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CENTRAL MISSOURI JENNIES BASKETBALL 2018 NCAA CHAMPIONS 7 REGIONAL TITLES | 12 MIAA REGULAR SEASON TITLES | 8 MIAA TOURNAMENT TITLES 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RECORD MIAA Week 12 Overall: 17-3 (Home: 8-1, Away: 9-2, Neutral: 0-0) Feb. 25, 27 | Warrensburg, Mo. MIAA: 17-3 (Home: 8-1, Away: 9-2, Neutral: 0-0) Thursday, February 25 - 5:30 p.m. | Warrensburg, Mo. NOVEMBER 2020-21 Overall Record: 16-2 24 MISSOURI SOUTHERN W 78-52 28 PITTSBURG STATE W 78-61 2020-21 Conference Record: 6-0 (MIAA) Series History: UCM Leads 8-2 DECEMBER Last Meeting: UNK 68-56 in Warrensburg, Mo. (1/9/21) 3 at Northwest Missouri (Maryville, MO) W 58-49 Head Coach: Carrie Eighmey (107-59, 6th Season UNK, 175-78 9th Season Overall) 5 at Missouri Western (St. Joseph, MO) W 67-48 12 at Lincoln (Jefferson City, MO) W 92-69 Saturday, February 27 - 1 p.m. | Warrensburg, Mo. 17 at Washburn (Topeka, KS) W 67-45 2020-21 Overall Record: 16-2 19 at Emporia State (Emporia, KS) Postponed 2020-21 Conference Record: 5-1 (MIAA) Series History: UCM Leads 18-14 JANUARY Last Meeting: UCM 79-72 in Warrensburg, Mo. (1/7/21) 7 FORT HAYS STATE W 79-72 Head Coach: Tony Hobson (277-102, 13th Season) 9 NEBRASKA-KEARNEY L 56-68 14 at Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK) L 66-70 PROJECTED STARTERS 16 at Newman (Wichita, KS) W 58-52 21 NORTHEASTERN STATE W 86-62 23 ROGERS STATE W 79-59 28 MISSOURI WESTERN W 66-45 30 NORTHWEST MISSOURI W 55-51 FEBRUARY 4 at Pittsburg State (Pittsburg, KS) W 76-71 6 at Missouri Southern (Joplin, MO) W 78-59 1 3 24 30 33 9 at #25 Emporia State (Emporia, KS) W 79-72 Olivia Gigi Nija Brooke Morgan 13 WASHBURN W 62-56 Nelson McAtee Collier Littrell VanHyfte 18 at #12 Nebraska-Kearney (Kearney, NE) W 70-66 G•Fr.•5-7 G•Jr.•5-11 G/F•Sr.•6-0 G/F•Fr.•6-2 G/F•R-Sr.•6-0 20 at #8 Fort Hays State (Hays, KS) L 63-72 Kansas City, Mo. Manhattan, Kan. Roseville, Mich. Green City, Mo. Annawan, Ill. 25 RV CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 5:30 p.m. Liberty HS Manhattan HS KCKCC Green City HS Illinois State 27 LINCOLN 1 p.m. >> 1972 61-47 SBU Jennies Basketball has held MARCH >> 1977 67-52 SWMSU opponents to fewer than 3-7 MIAA TOURNAMENT (CAMPUS SITES) ON >> 1989 80-57 UMSL 10 10 points in a quarter in 68 12-15 NCAA CENTRAL REGION TOURNAMENT THIS >> 1997 65-60 NWMSU games dating back to 2016- 23-26 NCAA ELITE EIGHT >> 2008 79-57 MWSU 17. UCM is 62-6 in those >> 2017 69-63 PSU games, 7-1 this season. • All regular season ames are MIAA games DATE BELOW • All times listed are Central and subject to change • Home games are listed in CAPS and played in the UCM Multipurpose Building If the Jennies win at least >> VanHyfte 2nd Steals ^ MIAA Tournament Game ! NCAA Central Region Game one game this weekend, >> Nelson 8th Assists RECORDS STAT they’ll have five straght sea- MIAA >> Bovaird 1st 3FG% 2020-21 Slifer All-Time OF THE sons with 2 or fewer home >> Jennies 1st Reb Margin Home 8-1 171-46 548-116 losses for the first time since >> Jennies 2nd 3FG% >> Jennies 2nd Steals Away 9-2 125-75 343-218 WEEK 1989-93. LEADERS MIAA 17-3 226-100 490-203 The Jennies held >> Collier 19th Dbl-Dbls ON THE AIR opponents below 60 >> VanHyfte 13th Steals Radio: 1450 KOKO/98.5 The Bar/107.9 FM 60 NCAA >> Bovaird 23rd 3FG% Radio Streaming: warrensburgradio.com AND points in 19 of 31 >> Jennies 7th FT Made Video Streaming: themiaanetwork.com/ucmmules games last season & 10 >> Jennies 15th Blocks Play-by-Play: Greg Hassler of 20 so far in 2020-21 >> Jennies 16th Steals Live Stats: ucmathletics.com UNDER LEADERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Media Relations Manager ..............Joe Hoffmann Email [email protected] Office Phone ..........................(660) 543-8091 Address ................UCM Multipurpose Building 203C Warrensburg, Mo. 64093 @UCMWBB /Jenniesbball Jennies Basketball UCMathletics.com 2020-21 CENTRAL MISSOURI BASKETBALL CENTRAL MISSOURI AT A GLANCE 2020-21 ROSTER No. Name Position Ht. Year Hometown Previous School THE UNIVERSITY Location ...................................Warrensburg, Mo. 1 Olivia Nelson G 5-7 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. Liberty HS Founded .........................................................1871 3 Gigi McAtee G 5-11 Sr. Manhattan, Kan. Manhattan HS Enrollment ................................................... 12,300 4 Madisyn Pense G 5-7 So. Farmington, Ark. Farmington HS Athletic Director ..............................Jerry Hughes 5 Sydnee Schovanec F 6-0 So. Bixby, Okla. Bixby HS Senior Assoc. AD/SWA ............ Kathy Anderson 10 Kade Hackerott G/F 5-11 Fr. Goddard, Kan. Goddard HS Media Relations Manager ...........Joe Hoffmann 11 Ryann Stearns G 5-9 Jr. Andover, Kan. UTSA Nickname ....................................................Jennies 12 Camryn Swanson G 5-8 Sr. Blue Springs, Mo.Kansas City Kansas CC Colors ..................................................Red & Black 20 Graycen Holden F 6-1 Fr. Edmond, Okla. Edmond North HS Arena ...................... UCM Multipurpose Building 21 Charley Bovaird G 5-11 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln East HS Capacity .......................................................8,500 22 Makenna Vanzant G 5-8 Fr. Farmington, Ark. Farmington HS Website .............................www.ucmathletics.com 23 Adria Costley G 5-8 Jr. Mexico, Mo. Mexico HS COACHING STAFF 24 Nija Collier G/F 6-0 Sr. Roseville, Mich. Kansas City Kansas CC 25 Ali Vigil G 5-11 Fr. Kansas City, Kan. Piper HS Head Coach ....................................... Dave Slifer 30 Brooke Littrell G/F 6-2 Fr. Green City, Mo. Green City HS Alma Mater .........................Mount Mercy, 1982 33 Morgan VanHyfte G/F 6-0 R-Sr. Annawan, Ill. Illinois State UCM Record (years) ... 350-153 (17th season) 35 Madison Cook G/F 6-0 R-So. Fort Scott, Kan. Fort Scott HS Career Record (years) 734-252 (32nd season) Assistant Coaches ........................Mike Nicholson Head Coach | Dave Slifer (17th Season) Tammy Slifer Assistant Coaches | Mike Nicholson, Tammy Slifer, Kenzie Williams Graduate Assistant Coach | Paige Redmond Kenzie Kostas Team Managers | Lexie Turano Graduate Assistants Paige Redmond Student Assistant ............................. Lexie Turano BREAKDOWN Athletic Trainer .............................Crystal Meeks BY CLASS 2019-20 REVIEW Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Nija Collier Adria Costley Madison Cook Charley Bovaird Overall Record .............................................27-4 Gigi McAtee Ryann Stearns Madisyn Pense Kade Hackerott Home................................................................13-0 Camryn Swanson Sydnee Schovanec Graycen Holden Road ...............................................................10-3 Morgan VanHyfte Brooke Littrell Neutral ............................................................. 4-1 Olivia Nelson MIAA Record (finish) ...........................18-1 (1st) Makenna Vanzant Final WBCA Ranking .......................................12 Ali Vigil Starters Returning / Lost .............................3 / 2 Letterwinners Returning / Lost ...................9 / 6 BY STATE Arkansas (2): Madisyn Pense, Makenna Vanzant Postseason ........... NCAA Central Region No. 1 Kansas (5): Madison Cook, Kade Hackerott, Gigi McAtee, Ryann Stearns, Ali Vigil JENNIES HISTORY Illinois (1): Morgan VanHyfte First year of basketball .......................1970-71 Michigan (1): Nija Collier Missouri (4): All-time record (pct.) ............. 1030-411 (.715) Adria Costley, Brooke Littrell, Olivia Nelson, Camryn Swanson Nebraska (1): Charley Bovaird NCAA Tournament Appearances ...................23 Oklahoma (2): Graycen Holden, Sydnee Schovanec MIAA Regular Season Championships ..........12 MIAA Tournament Championships .................... 8 PRONUNCIATIONS NCAA Regional Championships ..........7 (1983, Charley Bovaird - Bo-VAIRD 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2018) Nija Collier - Nye-ja cahl-yer NCAA Championships ...............2 (1984, 2018) Adria Costley - Ay-dree-ah kahst-lee NCAA Postseason Record ......................... 28-21 Kade Hackerott - Cade Last Appearance ................................... 2019-20 Brooke Littrell - lit-tril Last Opponent .................................... COVID-19 Gigi McAtee – G-G – MAC-a-tee Result ..................................................................Loss Sydnee Schovanec - skoo-vuh-neck Morgan VanHyfte - Van-Hefty Makenna Vanzant - Vanz-ANT Dave Slifer - Slife (rhymes with “life”) -er CENTRAL MISSOURI BASKETBALL | @UCMWBB 2020-21 CENTRAL MISSOURI BASKETBALL WBCA TOP 25 COACHES POLL Tip-Off Poll 5: Feb. 23, 2021 (Week 4) • Central Missouri finishes off the regular season at home taking on Central Oklahoma and Rk. Team Record Pts. 1st Prev. Lincoln this weekend. 1 Lubbock Christian (13-0) 550 22 1 • UCM will recognize their two senior student-athletes Gigi McAtee and Morgan VanHyfte in a 2 Lander (14-0) 523 0 2 special on-court ceremony prior to the game. 3 Drury (14-1) 501 0 4 4 Hawaii Pacific (9-0) 455 0 7 5 Fort Hays State (18-2) 414 0 8 Storylines 6 North Georgia (14-1) 401 0 13 • All-time against Central Oklahoma the Jennies are 10-3. The Jennies four-game winning 7 Charleston, WV (13-1) 399 0 3 8 Valdosta State (16-2) 368 0 10 streak over the Bronchos was snapped when these two teams met in Edmond in January. 9 Minnesota Duluth (10-1) 349 0 6 • Central Missouri and Lincoln have played a whole bunch, but it is a very one-sided rivalry. 10 Michigan Tech (15-1) 346 0 19 The Jennies are 60-3 all-time against the Blue Tigers and have won nine straight. 11 Texas A&M-Commerce (10-2) 259 0 15 12 Daemen (9-1) 255 0 17 • The Jennies have clinched a berth in the upcoming MIAA Tournament. They will also host at 13 Carson-Newman (14-2) 251 0 11 least a quarterfinal round game Wednesday, March 3. 14 Nebraska Kearney (17-3) 221 0 12 • UCM is in a position to qualify for their fifth straight NCAA Central Region Tournament. They 15 Central Missouri (17-3) 216 0 16 16 West Texas A&M (14-3) 204 0 5 have been selected to host whether they qualify or not. 17 Glenville State (8-1) 199 0 18 18 Grand Valley State (13-3) 195 0 9 Last Time Out 19 Southwestern Oklahoma (13-2) 191 0 20 20 Arkansas Tech (10-1) 165 0 14 • The Jennies saw their 10-game winning streak come to an end as they fell out of first place in 21 Western Colorado (13-2) 162 0 21 the MIAA following a 72-63 loss to Fort Hays State.