Jennies Open MIAA Play at No. 7 Fort Hays State Thursday, Travel to Nebraska Kearney Saturday

Game 11: Central Missouri (7-3) at No. 7 Fort Hays State (7-0)
Thursday, Dec. 5 | 5:30 p.m. | Hays, Kan. (Gross Memorial Coliseum)
Radio: "Your Country" 98.5 The BAR FM (Greg Hassler, pxp)
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Game 12: Central Missouri at Nebraska Kearney (6-2)
Saturday, Dec. 7 | 2 p.m. | Kearney, Neb. (Health & Sports Center)
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TIP-OFF

Central Missouri Jennies basketball (7-3) is slated to tip-off MIAA play with a pair of road games at No. 7 Fort Hays State (7-0) Thursday, Dec. 5, and Nebraska Kearney (6-2) Saturday, Dec. 7. The Jennies are slated to take on the Tigers of Fort Hays State at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Gross Memorial Coliseum in Hays, Kan., before trekking to Kearney, Neb., for a 2 p.m. contest inside the Health & Sports Center against the Nebraska Kearney Lopers Saturday.
The Jennies are coming off a 2-1 week last week. UCM defeated Avila at home in Warrensburg Nov. 26, 74-48, before taking down Hawaii Pacific, 70-49, in game one of the Hoops in Hawaii Classic Nov. 29 and falling to Colorado-Colorado Springs, 54-53, in the finale of the Hoops in Hawaii Classic Nov. 30 in Honolulu.
Through 10 games, Central Missouri is led by Reese Schaaf (17.6 ppg., 9.4 rpg., .543 FG%, .850 FT%, 12 A, 10 Stl, 2 Blk), Lauren Frost (11.5 ppg., 4.3 rpg., 40 A, .417 FG%, .353 3FG%, .850 FT%, 16 Stl) and Allie Clevenger (11.5 ppg., 3.1 rpg., .427 FG%, .468 3FG%, .786 FT%, 14 A, 8 Stl).
As a team, UCM is averaging 68.5 points per game while holding opponents to 58.8 points per game. The Jennies are outrebounding their adversaries, 38.2 to 34.5 rebounds per game, and shooting 44.5 percent from the field, 34.4 percent from three-point range and 74.8 percent at the free-throw line.
Schaaf currently leads the MIAA in rebounding through 10 contests with her 9.4 boards per game and is first in all of NCAA Division II in total rebounds with 94. Shaaf is fourth in field goals made in NCAA-II (70) and sixth in double-doubles (four). She is second in the conference in scoring with her 17.3 points per game.
Frost is ranked second in the conference and 12th in Division II with 40 assists in 10 games.

LAST TIME OUT: JENNIES DROP HOOPS IN HAWAII FINALE TO COLORADO-COLORADO SPRINGS, 54-53

Central Missouri Jennies basketball dropped its Hoops in Hawaii Finale to the Colorado-Colorado Springs Mountain Lions, 54-53, Saturday afternoon, Nov. 30, inside The Shark Tank.
Reese Schaaf posted 17 points and seven rebounds, Allie Clevenger had 10 points, Lauren Frost added eight rebounds, four assists and three steals, and Taylor Weishaar tallied eight rebounds, leading Central Missouri in the contest.
UCM shot just 36 percent from the floor (18-of-50), 22 percent from three-point range (2-of-9) and 65 percent from the free throw line (15-of-23) in the game and were outrebounded by the Mountain Lions (2-3), 40-35. The Jennies outscored UCCS in the paint, 26-22, but were outscored, 20-7, in points off turnovers.
Amyah Mooe Allen posted 22 points and Maison White snagged 16 rebounds to lead Colorado-Colorado Springs.

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 are idle until returning to the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center Tuesday, Dec. 17, for a 6 p.m. non-conference game against former MIAA foe Lincoln.

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