Northwest Missouri State Women's Basketball Game Notes (PDF)

Thursday, Jan. 14 | 5:30 p.m. | Hays, Kansas
Northwest Missouri State at Fort Hays State
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Saturday, Jan. 16 | 2 p.m. | Kearney, Nebraska
Northwest Missouri State at Nebraska-Kearney
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ON THE AIR
The Bearcat women's basketball games this week will be broadcast on the MIAA Network at www.themiaanetwork.com/. Live stats for Thursday's game against Fort Hays will be available at https://fhsuathletics.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary. Live stats for Saturday's contest at Nebraska-Kearney can be found at https://lopers.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary. Radio broadcast will also be available for listening on KXCV (90.5 FM).
 
BEARCAT LEADERS
Freshman guard Molly Hartnett continues to lead the Bearcat scoring effort with 14.8 ppg while senior guard Jaelyn Haggard follows closely with 10.3 ppg. Senior guard Mallory McConkey is also trending upward, scoring 11, 14, and 12 points in each of the last three games, respectively, after averaging just 2.7 ppg through the first three games of the season. Senior guard Kylie Coleman has been hot from 3-point range, going 11-for-24 on the season for 45.8 percent. Hartnett is also pulling down 4.8 rpg while McConkey follows with 4.0 rpg and Coleman chipping in 3.8 rpg as well. McConkey has dished out 14 assists on the season as well.
 
LAST TIME VS. FORT HAYS STATE
The late January 2020 match up between the Bearcats and Tigers in Bearcat Arena favored the visitors, 70-59. Despite dropping the contest, Northwest held a 32-25 advantage at half time, but the Tigers responded in the third quarter by outscoring the Bearcats 25-13. Senior guard Kylie Coleman scored 17 points and Mallory McConkey added 15 in the loss. Senior forward Ellie Horn also pulled down five rebounds in the contest. Northwest did limit Fort Hays to 40.4 percent shooting from the floor and 11.8 percent shooting from 3-point land.
 
ABOUT THE TIGERS
The Fort Hays women's basketball team returns their leading scorer from the previous season in junior guard Jaden Hobbs. Hobbs averages 12.6 ppg and leads the team with 40 assists and 22 steals through eight games. After Hobbs, the Tigers have lost their next three scorers from 2019-20. Fort Hays has been having no problem scoring though, as they lead the MIAA in points scored per game (605 points, 75.6 ppg). Senior guard Whitney Randall is scoring 15.4 ppg and freshman guard Katie Wagner averages 9.1 ppg. Wagner has also pulled down 56 rebounds (7.0 rpg) and recorded 23 assists.
LAST TIME VS. NEBRASKA-KEARNEY
In a late January 2020 match up in Bearcat Arena, the Lopers offense exploded in the first quarter, scoring 24 points. The Bearcats only managed to score nine points in the quarter, a deficit they would not be able to overcome by dropping the contest, 75-51.
 
ABOUT THE LOPERS
The lone unbeaten team in the MIAA has been able to stifle opponents' offense, holding teams to a conference best of 50.1 ppg. While no Loper has averaged double digits in scoring yet this season, the points are coming from all over. The top seven scorers average 5.0 ppg or more while shooting 42.7 percent from the floor. Junior guard Klaire Kirsch has pulled down 77 rebounds (9.6 rpg) this season to lead the team while three Lopers have dished out 20 or more assists.
 
CAREER 20-POINT SCORING GAMES
Jaelyn Haggard - 10
Mallory McConkey - 3
Molly Hartnett - 1
 
CAREER 30-POINT SCORING GAMES
Jaelyn Haggard - 1
 
CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Mallory McConkey - 1
Paityn Rau - 1
Molly Hartnett - 1
 
HAGGARD HOLDS 3-POINT RECORD
Jaelyn Haggard currently leads all past and present Bearcats with 219 made career 3-pointers, 14 of which have come in the 2020-21 season.
 
Northwest's Career 3-point FG Made
1. Jaelyn Haggard (2017-pres.) - 219
2. Kelli Nelson (2005-08) - 202
3. Shelly Martin (2008-10) - 170
4. Laura Friederich (2003-06) - 163
5. Brooke Hogue (2002-04) - 143
6. Mallory McAndrews (2015-19) - 139
7. Tanya Meyer (2014-18) - 132
8. Katie O'Grady (2004-07) - 125
9. Ashleigh Nelson (2011-2014) - 121
10. Lauren Williams (2005-08) - 106