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No. 2 Pioneers face Fightin' Engineers tomorrow in Terre Haute, look to break UCONN's 2013-2015 win streak

Pioneers win streak sits at 47 games

1/12/2024 1:20:00 PM

GAME 15

No. 2 Transylvania (14-0, 7-0 HCAC) at RHIT (7-7, 4-3 HCAC)


Saturday, January 13th, 2024 | 1 PM | Terre Haute, Ind. | Hulbert Arena

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THE LONGEST ACTIVE WIN STREAK IN THE NCAA
The Pioneers have won 47 straight games going back to November 18th, 2022. After finishing last season 33-0 and national champions, Transylvania was voted first in the preseason WCBA poll, the first time in program history. The Pioneers success carried into the 2023-24 season, winning their first 14 games to move into the top 15 all time in NCAA for winning streaks. With DII Ashland University losing in mid-December, the Pioneers now hold the longest active win streak in the NCAA. With a win tomorrow, Transylvania will break UCONN's 47 game win streak set in the 2013-2015 seasons. Transylvania finished the 2023 year as the only undefeated team in the NCAA or NAIA, men or women.

ATOP OF THE NCAA
Transy is first in in scoring defense, giving up just 42.4 points per game. The Pioneers defense averages 9.9 steals per game. Transy is one of seven teams that remain undefeated this season. 

 
PAT DEACON CLASSIC CHAMPS
Transylvania Women's Basketball won the Pat Deacon Classic last month after beating Maryville College (72-42), and Wisconsin Lutheran College (54-48). The Pat Deacon Classic saw a dominating first game from the Pioneers as Kennedi Stacy would have 23 points in 19 minutes after going 6-9 on three point shots against Maryville. In the second game against Wisconsin Lutheran, the Pioneers found themselves trailing 10-15 after the first quarter, then led a strong comeback thanks to the efforts of Dasia Thornton with a 25 point and 13 rebound game. Thornton would earn Pat Deacon Classic MVP while Stacy would earn Pat Deacon Classic All-Tournament Team Honors.   
GAME 1 FULL RECAP | BOX SCORE GAME 2 FULL RECAP | BOX SCORE

GRATZ PARK PRIVATE WEALTH HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
Transylvania continued to dominate at home as they defeated Edgewood College 62-46  and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 71-59 to win the Holiday Tournament. Dasia Thornton finished with a game high 22 points in the championship while earning her fourth double-double of the season after grabbing 10 rebounds. Laken Ball was named to the All-Tournament Team and Sadie Wurth was named tournament MVP.
GAME 1 FULL RECAP | BOX SCORE GAME 2 FULL RECAP | BOX SCORE
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Pioneers held Hanover College to just 13 first half points in the 54-39 win to remain undefeated and extend the longest active winni ng streak in NCAA to 47 games. Dasia Thornton led the way with 19 points. Sydney Wright scored 10 points ansd was one rebound away from a double-double. It was Julia Fulks' 383rd head coaching victory. 
BOX SCORE | RECAP

Transy is 31-13 all time against Hanover after the win. HISTORY

MS. 1000
Transylvania fifth year forward Dasia Thornton achieved a career milestone last month. In the 65 point win over Defiance, Dasia earned her 1,000th career point with her 12th point of the game. She sank a free throw to achieve the accolade. Just a few days prior, she grabbed her 750th career rebound in the win over Wittenberg. 

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BEHIND ENEMY LINES
Rose Hulman is 7-7 overall and 4-3 in the HCAC. The Fightin' Engineers ride a two game win streak heading into tomorrow's matchup, defeating Defiance 66-37 and Earlham 63-50 last week.

RHIT was voted 8th in the HCAC Preseason Coaches Poll.

TEAM STATS (7-7, 4-3)

Overall Team Statistics
Statistic Rose-Hulman Opponents
SCORING
Total Points 934 909
Points Per Game 66.7 64.9
Scoring Margin 1.8 --
SHOOTING
FG: Made-Attempted 314-806 330-944
FG: Percentage .390 .350
FG: Per Game 22.4 23.6
3PT: Made-Attempted 45-166 89-352
3PT: Percentage .271 .253
3PT: Per Game 3.2 6.4
FT: Made-Attempted 261-326 160-240
FT: Percentage .801 .667
FT: Per Game 18.6 11.4
REBOUNDING
Total 590 561
Per Game 42.1 40.1
Margin 2.0 --
ASSISTS
Total 183 174
Per Game 13.1 12.4
TURNOVERS
Total 297 252
Per Game 21.2 18.0
Margin -3.2 --
Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.6 0.7
Points Off Turnovers 13.6 17.1
STEALS
Total 131 184
Per Game 9.4 13.1
BLOCKS
Total 56 49
Per Game 4.0 3.5
ATTENDANCE
Total 926 1368
Per Game 5-185 9-152

Overall Individual Statistics
# Player GP GS MINUTES FG 3PT FT SCORING REBOUNDS PF AST TO STL BLK
TOT AVG FGM FGA FG% 3PT 3PTA 3PT% FTM FTA FT% PTS AVG OFF DEF TOT AVG
14 Roland, Grace 14 6 309 22.1 60 127 .472 7 22 .318 49 58 .845 176 12.6 22 85 107 7.6 26 12 34 9 14
05 Baum, Jamie 14 14 489 34.9 54 163 .331 10 46 .217 52 58 .897 170 12.1 14 63 77 5.5 25 36 44 23 13
23 Shomba, Manuella 14 9 354 25.3 52 132 .394 0 0 .000 56 69 .812 160 11.4 30 74 104 7.4 17 9 17 18 2
01 Black, Ashley 13 13 387 29.8 50 124 .403 8 35 .229 26 39 .667 134 10.3 25 29 54 4.2 36 24 42 14 6
03 Reese, Sophia 14 14 416 29.7 36 89 .404 8 23 .348 33 40 .825 113 8.1 8 39 47 3.4 43 49 61 21 5
12 Gallegos-Rodriguez, CK 12 10 306 25.5 26 64 .406 0 3 .000 30 41 .732 82 6.8 35 50 85 7.1 31 23 26 23 12
30 Randolph, Mira 8 1 116 14.5 12 34 .353 8 19 .421 5 8 .625 37 4.6 2 7 9 1.1 12 8 16 5 0
04 Diaz, Emilia 14 3 263 18.8 14 44 .318 2 13 .154 6 7 .857 36 2.6 4 19 23 1.6 38 14 28 16 2
34 Rodriguez, Columba 6 0 25 4.2 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 7 1.2 3 4 7 1.2 2 1 4 0 0
02 Godoy-Rodriguez, María 8 0 44 5.5 3 10 .300 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 8 1.0 0 9 9 1.1 4 3 6 1 1
22 Scales, Tori 14 0 115 8.2 5 10 .500 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 11 0.8 3 6 9 0.6 3 3 8 1 1
TM Team 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 23 35 58 4.1 0 0 11 0 0
21 Vinesh, Neha 3 0 7 2.3 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 0 1 1 0.3 0 1 0 0 0
Total 14 2831 202.2 314 806 .390 45 166 .271 261 326 .801 934 66.71 169 421 590 42.1 237 183 297 131 56
Opponents 14 2826 201.9 330 944 .350 89 352 .253 160 240 .667 909 64.93 220 341 561 40.1 286 174 252 184 49





THE SERIES
Transy leads the all time series 25-13, and have won the last 8 games. SERIES HISTORY

HCAC LEADERS
Dasia Thornton leads the HCAC in rebounds with 113 total and averages 8.1 a game. She also leads in field goal percentage with .571 (84-147) and blocks with 22. 

Sadie Wurth leads the HCAC in assists with 65 and averages 4.6 a game.


LEADING THE NATIONALLY RANKED PIONEERS
Juli Fulks enters her tenth season for the 2023-24 season and has created a dynasty as one of the NCAA DIII's best. Fulks has dominated competition since becoming the head coach of Transylvania, winning 211 games in her previous nine seasons. Fulks' teams has won the HCAC regular season championship five times, and the HCAC tournament championship five seasons in a row.

In her first season, Transy earned an at large bid to the NCAA DIII tournament and became the first undefeated team in HCAC regular season history (18-0). They finished the season ranked 13th nationally, the highest in program history to that point.

The Pioneers won their first NCAA tournament game under Fulks in the 2018-2019 season when they defeated Piedmont 77-67.

In the 2021-2022 season, Fulks' squad finished the regular season perfect at 16-0, and then won the HCAC Tournament against Anderson 81-51. The Pioneers hosted the NCAA Regional for the first time ever and reached the elite eight for the first time in program history before losing to Trine University 47-54 to end the season 22-1, a then program best.
Fulks led Transy to a perfect 33-0 last season, winning the first national championship in school history. 

Awards the Pioneers accrued throughout the 2022-23 season is as follows: 

-Madison Kellione - NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner, NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Tournament MVP, Women's Basketball Coaches Association First Team All-American, D3Hoops Second Team All-American, Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 First Team, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team & Co-Player of the Year, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year from a Female Sport.
-Kennedi Stacy - NCAA DIII Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team, Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 Third Team, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team & Defensive Player of the Year.
-Daisa Thornton - NCAA DIII Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team, Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 Third Team, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team.
-Laken Ball - Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Second & Sportsmanship Team.
-Coach Juli Fulks - Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 Coach of the Year, D3Hoops Co-DIII Coach of the Year, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
-Tom Bolson Academic Team Award: Madison Kellione, McLain Murphy, Emilie Teall.
-RAFY Coaching Staff of the Year.
Juli Fulks' all time record sits at 374-142.

HCAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Dasia Thornton was named HCAC Player of the Week on December 4th, 2023 for her performances in the wins over Wittenberg and Defiance. She averaged 13.5 points and 7 rebounds while earning her 750th rebound and 1000th point. RELEASE

TRANSY STATS 'N STREAKS

  • Transy has the longest winning streak in NCAA at 47 games
  • Transy has outscored opponents 70.6 to 42.4 this season
  • Transy has started 14-0 for the 3rd consecutive season 
  • Transy has won 20 or more games 8 different times in the last 10 seasons
  • Transy is second in the NCAA in scoring margin (28.2)
UP NEXT
Transy hits the road next Wednesday to face MSJ at 7 PM. 

 

NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll

Jan. 9, 2024

The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll with teams' RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week's poll, and first-place votes received.

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Rank

School (Record)

Total
Points

First-Place
Votes

Last Week's
Rank

1

NYU (12-0)

248

8

1

2

Transylvania (13-0)

242

2

2

3

Rhode Island College (14-0)

229

0

4

4

UW-Whitewater (13-0)

220

0

5

5

Hope (13-1)

191

0

8

6

Gustavus Adolphus (11-1)

189

0

7

7

Scranton (12-1)

186

0

3

8

Christopher Newport (15-1)

185

0

6

9

Emory (11-1)

158

0

9

10

Hardin-Simmons (12-2)

146

0

10

11

Washington and Lee (13-1)

136

0

12

12

Wartburg (13-2)

132

0

11

13

Smith (10-2)

123

0

15

14

Catholic (13-0)

117

0

13

15t

Illinois Wesleyan (12-2)

105

0

17

15t

Whitman (11-2)

105

0

16

17

Johns Hopkins (11-1)

92

0

21

18

Millikin (11-3)

78

0

14

19

Mary Hardin-Baylor (13-1)

54

0

22

20

Loras (12-2)

52

0

24

21

Amherst (11-1)

49

0

19

22

Trine (10-4)

40

0

23

23

DeSales (11-2)

39

0

RV

24

UW-Stout (11-2)

30

0

20

25

Baldwin-Wallace (10-3)

21

0

RV

Dropped out: No. 18 Tufts (9-4); No. 25 UMass-Dartmouth (10-2)

Others receiving votes: Bowdoin (12-1) 14; UMass-Dartmouth (10-2) 12; Vassar (11-1) 11; Tufts (9-4) 10; Ohio Northern (8-4) 9; UW-Oshkosh (10-3) 9; Marietta, OH (9-4) 5; UW-Stevens Point (12-1) 5; SUNY-New Paltz (8-2) 4; Messiah (9-3) 2; Webster (13-0) 2.

The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches Poll Committee is composed of one head coach from each of the 10 NCAA Division III regions. The committee for the 2023-24 season: Samantha Crough, Regis (MA); Drew Gaeng, Hendrix; Karin Harvey, Montclair State; Melissa Kolbe, Wittenberg; Casey Kushiyama, Puget Sound; Jen McCormick, Illinois College; Bobbi Morgan, Ursinus; Mia Smith, Illinois Wesleyan; Daphne Thompson, SUNY Oneonta; Kelly Thompson, Roger Williams.

 
2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings
SCHOOL CONF CPCT. OVERALL PCT. STREAK
Transylvania 7-0 1.000 14-0 1.000 W12
Mount St. Joseph 6-1 .857 12-2 .857 W4
Hanover 6-1 .857 8-6 .571 L1
Franklin 4-3 .571 9-5 .643 L2
Rose-Hulman 4-3 .571 7-7 .500 W2
Anderson 3-4 .429 7-7 .500 W1
Bluffton 3-4 .429 5-9 .357 W2
Manchester 1-6 .143 4-10 .286 L2
Earlham 1-6 .143 3-9 .250 L3
Defiance 0-7 .000 0-14 .000 L14


2023-24 HCAC Players to Watch:
Transylvania
Name Class Hometown Position
Sydney Wright SR Cynthiana, Ky. Guard
Sadie Wurth JR Dixon, Ky. Point Guard
Kennedy Harris SR Somerset, Ky. Guard
Emilie Teall JR Lexington, Ky. Center
 
Returning 2022-23 All-Conference Basketball Athletes to Watch in 2023-24:
 
Transylvania Kennedi Stacy SR Salyersville, Ky. Guard
Dasia Thornton SR Cincinnati, Ohio Forward
Laken Ball SR Beckley, W.Va. Center



STATS AS OF 1/12/2024

Overall Individual Statistics
# Player GP GS MINUTES FG 3PT FT SCORING REBOUNDS PF AST TO STL BLK
TOT AVG FGM FGA FG% 3PT 3PTA 3PT% FTM FTA FT% PTS AVG OFF DEF TOT AVG
35 Thornton, Dasia 14 14 370 26.4 84 147 .571 5 15 .333 49 84 .583 222 15.9 38 75 113 8.1 21 27 22 25 22
24 Stacy, Kennedi 14 14 354 25.3 57 141 .404 26 75 .347 16 25 .640 156 11.1 14 47 61 4.4 15 43 34 25 3
15 Wurth, Sadie 14 14 369 26.4 39 91 .429 20 56 .357 16 18 .889 114 8.1 15 25 40 2.9 11 65 18 19 2
32 Ball, Laken 14 14 299 21.4 40 85 .471 11 41 .268 14 20 .700 105 7.5 10 38 48 3.4 18 25 12 18 8
23 Wright, Sydney 14 14 316 22.6 39 73 .534 14 32 .438 7 14 .500 99 7.1 22 38 60 4.3 11 11 13 11 11
33 Harris, Kennedy 14 0 193 13.8 18 51 .353 16 44 .364 0 0 .000 52 3.7 11 7 18 1.3 4 16 9 4 0
04 Flinn, Riley 9 0 81 9.0 9 27 .333 6 17 .353 8 11 .727 32 3.6 10 10 20 2.2 2 3 1 2 4
44 Teall, Emilie 14 0 192 13.7 20 54 .370 7 23 .304 0 7 .000 47 3.4 11 20 31 2.2 16 15 14 8 13
12 Kemelgor, Sierra 11 0 113 10.3 12 33 .364 6 18 .333 5 8 .625 35 3.2 8 6 14 1.3 4 10 7 6 0
11 Bruner, Grace 10 0 68 6.8 9 24 .375 2 8 .250 5 7 .714 25 2.5 10 11 21 2.1 6 6 6 2 0
22 Cornelison, Samantha 13 0 104 8.0 10 30 .333 6 20 .300 2 3 .667 28 2.2 3 8 11 0.8 5 12 8 2 1
30 Barrett, Raegan 11 0 70 6.4 7 18 .389 1 4 .250 4 5 .800 19 1.7 8 6 14 1.3 9 1 4 1 1
21 Murphy, McLain 11 0 65 5.9 6 16 .375 4 12 .333 2 4 .500 18 1.6 1 7 8 0.7 2 2 3 1 0
14 Littlejohn, Aubree 13 0 68 5.2 4 14 .286 3 7 .429 7 8 .875 18 1.4 8 9 17 1.3 3 7 7 8 1
41 Hurdle, Micayla 9 0 30 3.3 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 2 5 .400 10 1.1 6 8 14 1.6 8 2 6 0 0
02 Flores, Amara 10 0 38 3.8 0 11 .000 0 6 .000 4 6 .667 4 0.4 2 5 7 0.7 3 3 3 1 0
10 Hall, Keaton 9 0 70 7.8 2 14 .143 0 8 .000 0 4 .000 4 0.4 5 8 13 1.4 7 1 4 5 0
TM Team 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 13 30 43 3.1 0 0 9 0 0
Total 14 2800 200.0 360 835 .431 127 386 .329 141 229 .616 988 70.57 195 358 553 39.5 145 249 180 138 66
Opponents 14 2800 200.0 230 742 .310 51 221 .231 82 117 .701 593 42.36 146 313 459 32.8 212 166 277 84 42

TEAM STATS(14-0, 7-0)

Overall Team Statistics
Statistic Transylvania Opponents
SCORING
Total Points 988 593
Points Per Game 70.6 42.4
Scoring Margin 28.2 --
SHOOTING
FG: Made-Attempted 360-835 230-742
FG: Percentage .431 .310
FG: Per Game 25.7 16.4
3PT: Made-Attempted 127-386 51-221
3PT: Percentage .329 .231
3PT: Per Game 9.1 3.6
FT: Made-Attempted 141-229 82-117
FT: Percentage .616 .701
FT: Per Game 10.1 5.9
REBOUNDING
Total 553 459
Per Game 39.5 32.8
Margin 6.7 --
ASSISTS
Total 249 166
Per Game 17.8 11.9
TURNOVERS
Total 180 277
Per Game 12.9 19.8
Margin 6.9 --
Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.4 0.6
Points Off Turnovers 23.8 8.6
STEALS
Total 138 84
Per Game 9.9 6.0
BLOCKS
Total 66 42
Per Game 4.7 3.0
ATTENDANCE
Total 1365 758
Per Game 9-152 5-152


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