Jennies Wrap Up Regular Season at Central Oklahoma Wednesday, at Lincoln Saturday

Game 28: Central Missouri (17-10, 13-7 MIAA) at Central Oklahoma (16-10, 12-8 MIAA)
Wednesday, Feb. 23 | 5:30 p.m. | Edmond, Okla. (Hamilton Fieldhouse)
Radio: 1450 KOKO, 107.9 FM, 98.5 The BAR
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Game 29: Central Missouri at Lincoln (5-21, 1-19 MIAA)
Saturday, Feb. 26 | 1 p.m. | Jefferson City, Mo. (Jason Gymnasium)
Radio: 1450 KOKO, 107.9 FM, 98.5 The BAR
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Tip-Off
• Central Missouri Jennies basketball wraps up its 2021-22 regular season schedule with two MIAA road contests at Central Oklahoma and Lincoln Feb. 23 and 26. UCM is slated to face the Bronchos of Central Oklahoma Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 5:30 p.m. in Edmond, Okla., before facing the Lincoln Blue Tigers Saturday, Feb. 26, at 1 p.m. in Jefferson City, Mo.
• The Jennies have already clinched a spot in the 2022 MIAA Women's Basketball Championship March 2-6 at historical Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City, Mo.

Storylines
•  UCM enters the week at 17-10 overall and 13-7 in MIAA play after falling to ninth-ranked Fort Hays State Saturday, Feb. 19, in Warrensburg, 60-54.
• Through 27 games, the Jennies are led by redshirt freshman forward Brooke Littrell (20.1 ppg., 9.4 RPG, 1.4 APG, .881 FT%), redshirt senior forward Nija Collier (18.6 ppg., 11.3 RPG, 1.7 BPG, .497 FG%) and redshirt freshman guard Olivia Nelson (14.0 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 4.5 APG, 1.6 SPG).
• Littrell (second), Collier (fourth) and Nelson (10th) rank in the top-10 in scoring in the MIAA through 27 games.
• Collier leads the conference on the glass with her 11.3 rebounds per game while Littrell is third in rebounding at 9.4 rebounds per game.
• Collier is third in the MIAA in field-goal percentage (181-364, .497) while Littrell is fifth (189-406, .466).
• Littrell's 20.1 points per game ranks 14th in NCAA-II.
• Collier is fifth in NCAA-II in total rebounds after 27 games with 304. She is 11th in NCAA-II and first in the conference with 11.3 rebounds per game. In addition, she is 35th in NCAA-II with her 18.6 points per game.
• Collier's 16 double-doubles leads the MIAA and are 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 121 in 27 games.
• Charley Bovaird leads the MIAA and is second in NCAA-II in minutes played at 981:59 through 27 games.

Money at the Line
• Brooke Littrell leads the MIAA and is 16th in NCAA-II in free-throw percentage at .881 going into Wednesday's game at Central Oklahoma. She is 30 for her last 30 at the foul line and 55 of her last 56 at the charity stripe. She went a career-best 13-for-13 at Washburn Feb. 12.

Individual Milestones
 • Nija Collier is second in career blocks at Central Missouri with 144. She is 76 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
• Central Missouri Jennies basketball outscored No. 9-ranked Fort Hays State 35-21 in the second half but came up short of completing a comeback, falling to the Tigers on Senior Day, 60-54, Saturday, Feb. 19, inside the Multipurpose Building.
• Olivia Nelson paced Central Missouri with 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the floor and a 6-of-6 showing at the free-throw line and added five assists, while Brooke Littrell netted 14 points and Nija Collier tallied her team-best 16th double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
• The Jennies shot 37 percent from the field for the game, making 19 of 52 attempts, but were just 22 percent from three-point range at 4-for-18. UCM went a perfect 12-of-12 at the free-throw line.
• Central Missouri outrebounded Fort Hays State, 37-29, but committed 21 turnovers which led to 21 Tiger points. Both teams netted 30 points in the paint.
• Whitney Randall scored 19 points, leading Fort Hays State.
• The Tigers were 42 percent from the floor at 23-for-55, and 47 percent from beyond-the-arc, going 7-of-15.

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.
• UCM is 10th in the most recent NCAA-II Central Region rankings released Feb. 13. The top eight teams in the final rankings advance to the NCAA-II Central Region tournament.

Up Next
• MIAA tournament play begins for UCM March 2-6 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.