Andrew Mather | University Photographer

Jennies Basketball on the Road for Contests at MSU Moorhead, Augustana (S.D.)

11/13/2024 8:53:00 AM

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Central Missouri Jennies basketball (2-2) is scheduled to travel to Moorhead, Minn., and Sioux Falls, S.D., for a pair of non-conference road games against MSU Moorhead (0-2) Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. and Augustana (0-2) Saturday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m.
UCM posted a 1-1 record last week, defeating Henderson State, 76-49, Nov. 8 in its 2024-25 home opener before falling to Concordia-St. Paul Nov. 9, 83-61.
Through four games, Central Missouri is led by Lauren Frost (13.3 ppg., 5.3 rpg., 13 A, .476 FG%, .400 3FG%, 1.000 FT%), Reese Schaaf (13.3 ppg., 10.0 rpg., .434 FG%, .636 FT%, 4 Stl), Cierra Smith (12.8 ppg., 3.8 rpg., .404 FG%, .917 FT%, 7 A, 3 Blk, 7 Stl) and Allie Clevenger (11.3 ppg., 3.5 rpg., .444 FG%, .500 3FG%, .833 FT%, 5 A, 3 Stl).
As a team, UCM is averaging 67 points per game while holding opponents to 64.5 points per game. The Jennies are outrebounding their adversaries, 40.8 to 35.3 rebounds per game, and shooting 42.7 percent from the field, 34 percent from three-point range and 76.2 percent at the free-throw line.

PREVIEWING 2024-25

The 2024-25 Central Missouri Jennies welcome back two starters from last season's team that posted an overall record of 21-8 and a MIAA mark of 15-7. Starting guards Lauren Frost and Allie Clevenger are both back on the court for this season and will be joined by returners Shannon Karlin, Cierra Smith and Rylee Vierthaler.
UCM welcomes six new student-athletes to the roster in high school freshmen Jolie Bonderer and Taylor Weishaar, and transfers Nicole Davis, Ashton Verhulst, Reese Schaaf and Callie Ziebell.
Central Missouri has arguably one of the toughest schedules in NCAA Division II this season. UCM will face four teams ranked in the WBCA Division II Preseason Top-25 poll in Pittsburg State (No. 13), Ferris State (No. 15), Southern Nazarene (No. 22) and Fort Hays State (No. 23). In addition, the Jennies are slated to face seven teams that advanced to the NCAA tournament in 2023-24.
UCM was picked fifth in the MIAA Preseason Coaches' Poll and sixth in the conference's preseason media poll.

SLIFER INKS FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION

Jennies head coach Dave Slifer, now in his 21st season as the leader of the program, signed a four-year contract extension through the 2027-28 season in the summer of 2024.
The contract is highly competitive in the MIAA and NCAA Division II and provides incentives for MIAA championships, postseason appearances and achievements, coach of the year awards, and academic achievement.
Slifer has led Jennies basketball to 12 NCAA Division II postseason berths, including an NCAA-II National Championship in 2018 with the Jennies best record in program history, as well as four MIAA Championships and a pair of NCAA-II Central Region Titles.
Among active head coaches, Slifer is the second winningest coach in Division II and ranks in the top-10 among all three divisions with his 805 career victories in 35 years as a head coach.
He is the winningest coach in both Central Missouri and MIAA women's basketball history and enters 2024-25 with 421 wins in 20 seasons as head coach of the Jennies.

UP NEXT

The Jennies return home to the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center for a non-conference contest vs. Maryville Thursday, Nov. 21, at 5:30 p.m.

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