ST. JOSEPH – Griffon Women's Basketball (17-5, 9-4) trailed No. 18 Central Missouri (18-4, 12-1) 2-0, 22 seconds into Saturday's game. They never trailed again. Missouri Western opened the game with a 19-2 run and went on to end the Jennies 15-game winning streak, 67-57.
 
Missouri Western handed Central Missouri its first MIAA loss of the season and its first since Feb. 9 of last year. It also snapped a streak of seven straight MWSU losses to the Jennies. The win with Newman's loss on Saturday clinched the team's spot in the MIAA Women's Basketball Championships to be held March 4-8 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
 
All five Griffons starters scored in double figures with Corbyn Cunningham and Chris Wilson both turning in double-doubles. The Griffons shot 53% from the field in the first quarter with UCM going 2 of 9 for 22%. The third quarter wasn't much different, where MWSU shot 46% while limiting the Jennies to 28% shooting.
 
NOTABLES

• The win was the second this season for MWSU over a ranked opponent after defeating then No. 10 Fort Hays 60-57 on Jan. 23.
• Missouri Western led for 38:56 of the game, leading by as many as 20 points with two different 18-point leads.
• The Griffons outscored the Jennies by 10 in the paint and had 17 second chance points to the Jennies' nine.
• MWSU held Morgan Fleming to five points on 1 of 7 shooting. Fleming was averaging 15 points per game.
• Katrina Roenfeldt went 5 of 9 from 3-point range and led the Griffons with 17 points and five assists.
• Cunningham scored 13 points with 11 rebounds.
• Kylee Williams was 3 of 6 from 3-point range and scored 11 points.
• Wilson had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Anastacia Johnson also scored 10 points.

 
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The Griffons go back on the road to take on Pittsburg State (12-9, 8-5) on Feb. 12. The Gorillas' 82-75 at Washburn on Saturday was their second in a row.