CANYON, Texas – Olivia Nelson scored a career-high 21 points and
Charley Bovaird added a career-best 18 points as the University of Central Missouri Jennies basketball team fell to the Drury Panthers, 84-81, in their final game of the D2CCA Tipoff Classic presented by Suddenlink Sunday, Oct. 31, at the First United Bank Center.
The Jennies (1-2) will be idle until hosting Northern State in the Cross Regional Tournament at the UCM Multipurpose Building Friday, Nov. 12, at 6:30 p.m.
Nelson, a redshirt freshman guard from Kansas City, Mo., made just four shots from the floor but went an impressive 14-of-18 at the free-throw line for her career-best 21 points, while fellow redshirt freshman guard Bovaird netted her career-high 18 points on 5-for-8 shooting, including a 4-of-7 performance from three-point range, and a perfect 4-of-4 showing at the free-throw line.
Brooke Littrell tallied a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and
Nija Collier scored 14 points, rounding out the Jennies in double figures for the game.
Central Missouri shot 41 percent from the floor (19-for-46) and went 35-for-42 at the foul line for 83 percent but turned the ball over 20 times which led to 23 Drury points off turnovers. The Panthers had 13 steals in the contest.
Paige Robinson netted a game-high 26 points on 8-of-19 shooting, pacing Drury in the game.
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