KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 10, 2019) - Central Missouri Jennies Basketball played in their first MIAA Championship game since the 2014 season. The Jennies were down early and fought back, but couldn't overcome the top-seeded Fort Hays State in a 63-56 loss.
How it Happened
• The Tigers led throughout the contest, scoring on their first eight possessions.
• Fort Hays shot 46% for the game while UCM was 21-49 for 43%.
• Both teams turned the ball over with UCM losing it 19 times and the Tigers 18. The Jennies scored 17 points off of the Tiger turnovers.
• Fort Hays outrebounded UCM 29-27 and scored 10 more points in the paint, 36-26.
• The Tigers hit seven more free throws than Central Missouri, 14-7, and won the game by seven points.
• Fort Hays couldn't miss to start. They hit their first eight shots and opened up an 18-5 lead in the first.
• The Jennies though started to come back, getting threes from
Morgan Fleming and
Paige Redmond.
• UCM cut the lead to two, 22-20, at the start of the second, but the Jennies struggled in the frame. They were just 3-12 in the quarter scoring six points.
• The Jennies defense kept them in the game as the Tigers scored just 10 points themselves and at the break, the Tigers had an eight point lead, 32-24.
• The Tigers scored the first six points coming out of the break and took their largest lead to that point, 38-24.
• Skaggs hit a three to cut the lead to 12 and after three the Tigers led by 11, 46-35.
• In the fourth, the Jennies got the lead under 10 following a
Sydney Crockett three.
Paige Redmond knocked in two free throws and it was 54-47 with 1:43 to go.
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Morgan Fleming hit a three to cut the lead to six, 58-52, but the Tigers went 5-6 at the free throw line in the final 32 seconds to halt the comeback.
It Was Over When...
• The Jennies cut it down to seven on a couple of occasions. After a Tiger three-point miss, an offensive rebound and put back put the Tigers back up nine, 58-49 with 90 seconds left to play. They led by multiple possessions the rest of the way.
Jennies Stat Leaders
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Paige Redmond finished a rebound shy of a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds. She dished out three assists.
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Megan Skaggs scored 14 on 5-7 shooting with three rebounds and three assists.
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Morgan Fleming was in double-figures with 10 points and grabbed four rebounds.
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Sydney Crockett added seven points and came away with three steals.
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Peyton Taylor scored six off the bench with four rebounds.
For the Tigers
• Taylor Rolfs scored a game-high 17 points on 6-8 shooting with a pair of threes.
• Tatyana Legette picked up a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
• Lanie Page and Belle Barbieri each scored 10.
News and Notes
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Paige Redmond became the fifth Jennie to ever score more than 1,700 career points.
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Sydney Crockett moved into a tie for sixth place all-time with 146 three-pointers.
• Following the game,
Megan Skaggs and
Paige Redmond were named to the All-Tournament team.
• Central Missouri moves to 42-28 all-time in the MIAA Tournament and 7-8 in championship games.
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Peyton Taylor grabbed her 150th career rebound.
Up Next
• Central Missouri will wait to see who their first opponent in the NCAA Central Region Championship is. Quarterfinal round games are Friday, March 16 at a location to be announced.
