WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Jan. 22, 2020) - Central Missouri Jennies Basketball takes their 10-game winning streak on the road as they head to the Sooner State for a pair of MIAA contests.
Opponents
Rogers State Hillcats (2-16, 0-9 MIAA)
Northeastern State RiverHawks (4-12, 2-7 MIAA)
Where
Claremore, Okla. - at Rogers State
Tahlequah, Okla. - at Northeastern State
When
Thursday, Jan. 23, 5:30 p.m. at Rogers State
Saturday, Jan. 25, 1:30 p.m. at Northeastern State
How to Watch
• This week's games will be aired on the MIAA Network on the Jennies BlueFrame portal. Greg Hassler will be calling the action. Live stats are available and found at ucmathletics.com.
Tip Off
• The Jennies are back on the road this week for two games in Oklahoma.
• UCM took care of Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern at home last weekend.
Story Lines
• The Jennies sit atop the MIAA standings as the only unbeaten team at 7-0.
• UCM is in the midst of a season-long 10-game winning streak.
• Central Missouri has never lost to either team this weekend. This will be their first ever matchup against Rogers State and they are 8-0 all-time against Northeastern State.Â
• The Jennies are one win away from 1,000 as a program.
• On the road this season, UCM is 4-2 and 3-0 in MIAA road contests.
Quick Hits
Last Time Out
• Central Missouri's defense was in full force holding Pittsburg State to just 50 points and Missouri Southern to 44 in a pair of wins last weekend.
Megan Skaggs had a double-double vs. the Lions while
Morgan Fleming averaged 19 points per game.
Previously vs. Rogers State/Northeastern State
• The Jennies have never faced Rogers State in their history.
• UCM used a big second quarter to pull ahead from the RiverHawks last year in a Tahlequah on their way to a 71-59 win. Things were tied at 21 after one, but UCM outscored NSU 21-11 in the second. Four Jens were in double-figures led by
Kim Crown's 15.
Jennies in the Rankings
• The Jennies have been ranked by the WBCA in 41 of the last 48 polls dating back to the 2016-17 season. They are currently in the receiving votes category. The Jennies opened the season ranked 11th before starting the year 2-2 and falling out of the top-25.
• Central Missouri is ranked ninth in the D2 Massey Ratings.Â
• The Jens were picked second in the MIAA preseason coaches poll, following their 15-4 conference season in 2018-19.
Individual Milestones
• With four more FGM,
Kim Crown will get to 100.
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Gigi McAtee will get to 100 points with eight more.
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Morgan Fleming is five points away from 1300.Â
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Morgan VanHyfte is 10 points shy of 200.
1,000 Point Club
• Both
Morgan Fleming &
Megan Skaggs started the 2019-20 year as members of the 1,000 point club. Fleming has 1,295 while Skaggs is at 1,448. Skaggs is currently 11th all-time, 4 points away from 10th & 14 from 9th. Fleming is 18th & 42 away from 17th.
10 Below
• For the last four seasons the Jennies have made a habit of holding teams to fewer than 10 points in at least one quarter. It's happened in 53 games dating back to the 2016-17 season and in those games, UCM is 48-5. The Jens were 15-1 when doing so in 2016-17 and 18-1 in the run to the national championship, including four of the six NCAA postseason games. The Jens defense has cranked it up again, holding opponents to fewer than 10 points in seven of their 16 games, and are 6-1 so far in 2019 when doing so.
60 and Under
• In 13 of 16 games this season, the Jennies have held opponents to fewer than 60 or fewer points scored. Truman State was the first to break the 60-point barrier hitting 63. The most UCM has allowed this season is 64.
• The Jennies are allowing just 55.6 points per game this season which is the fourth-best in the MIAA and the 20th best in Division II.
Who's Hot?
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Morgan VanHyfte remains hot scoring 17 points with nine steals, seven rebounds and four assists last weekend.
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Morgan Fleming is shooting better than 50% in her last eight games.Â
• Njia Collier has six straight double-digit point games and 11 of her last 12.
Pulling Away
• The Jennies best offensive quarter has been the last. UCM has scored 296 points in the fourth quarter.
• The Jens are averaging 35.8 points in the second halves of games and 32.3 in first halves.Â
• UCM has built leads with their defense in the 1st, allowing just 189 1st-quarter points. The next fewest is 199 points allowed in the 3rd
MIAA Leaders
• Three Jennies are in the MIAA top-20 in scoring.
Megan Skaggs is fifth averaging 16.3 points per game.
Morgan Fleming is 8th scoring 15.1 and
Nija Collier 16th scoring 13.4.
• Collier is also second in the league in blocks with 1.6 per game and third in rebounds with 8.5.
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Megan Skaggs is ninth and
Morgan VanHyfte 11th in steals per game.
Morgan Fleming is fifth in assists per game.
Jennies vs. Northeastern State
• The Jennies have never lost to Northeastern State and UCM's seniors are a perfect 3-0 in their lifetime.
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Megan Skaggs in particular enjoys playing against the RiverHawks. She averages 16.7 points per game & is 15-28 and 5-10 from 3.
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Kim Crown has scored 15 points in her only contest against NSU.Â
Scouting the Opposition
Rogers State Hillcats (2-16, 0-9 MIAA)
• The Hillcats are in the middle of a 13-game losing streak.
• Rogers State, in their first year in the MIAA, are still searching for their first MIAA win. They are 0-9 thus far and 2-16 overall.
• The Hillcats are allowing an MIAA-high 75.8 points per game while scoring 60.6 themselves.
• Vanessa Gajdosova is the team's leading scorer with 9.2 points per game. She's shooting 35% both overall and from three.
• Hillcat games have featured a lot of turnovers. They lose the ball more than 17 times per game and force more than 17 turnovers from opponents.
• Rogers State is the worst shooting team in the MIAA, hitting on just 38.6% of their field goals. They are 28.7% from three and 62.1% from the line, both among the bottom 3 in the league.Â
Player to Watch
#11 Darian Jackson (5-9, F, Sr., Broken Arrow, Okla.) - 8.4 ppg, 48.8%, team-best 5.8 rebounds per game
Northeastern State RiverHawks (4-12, 2-7 MIAA)
• Northeastern State also enters the week on a lengthy losing streak having dropped six straight.Â
• The RiverHawks are 4-12 and 2-7 in the MIAA. All four of their wins have come playing in Tahlequah.
• The RiverHawks are one of the lowest scoring teams in the MIAA averaging just 60.6 points per game. They allow 67.3 on defense.
• NSU is fifth in the league in free throw percentage shooting 73.5%, but are in the bottom half of the league in both field goal and three-point field goal percentage.
• The RiverHawks have the worst rebounding margin in the MIAA at -8. They average just 28.9 rebounds per game, also at the bottom of the MIAA.Â
Player to Watch
#14 Cenia Hayes (5-9, G, Jr., Tahlequah, Okla.) - 14.6 ppg, 40% from three
