With tonight’s win, the class of 2020 becomes the program’s all-time winningest class with 93 career wins! They edged the class of 1998 who tallied 92 wins! Show your love to this special group for a job well done!
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BREAKING NEWS: Jody Martinez has been named the ‘18-19 Crossroads League Coach of the Year! Coach Martinez led the Trojans to the program’s 1st regular season league title & tourney championship in the same season!
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For the 19th time in his 20 seasons as a head coach, Jody Martinez has guided his squad to a 20-win season! This season, 20 wins in 20 attempts!!
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Huge milestone for Coach Jody Martinez tonight as he tallies his 500th career victory!! With the win, Coach holds a career win percentage of .710 which spans 21 years & three programs!!
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At the end of the year banquet, TUBB officially retired Kendall Bradbury’s jersey. Ken was a 4-time NAIA All-American and leaves TU as the program’s and the Crossroads League’s all-time leading scorer! Congratulations
#32
on an amazing career!
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🚨UPSET COMPLETE! 🚨TUBB knocks-off NAIA No. 6 Marian to improve to 9-0 on the season!! Abby Buchs led all scorers with 23 while Becca Buchs & Merideth Deckard added 19 & 12 each! Great team win TU!!
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TUBB STAYS PERFECT!! It took a 44-17 run in the final 15 minutes & 41 seconds against IWU to erase a 20-point deficit & secure the 78-71 victory, but the squad found a way to get it done!! What a great team win, road win, comeback win!!
TUBB is 20-0!!
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For the 18th time in his 19 seasons as a head coach, Jody Martinez has guided his squad to a 20-win season! (15 at BC, 1 at SEU, 2 at TU) TUBB is currently 20-4, ranked 9th in the country & is tied for 1st in league standings with 5 games left to play!
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COMMITTED!! Let’s give a warm welcome to Haley Harrison from New Palestine HS, our 5th commitment for the 2019 class! We couldn’t be more excited to add Haley to the TUBB family!!
TUBB completes the sweep!! Taylor is your 2019 Crossroads League Regular Season & Tournament Champions!! Party like it’s 1998 TUBB fans!!
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Freshman Merideth Deckard had a night!! 18 points and 5 made triples made for a great debut for the rookie from Martinsville! Great job 3!
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In 19-20, Mer was the most efficient 3pt shooter in the country! Our
#3
tossed in 3s at a 50.4% clip which was the best mark nationally! She also had the best 3pt % for a season in TUBB history! Ladies & gentlemen, the nation’s best & new school record holder!
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BREAKING NEWS: Kendall Bradbury has been named the Crossroads League Player of the Year! Kendall is the first TU Trojan to nab the award since 1997!
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Ah, perfection! Congratulations Mer on a perfect outing & new career-high 23 points!
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💯 From the floor (7-of-7)
💯 From deep (5-of-5)
💯 From the line (4-of-4)
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TICKET PUNCHED!! For the 3rd straight season, TUBB is headed to the Crossroads League Championship game!! The win also gives TU an automatic bid to the 2020 NAIA National Tournament!!
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HISTORY!! TUBB moves ⬆️ four spots in the latest
@NAIA
WBB DII National Poll & cracks into the top 🖐🏼 for the first time in program history!!
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TUBB’s historic run comes to an end in the Elite 8. Your 6th-ranked Trojans fall to 3rd-ranked DWU 75-62 & finish the season 30–5! What a journey! Thank you 14, 22 & 32 for the wonderful & memorable ride!!
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Moving on! TUBB lands a 85-48 win in the opening round of the NAIA National Tournament over (RV) Bellevue! TU advances to the Sweet Sixteen for the second consecutive year!
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BREAKING NEWS: Becca Buchs has been named to the All-Crossroads League First Team! Becca is third in the league in scoring & first in made 3s and 3pt FG%
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You’re looking at the newest member of the 1000 point club! Taylor Westgate reaches the career milestone in tonight’s matchup with IWU! Great job
#43
! We are proud of you!
TROJANS WIN!!! Two FT’s with 1.4 seconds on the clock were the difference as the Trojans down IWU 72-70! Bradbury finished with a season-high 32 including 5 triples!
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Congratulations goes out to Kendall Bradbury on being named a WBCA NAIA All-American! Our
#32
landed on the list of ten student-athletes comprised of players from both NAIA DI & DII! Well done Kendall!
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WBCA release:
TROJANS WIN!! Your 9th-ranked Trojans defeat NAIA No. 7 Marian 70-63! Five players finish in double figures! TU is now tied at the top of the league standings and is 18-4 on the season!!
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Took an extra 5 minutes but your 7th-ranked Trojans got the job done! Survive & advance, TUBB is still dancing and is in the NAIA DII Sweet 16 for the third straight season!
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TROJANS WIN!!! Your 8th-ranked Trojans are headed back to the league championship game for the second consecutive year! TU picks up a semifinal win over USF 63-58! Lauren James & Merideth Deckard combine to go 5-of-5 from beyond the arch to help secure the victory!
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ICYMI: Over the weekend at the NCAA Women’s Final Four, Coach Jody Martinez received the WBCA NAIA National Coach of the Year award! Thank you Coach for everything you do to make this program successful on & off the court!
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Great news TUBB fans!! Hamilton Heights standout Kayla Kirtley is going to be a Trojan!! Kayla is an extremely dynamic player and is a great addition to the program both on & off the court! We are super excited to welcome Kayla to the TUBB family!
Becca Buchs had a day!! The junior standout tossed in a career-high 29 points including EIGHT triples as TU rolled to their 17th straight win & the captured the program’s first Crossroads League championship since 1996!
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Merideth Deckard was deadly from the three-point line dropping 6 triples on her way to a 20-point performance which is a new career-high! Great job 3!
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•Winningest class in TUBB history (94)✔️
•First back-to-back 30 win seasons✔️
•Only class with three consecutive NAIA berths ✔️
•Best record in program history (30-4)✔️
Amazing & historic careers: 12, 20, 24, 40 & 44!
Thank you class of 2020!
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We are thrilled to welcome Merideth Deckard (Martinsville HS) to the TUBB family! Fantastic player & fantastic person! Looking forward to seeing you to purple and gold
#3
!
And we’re off!
Next stop… Ecuador 🇪🇨
Please join us in praying for our trip this week. Pray for safe travels and for transformed hearts as we serve the people of Ecuador!
COMMITTED! John Glenn product Mariah Plunkett is coming to TU!! Mariah finished her prep career with 1,027 points, which is 4th most in program history! Welcome to the TUBB family Mariah!!
& again... UPSET COMPLETE! - TUBB knocks-off NAIA No. 13 IWU 68-56 which is the FIFTH top-25 upset of the season! The win also snapped IWU's 17-game win streak the Wildcats had over the Trojans dating back to 2010.
CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND! Big night for TUBB landing a 62-58 win over
#15
IWU! The win puts the Trojans in the Crossroads League title game against
#5
Marian & it also secures a bid to the NAIA National Tournament! Bradbury led all scorers with 39 & collected her 2,000th career point!
Nothing short of perfection! Abby Buchs poured in a career-high 24 points in TUBB’s win over Madonna while shooting 💯% from the field, from distance and from the free throw line!
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With 23 points in the regular season finale, Kendall Bradbury now sits at the TOP of the all-time Crossroads League scoring list with 2️⃣7️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ points!! Congratulations Kendall!!
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Penn HS’s Kenzie Kilmer made it official today! Looking forward to having the Kilmer’s be a part of the TUBB family for the next four seasons!
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COMMITMENT ALERT! TUBB is thrilled to announce the commitment of Gretchen Moll. Gretchen is a 6’3” center from Seward, Nebraska & is a senior at Lincoln Lutheran HS. She will be joining TUBB in the fall of 2019!! Welcome to the family Gretchen!!
TUBB improves to 2-0 thanks to a handful of career-best performances! Merideth Deckard tossed in a career-best 5 triples & 18 points along with nabbing a career-high five rebounds! Small frame, but playing BIG!
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Moving on up! TUBB makes the biggest move of any team in the newest NAIA National Poll, jumping from 15th to 9th! Your Trojans have now appeared in the NAIA Top-10 in 7 of the last 10 national polls!
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Such a great day at our annual alumni scrimmage and tailgate. Loved to see the past and current TUBB members connecting and competing together. Thank you to all alumni that came back for the day!
TUBB is off on their second ever mission trip to Mount Hope, West Virginia! Looking forward to serving at Alpine Ministries and enjoying team bonding this week!
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HUGE s/o to our guy Rick Johnston!! You are a monster behind the mic doing the play-by-play & color for all our home games!! Thank you for being a blessing to our program! You are second to none!
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Big day for freshman Ava Henson as she dials up the first double-digit performance of her career!!Congratulations Ava!! Keep it rolling!
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The win streak reminds intact as TUBB escapes Winona Lake with a 1-point win over Grace! Becca Buchs finds the bottom of the net as time expires giving TUBB their 9th consecutive victory!
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2019 was an incredible ride! As a program, TUBB combined for a 33-1 overall record this calendar year plus celebrated a host of other accomplishments... what will 2020 bring?!? Let’s go!
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Ladies & gentlemen, TUBB’s newest 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ point club member, Becca Buchs!!! After a 21-point night, B has 1,020 career points with plenty of time to climb on the all-time list! Congratulations 44! Keep rolling!
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#OneForTheBuchs
That 2017-18 NAIA Sweet 16 banner is gonna look awesome in the rafters of Odle Arena! Great to have members from last years squad back for homecoming & the alumni game!