EMPORIA, Kan. (Feb. 9, 2021) - Central Missouri went 3-0 on their road trip, culminating with a 79-72 win at No. 25 Emporia State. The win is their eighth straight and puts them at 15-2 on the season.

How It Happened
• Central Missouri was 28-63 connecting on 44% of their attempts. They were also 39% from three hitting 11 while ESU shot 38% overall and 27% from three.
• The Jennies grabbed 48 rebounds to the Hornets 31. Of those 48 15 were offensive which led to 18 second chance points.
• UCM turned the ball over 17 times, but just six times in the second half. The Jens forced eight with three steals. 
• It took nearly two minutes for a ball to make it through the hoop. Olivia Nelson started it hitting a three as the shot clock buzzer went off. She hit another on the next possession and UCM was out to a 6-0 lead.
• The Jennies got up 10, 13-3 following a Charley Bovaird three before the Hornets started to press. They cut the lead down to four with a 6-0 run, but the Jennies scored five straight of their own and led 19-12 after one. The Jennies were 4-7 from three in the frame.
• Emporia State continued to comeback in the second quarter. They got the lead down to three, 21-18, but a 10-5 run, capped by a Bovaird three put UCM back up eight. Emporia State bounced right back with seven straight, getting it down to one, 31-30, and at the half, UCM led 36-32.
• The Hornets stormed out of the gate to start the second half, scoring 17 points in less than six minutes. They took their first lead, 41-40 and extended it to five, 49-44 at the media timeout.
• That timeout settled down UCM who came out of the break getting three's from Bovaird and Gigi McAtee, grabbing a 50-49 lead. The Jennies held the lead going into the fourth 57-55.
• The two teams traded baskets to start the fourth before the Jennies went on a run. Nija Collier with an offensive rebound and a putback put the Jennies up five, 66-61. Collier then found a streaking Brooke Littrell who laid it in and the Jens were up nine, 70-61, with 2:35 left to play.
• Emporia State hit a three and had a steal getting it to four, 70-66 with under a minute left. Central Missouri went 9-10 at the free throw line to close out the game and walked out with a 79-72 win.

It Was Over When...
• Central Missouri did their job at the free throw line in the final minute. UCM was 9-10 as Olivia Nelson, Nija Collier, Morgan VanHyfte and Brooke Littrell were each 2-2.

Jennies Stat Leaders
• Olivia Nelson scored a team-high 18 points. She was 4-6 from three with five assists and a steal.
• Nija Collier scored 14, 12 in the second half and pulled down 12 rebounds. She also dished out four assists.
• Charley Bovaird was 5-10 from three and scored 16 points. 
• Gigi McAtee and Brooke Littrell each scored eight. Littrell also pulled down 12 boards.
• Graycen Holden and Morgan VanHyfte each scored six.

For the Hornets
• Tre'Zure Jobe scored a game-high 21 points on 8-26 shooting.
• Karsen Schultz was 4-7 from three and scored 16.
• Fredericka Sheats added 11 points and 10 rebounds.
• Daley Handy and Ehlaina Hartman each scored 10. 

News and Notes
• Gigi McAtee was 2-5 from three and hit her 50th career three-point attempt.
• Olivia Nelson's 18 points are a season-best.
• Nija Collier has five double-doubles this season.
• Only seven Hornets played.
• The Jennies have run their winning streak to a season-high eight games.
• UCM has scored 70+ points in three straight games for the first time this season.
• UCM has won three straight against Emporia for the first time since 2006-07.
• This was just the Jennies fourth win at Emporia since 1997. They are 4-20 in their last 24 games. 

Up Next
• The Jennies return home to take on Washburn Saturday, Feb. 13 against Washburn. It is Military Appreciation Day as well as the Jennies annual Pink Out game.