WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Cierra Smith and
Ashley Tull each scored 14 points, leading the No. 24-ranked Central Missouri Jennies basketball team to an 80-58 victory over the Lincoln Blue Tigers in a MIAA game Sunday afternoon, Dec. 11, inside the Multipurpose Building.
The Jennies (6-0, 3-0 MIAA) are scheduled to travel to Joplin, Mo., to face No. 4-ranked Missouri Southern (11-0, 4-0 MIAA) Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 5:30 p.m. at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
Smith, a freshman from Grandview, Mo., went 6-for-8 from the floor and 1-of-1 at the free-throw line for her career and game-high 14 points while Tull, a junior from Troy Mills, Iowa, went 6-of-12 from the field and 2-of-4 at the foul line for her career and game-best 14 points.
Brooke Littrell added 13 points and added a game-best nine rebounds, rounding out the Jennies who scored in double figures. Tull and Smith each snagged six boards, while Littrell and
Lauren Frost each dished out four assists.
For the game, UCM shot 47 percent from the floor, going 34-of-72, and were 8-of-10 at the free-throw line for 80 percent. Central Missouri outrebounded Lincoln (1-8, 0-4 MIAA), 39-29, and outscored the Blue Tigers in the paint, 58-34, and off turnovers, 24-9. The Jennies forced 20 Lincoln turnovers and had 10 steals.
Miriam Bazylewicz tallied 12 points and seven rebounds, pacing the Blue Tigers.
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