Tip Off
• 2015 marks the 46th year of UCM Jennies Basketball.
• Central Missouri is 9-13 overall and 8-9 in the MIAA, putting them in a tie for eighth place in the conference standings.
• Southwest Baptist is 12-11 this season and 7-10 in the MIAA. The Bearcats have lost three straight games, all on the road, including Wednesday night at Emporia State, 82-72.

On the Air
• Central Missouri basketball is broadcast live on 1450 KOKO, 98.5 The Bar, and online at
warrensburgradio.com. Games are broadcast by 1450 KOKO/98.5 The Bar Sports Director, Greg Hassler and Assistant Director for Media Relations, Mike Knipper. Video is also available through Central Missouri's internet portal through Stretch Internet, found at UCMathletics.com

Story Lines
• The Jennies and Bearcats met in January in Warrensburg, with the Jennies coming out on top 77-74. UCM leads the all-time series 53-12 and is 20-4 under Coach Slifer.
• Central Missouri has won 14 of the last 15 games against SBU.
• Head Coach Dave Slifer won his 600th career game in the 2015 MIAA quarterfinal win over Missouri Southern. He is 609-220 lifetime as a coach and 225-121 at UCM. His 609 wins are the sixth-most among active Division II Head Coaches. He is also three wins shy of tying Coach Jon Pye's 228 wins for the most in UCM history.
• The Jennies went 21-9 last season and played in the MIAA semifinal game. They were 13-6 in conference games, finishing fifth in the regular season standings.

Quick Hits
Last Time Out
The Jennies were on fire for three quarters at Washburn and held on for an 86-75 win over the Ichabods. UCM shot a season-best 68.4% (13-19) from three and were also 53.6% (30-56) from the floor. Shelby Winkelmann led five Jennies in double-figures with 19 points. Paige Redmond scored a career-high 16 points as did Ashley Jones. Tayler Weiks was 4-for-5 from three and scored 13 while Danielle Randle hit 3-of-4 from deep and scored 11.

Jennies on the Road
Despite winning Wednesday at Washburn, playing away from Warrensburg has not come easily for the Jennies. UCM is 3-7 on the road this season and 3-5 in MIAA road games. The Jennies have however defeated Washburn and Pittsburg State on the road for the first time in the same season since 2000.

Conference Leaders
A couple of Jennies are trending towards the top of the rankings in the MIAA. Senior Shelby Winkelmann is second in the MIAA scoring with 19.3 points per game and sixth in shooting percentage at 47.6% (139-292). She is also sixth with 1.8 steals and eighth with 3.6 assists per game in the MIAA.

Earlier this season, Winkelmann cracked 1,000 career points. She is currently 17th all-time with 1,245. Next up for Winkelmann to catch is Shara Sherman who played from 1983-86 and scored 1,264 career points.

Senior Ashley Jones is at the top of the conference in a pair of categories. With 8.7 rebounds per game, she sits third in the MIAA and is 76th in NCAA Division II. She is also second in the conference with 3.3 offensive rebounds per game and her 66 offensive rebounds is third. Her 57.8% shooting percentage currently leads the MIAA. She's gone 107-185 from the field this season. At 57.8%, Jones ranks 19th in shooting percentage in all of Division II.

Heating Up
Once conference games rolled around the Jennies have found their shooting touch. Through the first five games of the season, UCM was 40.5% from the floor, 28.4% from three and 69.2% from the free throw line. During conference games the Jennies are shooting 42.5%/34.4%/74.0%. Ashley Jones and Paige Redmond are big reasons for the jump, as both are shooting more than 20 percentage points higher in conference games than their overall numbers. Jones is connecting on 60.8% in MIAA games and Redmond 42.6%.

Predicting a Winner
This season there has been nearly one sure-fire way to determine if the Jennies won or lost and that comes down to rebounding. When the Jennies are on the plus side of the rebounding battle, UCM is 7-1. When they are outrebounded, they have lost 11 of 12. Those numbers remained true last weekend as the Lopers outrebounded UCM 34 to 29. The Jennies and Ichabods tied in rebounding with 27. UCM also was dead even with Emporia State with 35 boards.

Magic Number
The number 70 has been a good prognostication of a Jennies win or loss this season. UCM is 7-2 this season when scoring 70 points. However they are also 3-8 when allowing opponents to reach 70 points. The Jennies dropped 86 points Wednesday against Washburn, their second highest total of the season, in their win, surpassing the Ichabods 75.

Bucking the Trend
Typically a low opponent shooting percentage should produce positive results. However that has not been the case for the Jennies this season. When opponents shoot lower than 40% from the field, the Jennies are just 3-5 in those games. The Jens are also 2-2 when their opponent shoots 50% or better. For the season, UCM is allowing opponents to shoot 42.8% from the floor.

20-20 Vision
With their 21 wins in 2014-15, UCM has now won at least 20 games in four straight seasons. It is their longest such stretch since the Jens went 11 straight years with at least 20 wins from 1981-82 - 1991-92.

Scouting the Opposition
Southwest Baptist Bearcats
Overall Record: 12-11
Conference Record: 7-10 (MIAA)
Series History: Jennies lead 53-12
Last Meeting: Jan. 4, 2016 - UCM 77, SBU 74
Head Coach: Kelsey Keizer (21-29, 16th season)

• The Bearcats are coming off of a three-game road trip in which they lost all three games. SBU is 12-11 this season and 7-10 in the MIAA, a game behind the Jennies in the standings.
• Three Bearcats are in double-figure scoring. Caylee Richardson is the team's leading scorer with 12.6 points per game. Megan Rosenbohm is also over 11 ppg with 11.3 and Dilonna Johnson is scoring 10.7 points.
• Richardson is also the Bearcats leading rebounder. She's grabbed 187 boards and is sixth in the MIAA with 8.1 rebounds per game. Mackenzie Skupa has pulled down 80 caroms and is second on the team with 3.5 rebounds.
• Johnson is also the team leader with 87 assists. She is one of two Bearcats with 80+ assists this season. Sarah Magana is second on the team with 82 assists.
• Natalie O'Keefe and Morgan Lucy are two of the better shot blockers in the league. They have combined for 43 of the Bearcats 74 blocks this season. Lucy leads the team with 22 blocks and O'Keefe has 21 and is tied for sixth in the conference with 1.1 blocks per game.
• Southwest Baptist is one of the best free-throw shooting teams in the country. At 76%, the Bearcats are 22nd in Division II and third in the MIAA. The team is also 25th overall in made free throws, having hit 348 this season. SBU is 348-for-458 at the charity stripe this season.
• Caylee Richardson is second in the MIAA in free throw percentage and 25th in Division II. She's hitting 87.1% of her attempts (74-for-85).
• With 71 points per game, SBU is fourth in the MIAA in scoring offense. They have a tendency to play close games though, with a plus 2.4 scoring margin. SBU is allowing 68.6 points per game defensively.