WARRENSBURG, Mo. (July 31, 2017) - Central Missouri and Jennies basketball Head Coach Dave Slifer is proud to learn that upcoming junior Paige Redmond will participate in a USA Division 2 Brazil Tour, headed up by USA Sports Tours and Events. 

Paige is one of ten student-athletes on the women's team which will play four games over the course of the next week. The team is comprised of student-athletes from the MIAA and Northern Sun Conferences. 

The USA D-2 Men's & Women's Basketball Teams will begin their Brazil Tour 2017 in Orlando, Florida on July 31st.  The tour runs from July 31-August 9.  After team orientation in Orlando the team departs for Sao Paulo, Brazil.  The USA D-2 Basketball Teams will play their first games on August 1^st.  The USA D-2 Women will travel to Piracicaba for a game versus the Piracicaba Professional Team.  The USA D-2 Men's team will play in the city of Jundiai versus the U22 Club Team.  Both cities are in the state of Sao Paulo.  On August 2 the USA D-2 Teams will travel to the city of Sao Paulo and play at Clube Paulistano.  The women will play Osasco and the men will play Paulistano.  On August 3 the teams will travel to Rio de Janeiro.  After a day on Copacabana Beach the teams will tour the world famous Christ the redeemer Statue on Friday, August 4.  The women's team will play on Saturday, August 5 at Mangueira in Rio.  On Sunday, August 6 both teams will play at Fluminense (Rio).  The USA D-2 men's team will play their final games on Monday, August 7 at the Botafogo Clube in Rio.  The team will depart Brazil on Tuesday evening of August 8th and return to the USA on August 9th.
 
While in Brazil the teams will experience educational, cultural and social aspects of Brazilian life through city, school and sports club visits.  While in Rio the team will be staying on the famous Copacabana Beach and touring the Christ the Redeemer Statue and Sugar Loaf Mountain, two of the most recognizable landmarks in the world. 

Tentative Game Schedule
Tuesday, August 1
USA D-2 Women vs. Piracicaba
Wednesday, August 2
USA D-2 Women vs. Osasco
Saturday, August 5 
USA D-2 Women vs. Mangueira
Sunday, August 6 
USA D-2 Women vs. Fluminense

2017 USA D-2 Women's Basketball Team - Brazil Tour
Paige Ballinger                              Wayne State College
Chelsey Henry                               Missouri Southern State University
Paige Imhoff                                   Pittsburg State University
Brenlee McPherson                        Pittsburg State University
Tanya Meyer                                   Northwest Missouri State University
Paige Redmond                              University of Central Missouri
Miranda Ristau                                Northern State University
Maggie Schulte                               Wayne State College
Cassidy Thorson                             Minnesota State University-Moorhead
Jacky Volkert                                   Minnesota State University-Moorhead