Sunday, Nov. 27
Northwest Missouri State vs. Peru State
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NOTE: Free admission for the game if you bring a non-perishable food item.
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The Northwest Missouri State women's basketball team will play host to the Peru State College Bobcats Sunday afternoon.
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The Bearcats currently have a 3-1 record with their only loss coming against No. 15 Minnesota State. The team continued to receive votes for this week's Central Region Poll.
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About Peru State
The Bobcats are currently 4-2 and have averaged 76.0 points per game. Peru State is second in the NAIA in free throw attempts per game at 27.0, while connecting on 66.7 percent of the attempts.
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The Bobcats have three players averaging double-figure scoring through six games this season. They are led by Sam Stewart with 14.0 ppg, followed by Maddy Duncan with 13.0 ppg, and Hailey Ingram with 11.8 ppg. Both Duncan and Ingram are shooting 40.0 percent from beyond the arc.
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Northwest has faced Peru State two times in the past. The Bearcats defeated the Bobcats Nov. 27, 2010, by a score of 82-69. They met again Nov. 15, 2017, where Northwest outscored Peru State 84-69.
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Northwest Early Season Stats
Northwest is averaging 70.5 ppg through four games played. In the three wins, the Bearcats have recorded an average margin of victory of 11.7 points.
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Jayna Green is averaging a team high 29 minutes per game while closing in on the No. 1 spot for career blocks in school history. Green has tallied 110 blocked shots in her career marking her at second on the all-time blocks list. She sits just 12 blocks behind Sarah Vollertsen (2002-04) who blocked 122 shots over the course of her career. Green has five blocks so far this season.
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Team Leaders
Peyton Kelderman has drained 11-of-23 attempts from three-point land and leads the team in three-point percentage at 47.8 percent.
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Jayna Green is second on the team in scoring with 11.0 ppg, second in rebounds at 6.5 per game, and has made a team high 16 field goals. Green is shooting 45.7 percent from the field so far this season. She also has a team high five blocks through the first four games.
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Molly Hartnett leads Northwest in scoring with 13.0 ppg, and free throw percentage as she has sank 21 of 22 attempts at 95.5 percent. Hartnett has also tallied a team high 16 assists.
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Kelsey Fields leads the Bearcats in rebounding at 8.5 per game while also shooting 14-of-24 from the field for 58.3 percent.
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Evelyn Vazquez has a team best six steals and has just two turnovers heading into the fifth game of the season.
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