Women's Basketball | 2/16/2022 8:05:00 PM

Game 26: Central Missouri (16-9, 12-6 MIAA) vs. Nebraska Kearney (19-5, 14-4 MIAA)
Thursday, Feb. 17 | 5:30 p.m. | Warrensburg, Mo. (Multipurpose Building)
Radio: 1450 KOKO, 107.9 FM, 98.5 The BAR

Game 27: Central Missouri vs. No. 9 Fort Hays State (21-3, 15-3 MIAA)
Saturday, Feb. 19 | 1 p.m. | Warrensburg, Mo. (Multipurpose Building)
Radio: 1450 KOKO, 107.9 FM, 98.5 The BAR
**Senior Day and Hall of Fame Day**

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Tip-Off
• Central Missouri Jennies basketball is scheduled to wrap up its 2021-22 regular season home schedule with a pair of MIAA games against Nebraska Kearney and No. 9-ranked Fort Hays State Feb. 17 and 19 inside the Multipurpose Building. The Jennies are slated to host the Lopers of Nebraska Kearney at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, before entertaining the Fort Hays State Tigers at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, for Senior and Hall of Fame Day.

Storylines
•  UCM enters the week at 16-9 overall and 12-6 in MIAA play after losing at Washburn, 72-71, Feb. 12 in Topeka, Kan.
• Through 25 games, the Jennies are led by redshirt freshman forward Brooke Littrell (20 ppg., 9.3 RPG, 1.3 APG, .866 FT%), redshirt senior forward Nija Collier (19.3 ppg., 11.4 RPG, 1.7 BPG, .509 FG%) and redshirt freshman guard Olivia Nelson (13.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 4.5 APG, 1.6 SPG).
• Littrell (second), Collier (third) and Nelson (11th) rank in the top-10 in scoring in the MIAA through 25 games.
• Collier leads the conference on the glass with her 11.4 rebounds per game while Littrell is third in rebounding at 9.3 rebounds per game.
• Collier is third in the MIAA in field-goal percentage (173-340, .509) while Littrell is fifth (176-377, .467).
• Littrell's 20 points per game ranks 16th in NCAA-II.
• Collier is fifth in NCAA-II in total rebounds after 25 games with 285. She is 10th in NCAA-II and first in the conference with 11.4 rebounds per game. In addition, she is 23rd in NCAA-II with her 19.3 points per game.
• Collier's 15 double-doubles leads the MIAA and is third in NCAA-II.
• Nelson is third in the MIAA in assists per game at 4.5, while Collier is second in blocks with 1.7 per game.
• Nelson ranks 19th in total assists in NCAA-II with 113 in 25 games.
• Charley Bovaird leads the MIAA and is fourth in NCAA-II in minutes played at 907:31 through 25 games.

Individual Milestones
 • Nija Collier is second in career blocks at Central Missouri with 140. She is 80 blocks away from tying former UCM standout Kendra Banzet for most career blocks. Banzet had 220 from 1991-95.

Last Time Out for the Jennies
• Brooke Littrell scored 25 points as Central Missouri Jennies basketball fell at Washburn, 72-71, Saturday, Feb. 12, inside Lee Arena.
• Littrell went 6-of-14 from the floor and made a career-best 13 of 13 free-throws for her game-best 25 points and added a team-best eight rebounds.
• Nija Collier (18 points) and Olivia Nelson (12 points) also reached double figure scoring in the contest.
• UCM shot 47 percent from the field (25-of-53), 33 percent from three-point range (6-for-18) and went a perfect 15-of-15 at the free-throw line in the game, but were outrebounded, 30-28, and outscored in the paint, 34-28, by the Ichabods.
• Washburn shot 50 percent from the floor (27-of-54) for the contest.

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.

Up Next
• The Jennies wrap up their regular season slate with road games at Central Oklahoma Feb. 23 and Lincoln Feb. 26.