Jennies Pick Up 10th Straight Win at Northwest

MARYVILLE, Mo. (Jan. 15, 2017) - Central Missouri Jennies Basketball picked up their 10th straight win, downing Northwest Missouri 74-58. The Jennies remain unbeaten in the MIAA at 7-0 and are 13-1 overall.

How it Happened
• Northwest kept things close through three quarters, and the Jennies led by six, 69-66.
• UCM took over in the fourth quarter, scoring 25 points and shooting 9-17 from the floor and 5-9 from three.
• The Bearcats actually won the rebounding edge, 38-36 and outscored the Jennies 12-9 on second chance points.
• After a bit of a sloppy first half, UCM committed just three turnovers to 11 assists in the second half.
• Neither team got into much of foul trouble, as the Jennies committed 13, and the Bearcats 12.
• There were six early lead change, but the Jennies still led for more than 37 minutes of action. 
• Northwest was still down just six early in the fourth, but a jumper from Jolene Shipps and a three from Sydney Skaggs pushed the lead to 11.
• The Jens continued to get threes, two from Sydney Crockett and one from Redmond.
• A three-point play from Redmond with 19 seconds to play gave the Jennies their largest lead, and the final, 74-58.

It Was Over When...
• Sydney Crockett played a terrific all around game, and hit three triples, all in the second-half. After the Bearcats cut the Jennies lead to nine, 62-53 on a three from Jaelyn Haggard, Crockett answered right away, splashing a triple to put UCM up 12, 65-53.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Paige Redmond led the Jennies scoring 15 points, she also had three assists and hit two threes. 
• Morgan Fleming scored 11 points. She did most of her damage early, scoring six points in the first quarter. She also dished out four assists.
• Megan Skaggs was very effective in her 22 minutes of action. She scored 10 points on 4-6 shooting, and was 2-3 from three. 
• Crockett filled the stat sheet with nine points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals.
• Jolene Shipps and Kelsey Williams both scored eight. Shipps had three rebounds and Williams four assists. 
• Kayonna Lee led the team with eight rebounds and scored six points. She also blocked three shots.  
• Sydney Skaggs scored seven on 2-3 shooting.

For the Bearcats
• Jaelyn Haggard led all scorers with 21 points. 
• Tanya Meyer was 4-15 from the floor for nine points. She grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.
• Kaylani Maiava scored eight points and had seven rebounds.
• Mallory McAndrews hit a pair of three-pointers for six points.

News and Notes
• Eight different Jennies played at least 10 minutes and scored at least 10 points.
• Central Missouri has now won 10 straight games for the second time in as many seasons.
• The Jennies are 7-0 in the MIAA for the first time since 1990-91 when they started 10-0.
• UCM has won 11 of their last 12 against Northwest Missouri.
• Paige Redmond hit career three-pointer number 100. Just the ninth Jennie to ever do that.
• Kelsey Williams scored her 300th career point at UCM and Kayonna Lee grabbed her 400th career rebound.
• The Jennies moved to No. 1 in the D2SIDA Central Region poll. 

Up Next
• The Jennies will return home for two more this week. The host Lincoln, Thursday, Jan. 18 at 5:30 p.m. and Lindenwood Saturday at 1:30 p.m.