Central Michigan University Athletics
League-Leading CMU Women Head To NIU
1/16/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
SETTING THE SCENE
The Central Michigan women's basketball team will be on the road on Wednesday (7 p.m.) to play Mid-American Conference foe Northern Illinois.
WHERE THEY STAND
The Chippewas, who are 13-3, 5-0 MAC, stand atop the MAC West and are the only undefeated team in the conference. CMU is also riding a five-game winning streak.
Central Michigan ranks sixth in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
LAST TIME OUT
Cassie Breen led Central Michigan with 26 points as it defeated Kent State, 88-84, on Saturday at home.
Breen drained 7-of-12 3-pointers to tie her season high. The senior guard needs 28 triples to become CMU's career leader. Niki DiGuillo (2010-14) tops the list with 288.
Senior Tinara Moore posted her seventh double-double of the season with 21 points and 14 rebounds against the Golden Flashes. Moore is tied for first in program history with 171 blocks.
Saturday's win was CMU coach Sue Guevara's 100th at McGuirk Arena.
CHIPPEWA NUMBERS
• CMU leads the MAC and ranks seventh in the nation, averaging 9.9 triples per game.
• The Chippewas rank second in the nation in free-throw percentage, making 83.3 percent of their attempts.
• Junior Reyna Frost ranks third in the nation in rebounds per game, averaging 12.9.
• Junior guard Presley Hudson ranks fourth in the MAC with 18.2 points per game and is third in assists (5.6 per game).
• Moore is the MAC's top shot blocker, averaging 2.2 per game.
SCOUTING
• Northern Illinois is 10-6, 2-3 and has lost its last two MAC games, both on the road. The Huskies dropped an 88-83 decision to Western Michigan one week ago, and then lost, 63-60, to Toledo on Saturday.
• NIU is 5-0 on its home court.
• Courtney Woods leads Northern Illinois with 20.1 points per game.
• NIU's other statistical leaders are Ally May (8.3 rebounds per game) and Mikayla Voigt (73 assists).
NEXT
CMU will travel to Akron on Jan. 20. The Zips are 6-10, 0-5 MAC. The Zips play at Miami (Ohio) on Wednesday.
QUOTES
• Guevara on CMU's success and its unbeaten league mark: "We don't avoid it, but we don't talk about it. If we start talking about it, then we lose focus of what we're doing. It's kind of like white noise. We talk about the game at hand and what we need to do for that game. Do we like the outcome? Yes, but we're really focused on the process. The process of improving every time we play, then the outcome happens and we move on to the next game."
• Breen on CMU being a red-letter date for its opponents: "We know the next team has a target on our back - coach G says it all the time. It's a great thing, but we need to keep pushing. The 5-0 doesn't really mean anything unless you win the championship, so we just keep pushing."
