WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Reese Schaaf tallied her ninth double-double of the season,
Taylor Weishaar netted 17 points, and
Makenzie Farmer added 10 points, helping the University of Central Missouri Jennies Basketball team post a 77-59 win over the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats on a frigid Friday evening, Jan. 23, inside the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center in the annual Blackout Game.
The Jennies (14-5, 8-2 MIAA) are scheduled to travel to Kearney, Neb., for a MIAA contest at Nebraska Kearney (11-9, 4-5 MIAA) on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 5:30 p.m.
Central Missouri outscored Northwest Missouri (10-10, 3-7 MIAA) in the first quarter, 24-14, and never looked back, leading by as much as 22 points on its way to the 18-point victory.
Schaaf had a game-high 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the field, including a 2-of-4 performance from three-point range, and went 3-of-6 at the free-throw line, while pulling down 10 rebounds for her seventh consecutive and team-best ninth double-double of 2025-26.
Weishaar scored her 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor and added eight rebounds and four assists, and Farmer went 4-of-8 from the field and 2-of-4 from beyond the arc for her 10 points.
Jolie Bonderer chipped in nine points, and Maryville, Mo., native
Rylee Vierthaler added eight points, rounding out the UCM leaders.
The Jennies shot 51 percent from the floor (29-of-57), 40 percent from three-point range (8-of-20), and were 79 percent at the free-throw line (11-of-14) in the game. Central Missouri outrebounded Northwest Missouri, 32-28, and outscored the Bearcats off turnovers, 15-6.
Bailey Birmingham had 13 points, pacing Northwest Missouri State.
