Jennies Defeat Ichabods for Ninth Straight Win

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Feb. 13, 2021) - It wasn't easy, but Central Missouri found a way picking up their ninth straight win, 62-56 over Washburn. Washburn matched or outscored the Jennies in three of the four quarters, but a big second-quarter was enough to to carry the Jennies to victory.

How it Happened
• The Ichabods held a narrow shooting edge over UCM both overall, 44% to 43%, and from three, 45.5% to 43%. Central Missouri though took advantage of their trips to the free throw line hitting 9-of-11 while Washburn was just 9-for-16.
• The Jennies biggest advantage came on the glass as they grabbed 39 rebounds to the Ichabods 22. UCM also pulled down 16 offensive rebounds and scored 13 second-chance points.
• UCM gave Washburn plenty of opportunities to keep the game close. The Jennies lost the ball 24 times while taking it away just 13.
• The Jennies bench provided a nice spark scoring 21 points while the Ichabod starters accounted for 47 of their 56 points. 
• It was all Washburn at the start as they jumped out to an 8-0 lead. Central Missouri didn't get on the board until the 5:45 mark when Kade Hackerott grabbed an offensive rebound and put back a layup.
• The Jennies chipped away at the lead, tying it late in the first on a Nija Collier three with less than a minute to play. After 10 minutes we were knotted up at 14-all.
• Olivia Nelson gave UCM their first lead to start the second. She took a feed from Morgan VanHyfte after VanHyfte started a two-on-one with a steal. The Jennies scored the first seven points in the second and used a 9-0 run to build a 21-14 lead.
• Following the media timeout midway through the frame, Charley Bovaird and Kade Hackerott hit back-to-back threes and put UCM up 11, 27-16, with three minutes to go in the half. The lead stayed at 11, 31-20, heading into the break as Nelson drove to the basket for a layup with under 10 seconds to play.
• Coming out of the half, the Jennies pushed their lead to a high of 15, 35-20. Washburn though brought it back under 10, getting it down to five, 45-40 late in the third. At the buzzer through, Kade Hackerott found Graycen Holden under the basket for a wide open layup putting the Jens up seven, 47-40 heading to the fourth.
• A three from Nija Collier put the Jennies back up 10, 52-42. She went 3-4 from three for the game.
• Washburn didn't go away and brought the lead down to four, 54-50, with three and a half minutes left to play. Gigi McAtee hit a big three making it a 57-50 game, and Collier with a steal got fouled and put away two free throws for a 59-50 lead.
• The Jennies knocked in some free throws and the Ichabods hit some layups to get us to our 62-56 final.

It Was Over When...
• Gigi McAtee stopped a Washburn run and put the Jennies up 57-50 with 3:05 to play with a clutch three-point basket. Washburn didn't score again until there was 27 seconds left and the game were out of reach.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Nija Collier picked up her sixth double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds. She also blocked five shots and had two steals.
• Olivia Nelson scored 17 points going 7-10 from the floor.
• Kade Hackerott's nine points were a career-best. She also grabbed six rebounds.
• Charley Bovaird and Gigi McAtee each hit a pair of three-pointers and scored six points. McAtee added four boards and three assists.

For the Ichabods
• Nuria Barrientos scored a game-high 18 points.
• Hunter Bentley was 2-4 from three and scored 16 points with five rebounds.
• Macy Doebele added six points and four rebounds.
• Aubrey Dewey scored five and passed out two assists.

News and Notes
• The Jennies held Washburn to just six second quarter points. It's the seventh time this season an opponent has been held under 10 points in a quarter. The Jennies are 6-1 this season and 61-6 dating back to 2016-17
• Central Missouri also kept Washburn under 60 points, the 10th time limiting their opponent to less than 60 points this season.
• Gigi McAtee's three-pointer in the second quarter gave her 250 points for her career.
• Nija Collier hit her 250th career field goal. She also set a season-high with five blocks. Those five blocks give her 83 for her career moving her to eighth all-time at UCM.
• This was the fourth time in the last seven games UCM has shot 42% or better from behind the arc. 
• The Jennies 24 turnovers are a season-high.
• UCM has now won six straight games against Washburn, the longest winning streak over the Ichabods in team history.

Up Next
• The Jennies start perhaps their toughest stretch of the season taking on three straight opponents with winning records. The first game of that stretch is Thursday, Feb. 18 at Nebraska-Kearney with a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.