9 Conference Championships 7 NAIA National Tournament Appearances 3 NAIA Sweet Sixteen Appearances 15 All-America Selections WILLIAM JEWELL 34 Academic All-America Selections WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | 2018-2019 WILLIAM JEWELL CARDINALS #4/8 DRURY PANTHERS (6-4, 0-2) VS (11-0, 1-0) Head Coach: Jill Slominski Head Coach: Molly Miller Record at Jewell: 424-284 (23rd season) Record at Drury: 124-16 (5th season) SCHEDULE (H: 2-0, A: 1-3, N: 1-1) GAME DRURY UNIVERSITY AT JEWELL NCAA ERA SERIES STANDINGS DATE OPPONENT TIME (RESULT) Liberty, Mo. • Mabee Center (2,400) Thursday, January 3, 2019 • OVERALL 3-9 November 11 5:30 p.m. (CST) • GLVCSN In Liberty 2-4 11 Adams State W, 67-52 Last Meeting 49-98, Loss (Home) 16 Black Hills State# L, 62-66 GLVC SPORTS NETWORK WJC DU 17 at Southwest Minnesota State# L, 67-90 Play-by-Play: Mark Miller Color Analyst: Gray Paholke POINTS 23 Northwest Missouri State+ W, 68-61 65.4 PER GAME 89.5 Producer: Evan Sanders • Camera: Taytum Carson 24 at Missouri Western+ W, 68-61 FG% 29 at Quincy University* L, 49-58 • William Jewell (6-4) enters today’s game having .399 .485 won four in a row, including an exhibition win over December Graceland. Jewell is coming off a big 76-70 win at .270 3FG% .406 1 at Truman State University* L, 59-60 Lincoln on December 15. This was the first home loss .767 FT% .732 4 Graceland University (Exhib.) W, 85-57 of the season by the Blue Tigers. 8 Kansas Christian College W, 80-32 • The Mabee Center has been good to the Cardinals in REBOUNDS 34.2 PER GAME 38.2 10 Avila University W, 59-58 recent years, posting an overall record of 20-6 over ASSISTS 15 at Lincoln University (MO) W, 76-70 the past two seasons. 10.8 PER GAME 23.0 January • Freshman Antoinette Mussorici leads the Cardinals BLOCKS 1.5 PER GAME 2.9 3 Drury University* 5:30 p.m. offensively through the first eight games of her career but it has been an up and down battle. She has posted STEALS 5 Missouri S&T* 1 p.m. 10.3 PER GAME 17.4 four games of 15+ points, including back-to-back 12 at Rockhurst University* 1 p.m. 20+ point performances, but has also seen her share SCORING 59.0 DEFENSE 58.1 17 Bellarmine University* 5:30 p.m. of struggles with just one point at Southwest Minne- 19 Southern Indiana* 1 p.m. FG% sota State and four at Truman. The freshman guard is .384 DEFENSE .406 24 at Lewis University* 5:30 p.m. shooting just 28.3 percent from the floor. 3FG% 26 at Indianapolis University* 1 p.m. EST • Fellow newcomer Kiara Bradley enjoyed a breakout .299 DEFENSE .283 31 at Maryville University* 5:30 p.m. December, posting career highs at Truman and REBOUND -1.6 MARGIN 5.5 February Lincoln, and at home against Avila. Her 29 points at Lincoln is the fourth-most by a Cardinal in the NCAA AST-TO 2 Missouri-St. Louis* 1 p.m. 0.7 RATIO 1.4 and coupled with her career-best nine rebounds 7 McKendree University* 5:30 p.m. against Avila earned her GLVC Player of the Week 9 Illinois Springfield* 1 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS honors on December 17. ANTOINETTE MUSSORICI 14 Truman State University* 5:30 p.m. 5’5 • Fr. • G • Kansas City, Missouri • The Cardinals again enter the week as the GLVC lead- STAT AVG SEASON HIGH 16 Quincy University* 1 p.m. PPG 11.8 21 vs. Missouri Western (Nov. 24) ers in free throw percentage at 76.7 percent. Kiara RPG 1.8 4 vs. Missouri Western (Nov. 24) 23 Rockhurst University* 1 p.m. Bradley currently leads the league at 90.3 percent ASP 2.2 5 vs. Black Hills State (Nov. 16) #2 SPG 1.7 4 vs. Black Hills State (Nov. 16) 28 at Missouri S&T* 5:30 p.m. while and Kayla Harrell is seventh at 83.7. Sydney KAYLA HARRELL 6’0 • R-Sr. • F • Independence, Missouri March Offield is also hitting 86.4 percent of shots from the STAT AVG SEASON HIGH PPG 9.9 16 vs. Missouri Western (Nov. 24) 2 at Drury University* 1 p.m. charity stripe but does not meeting the minimum two RPG 4.6 7 vs. Quincy (Nov. 23) per game to be listed in the conference rankings. ASP 1.6 4 vs. Avila (Dec. 10) 5-6 GLVC Tournament TBD #4 SPG 2.6 2 - 2x; Last vs. Avila (Dec. 10) • While the scoring average is second to last in the GLVC SYDNEY OFFIELD # Southwest Minnesota State Tournament (Marshall, MN) 5’5 • R-So. • G • Liberty, Missouri + Missouri Western Classic (St. Joseph, MO) the Cardinals defense has been stiffling through the STAT AVG SEASON HIGH PPG 9.3 16 vs. Lincoln (Dec. 15) first half of the season. Jewell ranks third in the league RPG 4.3 9 vs. Quincy (Nov. 29) in scoring defense behind only nationally ranked Lewis ASP 2.0 5 vs. Southwest Minnesota (Nov. 17) #12 SPG 2.4 4 vs. Kansas Christian (Dec. 8) and Drury, giving up just 59 points per contest. Jill KIARA BRADLEY 5’11 • So. • F • Pella, Iowa Slominski’s squads have thrived in recent years with STAT AVG SEASON HIGH PPG 10.9 29 vs. Lincoln (Dec. 15) low offensive outputs but shutdown defense. RPG 6.0 9 vs. Avila (Dec. 10) • The Cardinals are just 3-9 against the Lady Panthers ASP 1.8 3 - 3x; Last vs. KS Christian (Dec. 8) #21 SPG 1.8 4 vs. Truman (Dec. 1) since moving to the NCAA level but are 2-4 at home. NATALIE CLOSSER 6’0 • Sr. • F • Springfield, Missouri STAT AVG SEASON HIGH PPG 6.0 13 vs. Black Hills State (Nov. 16) RPG 2.3 6 vs. Adams State (Nov. 11) ASP 0.8 5 vs. Kansas Christian (Dec. 8) #44 BPG 0.9 2 - 4x; Last vs. KS Christian (Dec. 8) NUMERICAL ROSTER (ACTIVE PLAYERS ONLY) COACHING STAFF 2 Antoinette Mussorici 5’5 Fr. G Kansas City, Mo. / St. Pius X Jill Slominski HC / 23rd Northwestern 4 Kayla Harrell 6’0 R-Sr. F Independence, Mo. / Southwest Baptist Maddie Mason AC / 4th William Jewell ‘15 5 Natalie Denzer 5’5 R-Fr. G Kansas City, Mo. / St. Pius X Larry Williams AC // 3rd 10 Kaiti Butaud 5’11 So. F Olathe, Kan. / Olathe South Sierra Bone AC // 1st 11 Codee Myers 5’10 R-Fr. G Ankeny, Iowa / Sioux Falls 12 Sydney Offield 5’5 R-So. G Liberty, Mo. / Missouri Southern 13 Macyn Wilbers 6’0 So. F Jefferson City, Mo. / Blair Oaks PRONUNCIATIONS 15 Kelsi York 5’5 Jr. G Crocker, Mo. / St. Louis CC Antoinette Mussorici AN-twa-net Moose-uh-REESE-ee 20 Kaitlyn Baird 6’0 So. F Springfield, Mo. / Glendale Kaiti Butaud BYOU-tawd 21 Kiara Bradley 5’11 So. F Pella, Iowa / Sioux Falls Codee Myers Code-ee 24 Kelly Hendershot 5’9 Jr. G Overland Park, Kan. / Blue Valley North Sydney Offield Oh-field 34 Lea Finn 5’11 Fr. F Oak Creek, Wis. / Oak Creek Macyn Wilbers MACE-in 35 Claire Burch 5’9 So. F Lee’s Summit, Mo. / Lee’s Summit Kiara Bradley KEY-r-uh 44 Natalie Closser 6’0 Sr. F Springfield, Mo. / Kickapoo Kalli Murphy Cal-ee 52 Kalli Murphy 5’9 Fr. G Cedarburg, Wis. / Cedarburg Jill Slominski SLOW-men-ski TV / RADIO ROSTER ANTOINETTE MUSSORICI KAYLA HARRELL NATALIE DENZER KAITI BUTAUD CODEE MYERS SYDNEY OFFIELD Fr. • G • 5’5 R-Sr. • F • 6’0 R-Fr. • G • 5’5 So. • F • 5’11 R-Fr. • G • 5’10 R-So. • G • 5’5 2 Kansas City, Mo. 4 Independence, Mo. 5 Kansas City, Mo. 10 Olathe, Kan. 11 Ankeny, Iowa 12 Liberty, Mo. MACYN WILBERS KELSI YORK KAITLYN BAIRD KIARA BRADLEY ANNEMARIE BOEH ALEXIS JAMES So. • 6’0 • F Jr. • G • 5’5 So. • F • 6’0 R-So. • F • 6’0 Jr. • F • 5’10 So. • F • 6’1 13 Jefferson City, Mo. 15 Crocker, Mo. 20 Springfield, Mo. 21 Pella, Iowa 22 Olathe, Kan. 23 Mansfield, Mo. KELLY HENDERSHOT LEA FINN CLAIRE BURCH RHYANN FISHER NATALIE CLOSSER KALLI MURPHY Jr. • G • 5’9 Fr. • F • 5’11 So. • F • 5’9 Jr. • G • 5’8 Sr. • F • 6’0 Fr. • G • 5’9 24 Overland Park, Kan. 34 Oak Creek, Wis. 35 Lee’s Summit, Mo. 40 Osawatomie, Kan. 44 Springfield, Mo. 52 Cedarburg, Wis. JILL SLOMINSKI MADDIE MASON LARRY WILLIAMS SIERRA BONE Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 23rd Season Fourth Season Third Season First Season DRURY UNIVERSITY PANTHERS 5 Daejah Bernard G 5’7 Jr. St. Joseph, Mo. / Benton QUICK FACTS 14 Paige Robinson G 5’10 Fr. Bethany, Ill. / Okaw Valley GENERAL INFORMATION 15 Adene Edwards C 6’3 Fr. Troy, Mo. / Troy Buchanan Location. .Liberty, MO 20 Lauren Shipley G 5’8 So. Adrian, Mo. / Adrian Enrollment. .950 21 Payton Richards G 5’6 So. West Plains, Mo. / West Plains Founded. 1849 22 Lauren Holmes G 5’9 So. Fayetteville, Mo. / North Texas Nickname. .Cardinals 23 Azia Lynch F 6’0 So. Overland Park, Kan. / Blue Valley School Colors. Red/Black/White 24 Lucia Fernandez F 6’2 Sr. Madrid, Spain / Ball State University Conference. .Great Lakes Valley 25 Zoey Mullins G 5’8 Fr. Strafford, Mo. / Strafford President.