out the half on a 16-1 run to hold a 45-28 halftime lead. The Trojans were unable to climb back in the game, as Stritch outscored Trinity 19-9 in the third to put the game away.

Scouting the Opponent
• The No. 16 Wolves have won eight of their last nine, most recently earning a pair of victories Dec. 30-31 in San Antonio, Tex.
• Kelli Schrauth leads the Wolves with 16.5 points per game, and is 2nd nationally in the NAIA, with a .637 shooting percentage
• Haley Ream is 2nd in the CCAC and 10th in the NAIA, with 42 total steals on the year.

National Leaders
• Sarina Falvo ranks 9th among the NAIA national leaders in free throw shooting, connecting at the stripe with an .875 percentage.

Trojan Program History
• Head Coach Laurel Wartluft is one of the winningest active head coaches in the NAIA; Wartluft has collected 358 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 163-251 (.394).
•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 618 points.

Up Next
• The Trojans return to Van Dixhorn Arena this weekend, when they host Trinity Christian in a Saturday afternoon matchup, beginning at 1:00 p.m.