GRIFFON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PREVIEW
Saturday, Jan. 15 // 2:00 p.m. // St. Joseph // MWSU Fieldhouse
Missouri Western (10-5, 3-3 MIAA) vs #12/10 Central Missouri (11-1, 5-0)
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ST. JOSEPH - Missouri Western women's basketball plays the first of just two January home games this Saturday when the Griffons host No. 12/10 Central Missouri in the MWSU Fieldhouse. 

The game was originally scheduled to be MWSU's last home game for almost a month, but Mother Nature had other plans and forced Missouri Western to postpone Jan. 11 games against Southwest Baptist until Monday, Jan. 15. Missouri Western is looking to snap a three-game MIAA skid and Central Missouri enters having won its last eight games and ranked No. 12 in the WBCA poll and No. 10 in the D2SIDA poll. Central Missouri was scheduled to play at Northwest Missouri on Jan. 11. That game was also rescheduled for Jan. 15. 

Central Missouri outscored Missouri Western 28-7 in the third quarter of the teams' Dec. 14 game in Warrensburg, winning the game 70-48. The Griffons trailed by one at the half, but the huge quarter by the Jennies put the game out of reach. 

MISSOURI WESTERN NOTABLES

• Rob Edmisson is one win away from his 100th as the head coach at Missouri Western
• Missouri Western is one of four MIAA teams with a 3-3 record, all 2.5 games behind first place Central Missouri and two games behind second place Central Oklahoma
• Griffons lead the MIAA in turnovers forced (20.1/game) and turnover margin (+6.4)
• Melia Richardson leads the MIAA in assist to turnover ration (+2.6)
• Missouri Western is 8-1 at home this season with only loss coming to Truman State

CENTRAL MISSOURI NOTABLES

• Just the second true road game of the season for the Jennies, first since Dec. 16
• UCM entered the week leading the MIAA in scoring defense, giving up 53.5 points per game
• Jennies lead the MIAA with a 47.2 field goal percentage
• Kayonna Lee ranks among the top rebounders (3rd-9.8) and shot blockers (5th-1.6) in the MIAA
• Jennies have won last three against MWSU and lead the all-time series 37-29

UP NEXT
The Griffons play their rescheduled game against Southwest Baptist (8-6, 0-5 MIAA) on Monday, Jan. 15 in the MWSU Fieldhouse. The game is set to tip-off at 5:30 p.m. and is the last home game this month for Missouri Western.