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KAYS, Kan. - The 23rd-ranked Central Missouri Jennies suffered their first loss of the season, falling on the road 95-50 to the 17th-ranked Fort Hays State Tigers.

Fort Hays came out strong to start the game, picking up the first two field goals and taking a quick 4-0 lead within the first minute of the game. After Nicole Caddell hit one of two free throws to put the Jennies on the board, the Lady Tigers put together the longest run the Jens have seen this season, scoring 30 straight points to go ahead 34-1 with 8:37 to play in the first half.

Central Missouri started to recover in the final eight minutes before halftime, as Caddell's jumper ended the drought at the 8:01 mark of the first half. UCM played even with the Tigers through the rest of the first half, and headed into the break down 47-15.

The Jennies played even with Fort Hays through the opening minutes of the second half, as Shelby Winkelmann scored four points over a two minute span.  At that point, Fort Hays put together another 11-0 run, stretching their lead to 67-24 with 14:16 to play.

Junior Symone Murray led the Jennies in scoring, collecting a career high 13 points. Nicole Caddell was the only other Jennie to reach double-figures, scoring 11 points while pulilng down eight rebounds. The 45-point margin is the highest for a Jennies opponent in the Dave Slifer era, and the highest since 1974-75.

Central Missouri will look to get back on the winning track when they host No. 21 Emporia State in another top 25 showdown, Saturday afternoon in the Multipurpose Building. The Jens will tip off at 1:30,  as the  game can be heard live on the UCM Sports Network with Shawn Jones and Greg Hassler on 1450 KOKO and 98.5 The Bar as well as www.warrensburgradio.com. The Jennies pregame show will start at 1:05 p.m. A pay-per-view webcast of the game will also be available by the UCM Media Network at AmericaOneSports.com