WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Nov. 20, 2018) - Central Missouri Jennies Basketball is home for the first time this season to start a three-game week that will see them play before their home crown and travel down to Texas for an Elite Eight rematch.

Opponents
Tuesday, Nov. 20 - Westminster Griffins
Friday, Nov. 23 - St. Mary's Rattlers
Saturday, Nov. 24 - Lubbock Christian Lady Chaps

Where
Tuesday, Nov. 20 - Warrensburg, Mo. - UCM Multipurpose Building
Friday-Saturday, Nov. 23-24 - San Antonio, Texas - Bill Greehey Arena

When
Tuesday, Nov. 20 - 12 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 23 - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 24 - 1 p.m.

Tip Off
• The Jennies play three games this week starting Tuesday, Nov. 20 with their home opener against Westminster College
• UCM will then hit the road to San Antonio to take on St. Mary's and Lubbock Christian Friday-Saturday, Nov. 23-24.
• Tuesday's home opener will be youth and kids day and free admission to all attending. 

How to Watch
• All three games will be broadcast live on 98.5 The Bar and 1450 KOKO with Greg Hassler on the call. Tuesday will see the Jens play on the MIAA Network. There will also be a webstream for the Jennies at St. Mary's Friday. All three games will feature live stats. 

Quick Hits
Last Time Out
• The Jennies picked up their third win to start the season 79-65 over Arkansas-Fort Smith. The Jennies got near double-doubles from both Megan Skaggs with 19 points and 9 rebounds and 13 points and 9 boards from Kim Crown. The Jennies 79 points are a season-high from the Jens. 

Previously vs. this week's opponents
• The Jennies and Griffins have never met.
• UCM holds a slim 2-1 advantage over St. Mary's. The last time the teams met was back in 2012.
• It wasn't long ago UCM and Lubbock Christian met. The Jennies defeated the Lady Chaps 72-62 in the NCAA Elite Eight.

Jennies in the Rankings
• The WBCA and D2SIDA polls don't release a regular season poll until after two weeks of games, which means the Jennies remain the No. 1 team in the country according to both polls. 
• The Jens were also picked first in the MIAA preseason coaches poll, following their 18-1 regular season champonship last season.

Road Warriors
• The Jennies don't seem to mind going into unfriendly environments. UCM was 16-1 away from Warrensburg last season and 10-0 in true road games. They've started out just the same this year with three wins at neutral sites. 
• It's a good thing the Jennies are used to life on the road because eight of their first nine games are away from Warrensburg. They only have two home games before the calendar turns to 2019. 
• The Jennies will take on St. Mary's in their first true road game of 2018. 

The NCAA Universe (As of Nov. 19, 2018)
• Two things that have carried over from a season ago are the Jennies stifling defense and their ability to hang on to the ball. The Jens are in the top-50 in turnovers per game with 14. They have also allowed just 54 points per game which ranks 34th in Division II. 
• The Jennies also lead the MIAA in the fewest personal fouls calls. Through three games, the Jennies are averaging 15 fouls against per game which sits 28th in the NCAA. 

Individual Milestones 
• Paige Redmond joined the 1,000 point club last season scoring the milestone bucket against Pittsburg State. She is currently at 1,264 which is tied for 17th all-time and 73 more to crack the top-15. Redmond is also climbing the all-time 3FGM list. She has 153 for her career which is sixth all-time and needs 16 more to crack the top-five. Her 68 3-pointers last season were tied or the sixth most in a single season.  
• Sydney Crockett needs one more free throw and three pointer made for 100 in her career. 
• Morgan Fleming is three points away from 600 for her career. 
• With two more made free throws, Megan Skaggs will have 100 for her career. 

10 Below
• For the last three seasons the Jennies have made a habit of holding teams to fewer than 10 points in at least one quarter. It's happened in 37 games dating back to the 2016-17 season and in those games, UCM is 35-2. The Jens were 15-1 when doing so in 2016-17 and 18-1 last year including four of the six NCAA postseason games. The Jens are at it again this year, having held both Southern Nazarene and Harding to fewer than 10 points in one quarter. 

Hot Middles
• The Jennies have gotten off to some slow starts this season, but have made up for it in the middle periods. Through three games, the Jennies have scored just 30 points, but that number rises to 51 in the second and 61 in the third quarter.

Who's Hot?
• Transfer Kim Crown has started all three games and has been getting better in each. Against the Lions, she had UCM highs with 13 points and nine rebounds. She also came away with two blocks and four steals.
• Perhaps the hottest Jennies is also the smallest. Emilie Jobst has been getting more minutes than ever before. Against Harding, she had four assists and four steals along with three rebounds. Against Arkansas-Fort Smith, she did more scoring with a career-high 10 points.
• Another newcomer Morgan VanHyfte scored six points and came up with six rebounds against Arkansas-Fort Smith. She also dished out four assists and had two steals. 

Scouting the Opposition
Westminster Griffins (1-1)
• Westminster has started the year 1-1 with a win over Texas A&M International before losing their most recent game to Northwest Nazarene.
• Hunter Krebs is one of two Griffins in double-figures scoring 22.5 points per game. Denise Gonzalez is up to 15.5 points per game.
• Westminster is scoring 74 points per game while shooting 46.8% from the floor and 33.3% from three.
• The Griffins have been plagued with 14 turnovers per game and a -2.5 turnover margin along with a 0.9 assist to turnover ratio. 
• Led by Krebs, the Griffins have grabbed 85 rebounds in two games, averaging 42.5 per gamew ith Kreb's 10 per game leading the way.
• Gonzalez leads Westminster with 12 assists. 
Player to Watch
#42 Hunter Krebs (6-1, F, So., Hyde Park, Utah) - 22.5 ppg, 10 rpg, 66.7% from the floor

St. Mary's Rattlers (4-1)
• St. Mary's has won three straight games and are 4-1 to start the year. Like UCM, the Rattlers defeated the GAC's Southern Nazarene to a very similar score, 56-47 while the Jennies won 55-47 over the Crimson Storm.
• The Rattlers have rolled with 10 this season. Kaitlin Walla has been lights out shooting going 29-63 (46.0%) from the floor. She's even better from three shooting 48.8% (21-43)
• Also in double-figures is Arysia Porter scoring 16.0 points per game and has 32 rebounds and a team-best 21 assists.
• Hannah Wilson leads the Rattlers with 9.4 rebounds this season and is also scoring 8.4 points per game.
• Free throw shooting has been a problem for the Rattlers who are shooting just 63.6% at at the line.
• The Rattlers have blocked 13 shots this season, eight coming from Hannah Wilson.
Player to Watch
#12 Kaitlin Walla (5-10, G, R-Sr., Georgetown, Texas) - 16.8 ppg, 48.8% (21-43) 3FG

Lubbock Christian Lady Chaps (5-0)
• The last time the Lady Chaps lost was to end their 2017-18 season. It was the Jennies who earned that win the NCAA Elite Eight.
• Since, LCU has gone 5-0 in 2018-19 scoring 73 points per game and allowing just 49.6 points to opponents. The Lady Chaps are shooting 48.5% while opponents just 33.6%.
• Perhaps more impressive is that LCU is shooting 45.7% from three, in the NCAA top-5.
• Both Olivia Robertson and Allie Schulte are scoring 12.6 points per game. Schulte has hit 52.4% of her free throw attempts and is 9-18 from three. Robertson is 21-43 this year and 8-19 from deep. 
• Robertson is also the Lady Chaps leading rebounder with 6.2 per game.
• Maddi Chitsey has five of LCU's 17 blocked shots.
• Lubbock Christian is averaging five fewer turnovers per game than opponents. 
Player to Watch
#20 Olivia Robertson (5-10, G/F, Sr., Kerrville, Texas) - 12.6 ppg, 6.2 rebounds per game