Jennies Complete Road Trip Saturday in the State Capital

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Jan. 9, 2020) - Central Missouri Jennies Basketball looks to complete a 3-0 road trip Saturday afternoon when they head to Jefferson City, Mo. to take on Lincoln.

Opponent
Lincoln Blue Tigers (3-10, 0-4 MIAA)

Where
Jefferson City, Mo. - Jason Gym

When
Saturday, Jan. 11 - 1 p.m.

How to Watch
• Saturday's game 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 continue their three-game road trip Saturday in Jefferson City, Mo. against the Lincoln Blue Tigers. 
• UCM is coming off of two road wins last weekend at Central Oklahoma and at new MIAA member, Newman. 

Story Lines
• The Jennies are one of two teams in the MIAA left unbeaten. The Jennies are the only team at 4-0 in league games.
• UCM is in the midst of a season-long seven-game winning streak.
• The Jennies are 57-3 all-time against Lincoln.
• In Jefferson City, UCM is 27-1 with their only loss coming in 1998.
• Lincoln's last victory over UCM came in 2016. Since then, UCM has won six straight. The Jennies have scored at least 66 in all six of those games and reached 70 in five of the six.
• Against Newman, coach Dave Slifer reached 700 career wins, the 36th NCAA women's basketball coach to reach 700 wins. 

Quick Hits
Last Time Out
• Central Missouri went on the road and extended their winning streak to seven games defeating Central Oklahoma and Newman. UCM needed to come from behind in both games, first from down nine after the first period against the Bronchos, then trailing by four at halftime. Nija Collier had double-doubles in both wins. 

Previously vs. Lincoln
• In the Jennies 2018-19 regular season finale, the Jennies defeated Lincoln 77-52 at Jason Gym in Jefferson City. Three Jennies were in double-figures with Morgan Fleming and Paige Redmond each scoring 18. Megan Skaggs had a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. UCM outrebounded the Blue Tigers 48-21.

Jennies in the Rankings
• The Jennies have been ranked by the WBCA in 41 of the last 46 polls dating back to the 2016-17 season but fell out of the receiving votes category recently. The Jennies opened the season ranked 11th before starting the year 2-2 and falling out of the top-25.
• Central Missouri is ranked eighth in the D2 Massey Ratings. 
• The Jens were picked second in the MIAA preseason coaches poll, following their 15-4 conference season in 2018-19

Individual Milestones
• Megan Skaggs is four points away from 1400.
• Morgan Fleming need two more assists to get to 250. 
• Gigi McAtee will get to 100 points with 14 more.
• Morgan VanHyfte will hit 150 rebounds with four more. 

1,000 Point Club
• Both Morgan Fleming and Megan Skaggs started the 2019-20 year as members of the 1,000 point club. Fleming has 1,240 while Skaggs is at 1,395. Skaggs is currently 12th all-time and 22 points away from 11th. Fleming is 20th and 24 points away from 19th.

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 51 games dating back to the 2016-17 season and in those games, UCM is 46-5. 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 six of their 13, and are 5-1 so far in 2019 when doing so.

Who's Hot?
• Kim Crown remains hot with 40 points in her last three games. She also has 23 rebounds in that stretch.
• Nija Collier has double-doubles in her last three games and four of her last five.
• Ellisha Davis has seen her playing time increase. She's 7 for her last 11 from the floor.

60 and Under
• In 10 of 13 games this season, the Jennies have held opponents to fewer than 60 points scored. Truman State was the first to break the 60-point barrier hitting 63. The Jennies most UCM has allowed this season is 64.
• The Jennies are allowing just 56.9 points per game this season which is the fifth-best in the MIAA and the 29th best in Division II.

Pulling Away
• The Jennies best offensive quarter has been the last. UCM has scored 249 points in the fourth quarter.
• The Jens are averaging 36.2 points in the second halves of games and 30 in first halves. 
• UCM has built leads with their defense in the 1st, allowing just 155 1st-quarter points. The next fewest is 164 points allowed in the 3rd

MIAA Leaders
• Three Jennies are in the MIAA top-20 in scoring. Megan Skaggs is seventh averaging 15.9 points per game. Morgan Fleming is 13th scoring 14.4 and Nija Collier 19th scoring 13.2
• Collier is also fourth in the league with 8.7 rebounds and second with 1.8 blocks per game.
• Morgan Fleming is fifth with 3.8 assists per game.

Jennies On the Road
• The Jennies are 3-2 on the road this season with three straight road wins. 
• All-time under Coach Slifer the Jennies are 109-72 on the roan and 22-5 going back to 2017-18. 

Scouting the Opposition
Lincoln Blue Tigers (3-10, 0-4 MIAA)
• Lincoln is one of three winless teams remaining in the MIAA. They are 0-4 in the league and 3-10 overall. 
• The Blue Tigers are one of the worst shooting teams in the league. They are next to last hitting 36% of their field goals and last in three-point percentage at 22% and free throw percentage at 56%. In conference games, the Blue Tigers are just 4-41 from three and 28-64 at the free throw line.
• One area the Blue Tigers excel at is rebounding. They are second in the MIAA coming down with 42.2 rebounds per game. Nine different Blue Tigers average at least three rebounds per game.
• Lincoln games typically feature lots of turnovers. The Blue Tigers average 20 turnovers per game and they are forcing 19 per game. 
Player to Watch
#33 Vivian Chigbu (5-11, F, Jr., Abuja, Nigeria) - Averaging 12 pts, 8.9 rebounds per game