No. 24 Jennies Entertain Lincoln Sunday, Travel to No. 4 Missouri Southern Tuesday

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Women's Basketball | 12/9/2022 8:00:00 AM

Game 6: No. 24 Central Missouri (5-0, 2-0 MIAA) vs. Lincoln (1-7, 0-3 MIAA)
Sunday, Dec. 11 | 1 p.m. | Warrensburg, Mo. (Multipurpose Building)
Radio: 1450 KOKO, 107.9 FM, 98.5 The BAR | TV: MIAA Network (PPV)

Game 7: No. 24 Central Missouri at No. 4 Missouri Southern (10-0, 3-0 MIAA)
Tuesday, Dec. 13 | 5:30 p.m. | Joplin, Mo. (Leggett & Platt Athletic Center)
Radio: 1450 KOKO, 107.9 FM, 98.5 The BAR | TV: MIAA Network (PPV)

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Tip-Off

No. 24-ranked Central Missouri Jennies basketball (5-0, 2-0 MIAA) is scheduled to host the Lincoln Blue Tigers (1-7, 0-3 MIAA) in a rare Sunday afternoon MIAA tussle Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. inside the Multipurpose Building before taking to the road for a conference showdown at No. 4-ranked Missouri Southern (10-0, 3-0 MIAA) Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in Joplin, Mo., at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
UCM is coming off a pair of home MIAA victories last week, defeating Central Oklahoma Dec. 1, 83-65, and Newman Dec. 3, 83-38.
Through five games, the Jennies are paced by redshirt sophomores Brooke Littrell (19.2 ppg., 6.4 rpg., .594 FG%, .778 FT%), Olivia Nelson (13.0 ppg., 2.6 rpg., .578 FG%, .500 3FG%, 26 A, 9 Stl) and Lauren Frost (10.4 ppg., 5.4 rpg., .468 FG%, 23 A, 8 Stl).
As a team, UCM is averaging 82.4 points and 44.6 rebounds per game and shooting 52 percent from the field while holding its opponents to 53.4 points and 32 rebounds per game and a 33 percent field-goal percentage.
The Jennies lead all of NCAA Division II in field-goal percentage through five games at 52 percent. UCM has converted 164 out of 318 shot attempts going into Sunday's game.

Last Time Out

Redshirt sophomore Brooke Littrell scored her 1,000th career point as the No. 23-ranked Central Missouri Jennies basketball team rolled to an 83-38 victory over the Newman Jets in a MIAA contest Saturday afternoon, Dec. 3, inside the Multipurpose Building.
Littrell, who wears number 30 on her jersey, became the 30th member of the 1,000-Point Club for UCM women's basketball after converting a three-pointer with 6:32 to go in the first quarter. She finished the game with a team-high 14 points on 6-for-9 shooting from the floor to up her career total to 1,012.
Lauren Frost (13 points) and Kade Hackerott (11 points) also scored in double digits for the Jennies while Ashley Tull pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds, including seven offensive boards. Frost and Olivia Nelson each dished out a game-best six assists, respectively.
UCM shot a sizzling 54 percent from the field for the game, going 33-for-61, and were 52 percent from three-point range, converting 12 of 23 treys.
Central Missouri dominated the glass, outrebounding Newman (4-3, 1-1 MIAA), 43-23, and outscored the Jets off turnovers, 23-4.
The 38 points scored by Newman were the fewest allowed by the Jennies since limiting Evangel to 30 points in 2017-18.

Last Time Out vs. Lincoln

Nija Collier and Brooke Littrell both scored 28 points to lead Central Missouri Jennies Basketball to an 82-62 victory over the Lincoln Blue Tigers Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, inside Jason Gymnasium in the final game of the regular season for both teams.
Collier went 10-for-22 from the field and 8-of-11 at the free-throw line for her game-high-tying 28 points and added a game-best 15 rebounds for her team-high 17th double-double of the season while Littrell netted her 28 points on 11-for-19 shooting and a 5-of-6 performance the foul line.
Charley Bovaird (12 points) and Olivia Nelson (10 points) also scored in double figures for the Jennies, with Nelson dishing out a team-best five assists.
Central Missouri led 34-24 through the opening 20 minutes of the game before outscoring Lincoln, 26-13, in the third quarter to go up 60-37 and never look back.
For the game, UCM shot 48 percent (29-of-60) from the field, 53 percent (8-of-15) from three-point range and were 16-of-23 at the free-throw line for 70 percent.
The Jennies dominated in the glass, outrebounding the Blue Tigers, 50-28, including a 17-10 edge in offensive rebounds. UCM outscored Lincoln in the paint, 42-34, and 13-5 on second-chance points.

Last Time Out vs. Missouri Southern

Central Missouri Jennies basketball posted a commanding 42-26 rebounding advantage but couldn't overcome 17 turnovers in a 66-61 loss to the Missouri Southern Lions Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, inside the Multipurpose Building.
Olivia Nelson tallied 20 points to lead Central Missouri while Nija Collier (14 points, game-high 15 rebounds) and Brooke Littrell (13 points, 11 rebounds) both had double-doubles. It was Collier's 14th double-double of the season and Littrell's 12th.
In addition to her game-best 15 rebounds, Collier tied her career-high with six blocks while Nelson dished out a team-high five assists.
The Jennies were held to just 38 percent shooting from the floor and 33 percent from three-point range. UCM went 14-of-18 at the free-throw line for 78 percent.
Missouri Southern outscored Central Missouri in the paint, 24-18, and off turnovers, 11-6.
The Lions went 43 percent from the floor and 52 percent from beyond-the-arc in the contest and made 5-of-7 free throws for 71 percent.
Lacy Stokes led all scorers in the game with 25 points on 10-of-21 shooting and a 3-for-5 showing at the free-throw line.

Individual Milestones

Brooke Littrell became the 30th student-athlete in UCM Women's Basketball history to score at least 1,000 career points after converting a three-pointer with 6:32 to go in the first quarter in the Jennies' win over Newman Dec. 3.
Olivia Nelson is 184 points shy of 1,000 for her Central Missouri career. Going into Sunday's game, she sits at 816 career points.

Jennies in the Rankings

UCM is ranked No. 24 in the most recent WBCA Division II Coaches' Poll and 15th in the latest D2SIDA Division II Media Poll.
Central Missouri was picked third in the 2022-23 MIAA Preseason Media Poll and fifth in the Preseason Coaches' Poll. UCM received three first-place votes and 218 points in the media poll and 127 points in the coaches' poll.

Welcome to the 'Burg!

Central Missouri has six newcomers on its 2022-23 roster, including two high school freshmen (Cierra Smith, G; Lauren Blake, G), two junior college transfers (Alyssa Morris, F; Ashley Tull, F), one Division II transfer (Robin Campbell, G) and one Division I transfer (Lauren Frost, G).

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