Jennies Basketball Hosts Avila Tuesday, Travels to Hawaii for Hoops in Hawaii Classic Friday & Saturday

Game 8: Central Missouri (5-2) vs. Avila (0-6)
Tuesday, Nov. 26 | 6 p.m. | Warrensburg, Mo. (Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center)
Radio: 1450 KOKO AM (Joe Moore, pxp)
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Hoops in Hawaii Classic
Game 9: Central Missouri at Hawaii Pacific (2-0)
Friday, Nov. 28 | 7:30 p.m. CT | Honolulu, Hawaii (The Shark Tank)
Radio: "Your Country" 98.5 The BAR FM (Greg Hassler, pxp)
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Game 10: Central Missouri vs. Colorado-Colorado Springs (1-2)
Saturday, Nov. 29 | 6:30 p.m. CT | Honolulu, Hawaii (The Shark Tank)
Radio: "Your Country" 98.5 The BAR FM (Greg Hassler, pxp)
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UCM Game Notes | 2024-25 UCM Roster

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Central Missouri Jennies basketball (5-2) is scheduled to host Avila (0-6) Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 6 p.m. inside the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center in Warrensburg before traveling to Honolulu, Hawaii for two games in the Hoops in Hawaii Classic Nov. 29-30. UCM is scheduled to face the Hawaii Pacific Sharks (2-0) Friday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m. CT before taking on Colorado-Colorado Springs (1-2) Saturday, Nov. 30, at 6:30 p.m. CT.
The Jennies are coming off a 70-56 win over Maryville Thursday, Nov. 21, in Warrensburg.
Through seven games, Central Missouri is led by Reese Schaaf (17.3 ppg., 10.6 rpg., .543 FG%, .769 FT%, 9 A, 6 Stl), Lauren Frost (14 ppg., 3.9 rpg., 30 A, .475 FG%, .417 3FG%, .923 FT%), Allie Clevenger (11.4 ppg., 3.1 rpg., .446 FG%, .483 3FG%, .800 FT%, 12 A, 5 Stl) and Cierra Smith (11.1 ppg., 3.4 rpg., .378 FG%, .909 FT%, 12 A, 6 Blk, 11 Stl).
As a team, UCM is averaging 69.7 points per game while holding opponents to 62.4 points per game. The Jennies are outrebounding their adversaries, 38.7 to 34.0 rebounds per game, and shooting 45 percent from the field, 35.6 percent from three-point range and 78.5 percent at the free-throw line.
Schaaf currently leads the MIAA in rebounding through seven contests with her 10.6 boards per game and is third in all of NCAA Division II in total rebounds with 74 and is tied for the NCAA-II lead with four double-doubles. She is second in the conference in scoring with her 17.3 points per game.
Frost is ranked second in the conference and seventh in Division II with 26 assists in six games.

LAST TIME OUT: JENNIES BASKETBALL TAKES DOWN MARYVILLE THURSDAY, 70-56

Reese Schaaf netted her third straight double-double leading Central Missouri Jennies basketball to a 70-56 win over the Maryville Saints Thursday, Nov. 21, inside the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center.
Schaaf, a junior from El Dorado Springs, Mo., went 9-of-10 from the field and 6-of-7 at the free-throw line for her game-high 24 points and pulled down 11 boards for her team-best fifth double-double 2024-25. Lauren Frost added 16 points on 6-of-14 shooting, including a 3-for-5 performance from three-point range, and dished out four assists, and Allie Clevenger also reached double-figure points with 15 points. Taylor Weishaar added 13 rebounds.
UCM outscored Maryville (1-4) in the fourth quarter, 21-11, to turn a four-point third quarter advantage into a 10-point victory.
For the game, Central Missouri shot 43 percent (26-of-60) from the floor, 39 percent from three-point range (7-of-18) and were 85 percent at the free-throw line (11-of-13). UCM outrebounded Maryville, 41-36, and outscored the Saints in the paint, 28-26, and off turnovers, 18-10.

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.

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