WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Hayden Heim scored 13 points, and
Taylor Weishaar and
Jayla Griffith each added 10 points to help No. 14-ranked University of Central Missouri Jennies Basketball post a 52-38 win over the No. 25-ranked UMSL Tritons on Monday evening, Nov. 9, inside the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center.
The Jennies (3-1) are scheduled to host the MIAA/NSIC Regional Challenge beginning with a 6 p.m. game on Friday, Nov. 13, vs. Augustana (S.D.) in Warrensburg.
Central Missouri controlled the game from the opening tip and led from start to finish, never trailing the Tritons (0-1).
UCM gained a 20-9 lead after the first quarter, and went into halftime up, 29-23.
Then came the third quarter, when the Jennies clamped down on the defensive end, holding UMSL to zero points while netting 10 of their own, to take a 39-23 lead.
Heim went 5-of-13 from the floor and 2-of-2 at the free-throw line for her game-high 13 points, while Weishaar was 4-of-10 from the field and 2-of-2 at the foul line for her 10 points. Griffith went 4-of-7 overall, including a 2-of-4 showing from three-point range, for her 10 points, rounding out the Jennies in double figures. Weishaar also paced UCM on the glass with nine rebounds and had three assists, one steal, and two blocks. Freshman
Regan Becker added eight boards.
In the game, the Jennies shot 39 percent from the floor (21-of-54), 29 percent from three-point range (5-of-17), and 71 percent at the free-throw line (5-of-7). UCM held UMSL to just 30 percent shooting from the floor and 14 percent from three, and outscored the Tritons off turnovers, 13-2, and in the paint, 26-20.
Mara Rieder and Emerson Weller each tallied eight points, pacing UMSL.
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