Dec. 16, 2017 CENTRAL MICHIGAN
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DUQUESNE
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| Sunday, Dec. 17 | 2:30 p.m.
A.J. Palumbo Center | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
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SETTING THE SCENE
The Central Michigan women's basketball team will play that last of four consecutive road games on Sunday (2:30 p.m.) against Duquesne in Pittsburgh.
ON A ROLL
The Chippewas (8-1) are riding an eight-game win streak after defeating Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, 94-56, and Indiana State, 77-67, last weekend.
CMU's win streak is the program's longest since it won 12 straight during the 2013-14 season.
NOTORIETY
Central Michigan ranks eighth in Collegeinsider.com's Mid-Major Top 25.
LAST TIME OUT
CMU went a perfect 18-of-18 at the free throw line against the Sycamores, marking the fourth time in program history that the Chippewas have finished 100 percent at the charity stripe.
CHIPPEWA NOTES
• Presley Hudson made six of CMU's free throws against Indiana State and has made 36-of-37 attempts on the season. She tops the Mid-American Conference in free throw percentage (97.3) and ranks second nationally.
• The Chippewas lead the nation in free throw shooting at 85.1 percent. CMU is third in 3-pointers per game (11.1) and are sixth in 3-point field goal percentage (42.5).
• Hudson also leads CMU and ranks second in the league in scoring, averaging 20.8 points per game. She is fifth in the MAC in assist average (5.1).
• Junior forward Reyna Frost leads the conference and ranks third in the nation in rebounding with 13.6 per game.
• Senior gurad Cassie Breen is making 48.4 percent of her 3-point attempts, which is third in the MAC. She has made 30-of-62 triple tries.
SCOUTING
• Duquesne (9-2) has won its last seven games. The Dukes topped MAC members Toledo and Akron last weekend, 73-54 and 66-60 respectively.
• Julijana Vojinovic and Chassidy Omogrosso share the team lead in scoring for the Dukes, averaging 17.2 points per game.
• Kadri-Ann Lass has recorded 29 of the Dukes' 61 total blocks this season.
• Nine players on the Duquesne roster hail from a country other than the United States. The countries represented are Hungary, Canada, Serbia, Finland, Spain and Estonia.
• The Dukes reached the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship game a year ago and earned a bid to the WNIT.
NEXT
Central Michigan returns to McGuirk Arena on Thursday, Dec. 21, when it entertains Quinnipiac. The Bobcats are 5-4 following a 46-60 loss to Princeton last weekend. It will be CMU's first home game since Nov. 30.
