Game 11: Central Missouri (6-4, 2-1Â MIAA) at Missouri Southern (6-2, 3-0 MIAA)
Thursday, Dec. 16 | 5:30 p.m. | Joplin, Mo. (Leggett & Platt Athletic Center)
Radio: 1450 KOKO, 107.9 FM, 98.5 The BAR
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Game 12: Central Missouri at Pittsburg State (7-2, 3-1 MIAA)
Saturday, Dec. 18 | 1:30 p.m. | Pittsburg, Kan. (John Lance Arena)
Radio: 1450 KOKO, 107.9 FM, 98.5 The BAR
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Tip-Off
• Jennies basketball is scheduled to travel to Joplin, Mo., and Pittsburg, Kan., for a pair of MIAA road games Dec. 16 and 18 at Missouri Southern and Pittsburg State. UCM is slated to play at Missouri Southern Thursday, Dec. 16, at 5:30 p.m. before taking on Pittsburg State at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18.
Storylines
• Central Missouri enters Thursday's game at Missouri Southern with an overall record of 6-4 and an MIAA mark of 2-1 after defeating Northwest Missouri State Monday at home, 60-57.
• Through 10 games, the Jennies are led by redshirt senior forward
Nija Collier (22.2 ppg., 12.6 RPG, 1.9 BPG), redshirt freshman forward
Brooke Littrell (17.5 ppg., 8.4 RPG) and redshirt freshman guard
Olivia Nelson (14.6 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 5.1 APG, 1.8 SPG).
• Collier (first) and Littrell (seventh) rank in the top-10 in scoring in the MIAA through 10 games.
• Collier leads the conference on the glass with her 12.6 rebounds per game while Littrell is seventh in rebounding at 8.4rebounds per game.
• Collier leads the MIAA in field-goal percentage (83-138, .601) while Nelson is fifth (50-97, .515) and Littrell is seventh (63-125, .504).
• Redshirt freshman guard
Charley Bovaird is second in the conference in three-point field-goal percentage after 10 games, making 22 out of 48 attempts for 45.8 percent.
• Collier leads all of NCAA Division II in rebounds through 10 games with 126. She is eighth in NCAA-II and first in the conference with 12.6 rebounds per game.
• Collier's team-high eight double-doubles leads the MIAA and is tied for first in NCAA-II, while Littrell's six double-doubles is third in the conference and sixth in NCAA-II.
• Nelson is second in the MIAA in assists per game at 5.1, while Collier leads the league in blocks with 1.9 blocks per game.
Jennies in the Rankings
• The defending NCAA Division II Central Region Champion Jennies were picked to finish second this year in the MIAA preseason coaches' poll. UCM received three first-place votes in the poll.
• Central Missouri was voted to tie for first with Fort Hays State in the MIAA preseason media poll. The Jennies tallied 118 points and five first-place votes in the poll.
Individual Milestones
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Nija Collier is third in career blocks at UCM with 114 through 10 games this season. She needs 12 blocks to move up to second in program history.
Last Time Out for the Jennies
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Nija Collier scored 25 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Central Missouri Jennies basketball team to a 60-57 win over the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats Monday, Dec. 13, inside the Multipurpose Building.
• Collier posted a double-double for the eighth game of the season with her 25 points on 8-of-15 shooting, including a 3-for-4 performance from three-point range, and 6-of-9 shooting at the foul line.
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Brooke Littrell also reached double figures for UCM, scoring 18 points, while
Olivia Nelson dished out six assists.
Up Next
• Central Missouri returns home to the Multipurpose Building for a New Year's Day MIAA contest against Washburn Saturday, Jan. 1, at 1 p.m.
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