Jennies Basketball Set to Host Central Bank Cross Regional Tournament Friday & Saturday

2024 Central Bank Cross Regonal Tournament
Game 3: Central Missouri (1-1) vs. Henderson State (0-0)
Friday, Nov. 8 | 11:30 a.m. | Warrensburg, Mo. (Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center)
Radio: 1450 KOKO AM (Joe Moore, pxp)
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Game 4: Central Missouri vs. Concordia-St. Paul (0-0)
Saturday, Nov. 9 | 1:30 p.m. | Warrensburg, Mo. (Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center)
Radio: None
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UCM Game Notes | 2024-25 UCM Roster

TIP-OFF

Central Missouri Jennies basketball (1-1) is scheduled to host the 2024 Central Bank Cross Regional Tournament Friday, Nov. 8, and Saturday, Nov. 9, inside the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center in Warrensburg. The Jennies will face Henderson State (0-0) at 11:30 a.m. Friday before taking on Concordia-St. Paul (0-0) at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The other games in the tournament will feature Missouri Southern (0-2) vs. Concordia-St. Paul Friday at 1:30 p.m. and Missouri Southern vs. Henderson State Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
The Jennies went 1-1 to open their 2024-25 season last Saturday and Sunday in the D2CCA Tip-Off Classic in St. Joseph, Mo., falling to No. 22 Southern Nazarene, 68-65, but defeating No. 15 Ferris State, 66-58.
Through two games, Central Missouri is led by Lauren Frost (14.5 ppg., 6.0 rpg., 8 A, .476 FG%, 1.000 FT%), Allie Clevenger (14 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 2 S, .478 FG%, .500 3FG%, .667 FT%), Reese Schaaf (13 ppg., 10.0 rpg., .429 FG%) and Taylor Weishaar (10.5 ppg., 7.5 rpg., .615 FG%, .625 FT%).
As a team, UCM is averaging 65.5 points per game while holding opponents to 63 points per game. The Jennies are outrebounding their adversaries, 43.5 to 35 rebounds per game, and shooting 44 percent from the field, 30 percent from three-point range and 73 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

Central Missouri travels to Moorhead, Minn., and Sioux Falls, S.D., for a pair of road games. UCM will face MSU Moorhead Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. in Moorhead before taking on Augustana (S.D.) Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. in Sioux Falls.

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