SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Nov. 23, 2018) - No. 1 Central Missouri Jennies Basketball suffered their first loss of the 2018-19 season, but it took 50 minutes to do it. In double-overtime, St. Mary's defeated the Jennies 101-97.

How it Happened
• What a game in San Antonio. 198 combined points in a double-overtime game with St. Mary's.
• The Jennies did most of their damage from behind the arc, hitting 17 three-pointers and shooting 47.2% from three. Though they didn't hit as many, the Rattlers also shot 47% from beyond the arc, hitting 11-of-23.
• Overall, UCM shot 45.6% from the floor while the Rattlers were 45.8%. The Jennies hit 18-of-23 free throws and St. Mary's was 24-31 at the line.
• St. Mary's had a big advantage on the glass, pulling down 46 rebounds to UCM's 37 and had 16 second-chance points to the Jennies five.
• Both teams turned the ball over 22 times, but SMU was able to turn those in 23 points, while the Jennies just 13. 
• It was a slow start for both teams when a three from Sydney Crockett broke a seven-all tie with a three midway through the first. In the final minute, the Jennies scored eight unanswered to open up an 11-point lead, 24-13. Paige Redmond hit a three at the buzzer and scored five in the final 33 seconds.
• UCM led for the entire second period, but the Rattlers were able to cut it down to two, 30-28. A jumper from Kim Crown and layup from Morgan Fleming gave UCM a six-point edge, 34-28 at the break.
• Early in the third, UCM matched their largest lead of 11 at 41-30 when Fleming knocked in a three. The Rattlers though ended the quarter on a 14-6 run and trailed by just three entering the fourth.
• The lead changed three times and was tied three more times in the fourth quarter alone. The Rattlers took their largest lead, 63-57 following two free throws after a UCM technical foul. With 1:15 left St. Mary's still led by five when the Jennies came storming back. Redmond hit a jumper and Fleming a three to tie the game at 66. The Jennies had a chance to win on the final shot, but couldn't sink it sending the game to overtime.
• Seven times the lead changed in the first OT and neither team had more than a three-point lead. In the final minute, Fleming put the Jennies up one with a layup and Redmond sank two free throws with 23 second for a three-point lead, 79-76. On their final possession, the Rattlers' Kaitlin Walla was fouled on a three-point attempt and tied the game back at 79 making all three free throws.
• The Jennies scored the first points of OT2 with a layup from Fleming. She then hit a three and UCM led by one, 87-86 with 3:04 left to play. The Rattlers took the lead for good on an offensive rebound and a layup. They held on to it the rest of the way. The Jennies had one final shot down three, 100-97 with the ball and three seconds left, but a turnover on the inbounds insured the Jennies weren't escaping with a win.

It Was Over When...
• The Jennies had a chance to tie down three with three seconds left, but they couldn't get the inbounds pass in and never saw the ball again in the four-point loss.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Morgan Fleming scored 33 points in the win going 12-19 and 5-9 from three.
• Paige Redmond chipped in with 25 points, including four triples. She also grabbed nine rebounds and dished out seven assists. 
• Also 5-9 from three was Sydney Crockett. She scored 17 points.
• Megan Skaggs scored 14 points.

For the Rattlers
• Kaitlin Walla scored a game-high 35 points.
• Hannah Wilson picked up a double-double with 16 points and 11 boards.
• Soteria Banks helped out with 29 points.

News and Notes
• The Jennies last double-overtime game was in 2011, a 97-96 win at Midwestern State.
• Morgan Flemings 33 points are a career-high. The last Jennie to score 30 points in a game was Paige Redmond Nov. 19 in 2016.
• Central Missouri is now 10-10 all-time in overtime games under Coach Slifer.
• Central Missouri last scored more than 90 points nearly two years ago to the date, Nov. 26 2016 against Johnson and Wales when they put up 108.
• Redmond, Crockett, Skaggs and Fleming all played more than 40 minutes.
• The starters did most of the work for both teams with just 11 combined bench points.
• In the second overtime alone, the two teams combined for 40 points. The only regulation period in which the two teams combined for that many points was the fourth, when they scored a total of 41 points.

Up Next
• It won't get any easier for the Jennies. Not only does UCM have a quick turnaround, playing at 1 p.m., they'll be taking on No. 10 Lubbock Christian in a rematch of last year's NCAA Elite Eight game.