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Opponent: #10 Central Missouri Jennies
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Bolivar, Missouri (Meyer Sports Center)

Bolivar, Mo. - The Southwest Baptist University Bearcats (7-3, 0-2 MIAA) return home Saturday afternoon to challenge MIAA foe #10 Central Missouri (7-1, 2-0 MIAA). 

Previewing the Bearcats
The Bearcats hold a 7-3 (0-2 MIAA) record on the season. Over the past weekend, they fell to two tough MIAA opponents Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State. Over their ten games, the Bearcats are averaging 80.2 points per game while shooting 81.2% as a team from the line. The 80.2 points ranks 25th in the entire NCAA and the 81.2% free throw percentage ranks 10th in the nation. Megan Rosenbohm and Caylee Richardson make the Bearcats go. Rosenbohm is the 19th best scorer in the NCAA and leading scorer in the MIAA with 21.5 points per game. She also collects 5.5 rebounds per game, 3.3 assists per game, and 2.7 steals per game. Caylee Richardson averages a near double double with 15.5 points per game and 8.7 rebounds per game on 59.2% shooting from the field and 90.5% at the line. 

Previewing the Jennies
#10 Central Missouri enters this matchup with a 7-1 (2-0 MIAA) record. The Jennies have played two MIAA contests this week with them defeating Northwest Missouri on Sunday and knocking off Missouri Western Thursday night. The Jennies are led by the two-headed attack of Paige Redmond and Morgan Fleming. Redmond averages a team leading 14.0 ppg on 48.8% from the field and 48.1% shooting from deep. Fleming averages 13.3 ppg on 46.8% on field goals. The Jennies leading rebounder is Kayonna Lee with 9.6 rpg. As a team, the Jennies score 74.9 ppg while only allowing a conference best 52.1 ppg.

The Coaches
SBU head coach Kelsey Keizer is in her fourth season on the Bearcat bench after leading SBU back to the MIAA Tournament in Kansas City for the first time in three years. Coach Keizer led the Bearcats to back-to-back winning seasons (16-14, 7-12 MIAA last year) in 2015-16 and 2016-17. A feat that had not been done since the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons. Coach Keizer holds a career coaching record of 50-47 and a 22-39 mark in the MIAA.

Dave Slifer enters his 14th season at the helm of the Jennies in the 2017-18 season. Among active head coaches, Slifer enters the season as the fourth winningest active head coach in Division II and 26th across all three divisions, with his 635 career victories. His .730 winning percentage is 14th among all active NCAA Coaches. 

All-Time Series
Central Missouri leads the all-time series against SBU, 55-13. The two teams last met up in Kansas City in March at the MIAA Conference Tournament. UCM came away with that victory by a final score of 80-61.