WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Dec. 17, 2019) - Central Missouri Mules Basketball host Missouri Baptist in a non-conference matchup on Wednesday in the Multipurpose Building. The game against the Spartans will be kids day celebration and free admission to all attending. 

Opponent:
Missouri Baptist Spartans (6-5, 2-3 AMC)

When:
Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 12 p.m.

Where:
University of Central Missouri - Multipurpose Building - Warrensburg, Mo. 

Tip Off:
• Central Missouri Mules Basketball is hot off a 70-60 upset over the number one team in Division II, Northwest Missouri. 
• The victory ended a 46-game winning streak for the Bearcats.
• Mules senior guard Kendale Hampton led Central Missouri against Northwest with 20 points and nine rebounds. 
• Wednesday's noon match will be youth and kids day, and free admission to all attending. 
• Missouri Baptist has played two games since the Mules last game against Northwest. The Spartans travel to Warrensburg after a 64-71 loss to Lindsey Wilson while playing at home last Saturday, Dec. 14. 
• The Mules are currently 3-4 while playing in the Multipurpose Building this season. 
• Missouri Baptist as never defeated Central Missouri in a series that dates back to the Mules 1989-1990 season. 

How to Watch:
• Wednesday's game will be broadcast on 1450 KOKO, 98.5 The Bar and warrensburgradio.com with Greg Hassler calling the action. 
•The game will also be webcast online through the MIAA's Blue Frame portal at http://www.themiaanetwork.com/ucmmules/. It is a pay-per-view webcast. 
• Links to live stats and live video can also be found at ucmathletics.com. 

Quick Hits:
Last Time Out
WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Dec. 7, 2019) - In one of the biggest wins in the last six years, Central Missouri (4-5, 1-1 MIAA) upset No. 1 ranked Northwest Missouri 72-60, snapping the Bearcats 46-game winning streak. The Mules used a flurry of three-pointers and scored 47 second-half points to take down the previously undefeated Bearcats.
• The Mules picked a good time for their best shooting performance of the season. UCM shot 47% from the floor and 44% from three while also going 15-20 at the free throw line. 
• The Mules defense stymied the Bearcats, who entered as the top shooting team in the league, connecting on 54% from the field and 46% from three. They were held to just 37% from the floor and 24% behind the arc.
• That Mules defense also forced 11 turnovers and turned those in 12 points and scored 17 in transition.
• Neither team could get much going offensively to start the game. Midway through the half the teams traded three-pointers and the Bearcats held a 14-13 lead.
• NWMSU scored four straight to turn that into a five-point lead, 18-13, their largest of the game. 
• The Mules answered by going on an 8-0 run to reclaim the lead, 21-18. Gaven Pinkley and Kendale Hampton splashed back-to-back triples in the run.
• It looked like UCM was poised to take a lead into the half, but Tyler Dougherty beat the buzzer with a three and at the break, it was 26-25 Bearcats.
• Northwest started the second outscoring UCM 12-9 to pull ahead by four, 38-34, following the first media timeout. Coming out of the break is when the Mules got hot. UCM hit five straight field goals, four threes, three by Hampton and one from Garrett Luinstra, and claimed a three-point lead, 50-47.
• The Mules defense held the Bearcats to just five points in a span of 8:55 and extended their lead from three to 10 after another three from Matt Wilkinson with 3:25 left to play.
• Northwest started fouling to extend the game, but the Mules calmly sank 12-14 at the line in the final 2:19 to keep the Bearcats from coming back.
• Kendale Hampton led UCM with 20 points and was 6-9 from three. He also had nine rebounds.
• Gaven Pinkley was 6-11 with 16 poitns and six rebounds.
• Garrett Luinstra scored 11 going 6-6 at the free throw line.
• Matt Wilkinson hit a pair of three's and scored 11 points.
• DeAndre Sorrells dished out a game-high four assists and chipped in seven points.

Previously vs. Missouri Baptist
• Central Missouri posts a 5-0 record in the all-time series against Missouri Baptist that dates back to the 1989-1990 season. 
• The last time these two teams met was in 2010. The Mules defeated the Spartans 100-60 at home.

Individual Milestones
• Matt Wilkinson surpassed the 500 career point marker in the first nine games this season. Wilkinson also surpassed 100 rebounds on his career and is currently nine boards away from 200 career rebounds. 
• With 52 points this season, Daniel Farris surpassed the 400 career point marker in the Mules upset over #1 Northwest Missouri. The junior guard is also 26 assists away from 200 career assists. 
• Gaven Pinkley had a career-high game against Upper Iowa in the second week of the 2019-20 season. Pinkley scored a career-high of 21 points and brought down a career-high of 17 rebounds. 
• Michael Winger had a career-high shooting performance in UCM's 82-46 win over Central Christian on Nov. 30, 2019. The redshirt junior hit 7-8 from 87.5% from the field and 5-6 for 83.3% from the three point range to record a career-high of 21 points. 

Scouting the Competition: 
• The Spartans ended their 2018-19 season in the NAIA National Championship Tournament after posting an overall record of 28-5 and finished 19-3 in the American Midwest Conference. 
• This is the Spartans Head Coach Preston Ingram's first season as a collegiate head coach. 
• Currently this season, the Spartans are led offensively by Jahmouri Robinson, averaging 15.5 points paired with a 44.2 field goal percentage.
• Aumonie Armond grabs 8.1 boards per game to lead the team while also contributing an average of 5.9 points per game.
• Spartans Brandon Hardy and Robinson both rank in the AMC's top-10 scorers. Robinson is second in the league with 170 total points this season while Hardy ranked ninth in the league 147. 

Mules Feed:
• Central Missouri went 1-4 in their first five games this season for the first time since the start of the 1970-71 season. 
• As a team, the Mules are currently shooting 42.2% from the field and 34.3% from the three-point range. 
• Central Missouri currently ranks second in the MIAA in defensive field goal percentage and third in scoring defense, allowing opponents to score an average of 63.6 point per game.
• The Mules also rank in the top-10 of the MIAA in three-pointers made per game averaging eight per contest, and eighth in the league in blocked shots per game averaging 3.11 through nine games.
• Central Missouri's upset over No. 1 Northwest Missouri last week was the was the first time UCM has defeated the No. 1 ranked team was when they beat Metro State in the NCAA Tournament semifinals back in 2014.
• Central Missouri's 47 second-half points against the Bearcats are their most in a half against a Division II opponent this season.
• Sophomore forward Gaven Pinkley paces Central Missouri averaging 14.2 points and about six rebounds per game. Pinkley has scored in double figures in five of the Mules nine games so far this season, including a season-high performance of 21 points against Augustana and followed with a 20-point effort against Upper Iowa. 
• Pinkley also ranks sixth in the MIAA with an average field goal percentage of 52.2%. 
• Redshirt junior Michael Winger shot lights out in UCM's 82-46 win over Central Christian last week. Winger hit 87.5% from the field and went 5-6 from the three to record a career-high of 21 points against the Saints. 
• Junior guard Daniel Farris leads the Mules with 37 assists and ranks in the top-10 of the MIAA with an average of five assists per game.