Central Michigan University Athletics
Saturday, February 9
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
1:00 p.m. ET
Central Michigan University
vs
Ohio
Photo by: Allissa Rusco
Another Biggie For CMU Women
2/8/2019 3:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Division leaders square off on Saturday at McGuirk Arena
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Another game, another showdown.
When you're hunting a championship, they're all big.
The Central Michigan women's basketball team is scheduled to take on Ohio in a battle of Mid-American Conference division leaders on Saturday (1 p.m.) at McGuirk Arena.
CMU is 16-5, 7-2 MAC and leads the West; the Bobcats are 19-2, 8-2 and lead the East. Both teams, along with the likes of Buffalo and Miami (Ohio), figure to battle down to the wire for the overall regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the MAC Tournament.
LAST TIME OUT
CMU overcame a sluggish first half to win going away on Wednesday at home against Ball State, 81-63. It was CMU's third consecutive win.
CMU scored 60 of its points in the paint, a season high; the Chippewas were held to a season-low three 3-pointers (on 19 attempts).
ON THE VERGE
CMU senior guard Presley Hudson is poised to become the all-time leading scorer in Central Michigan basketball history. She enters Saturday's game with 2,065 points, just six shy Melvin "Sugar" McLaughlin, who scored 2,071 for the CMU from 1980-83.
Also climbing the scoring ladder is fellow senior Reyna Frost. Frost, who had 28 points along with 20 rebounds on Wednesday against Ball State, has 1,478 career points. She needs 18 points to move into eighth place in CMU women's program history. Betsy Yonkman (1983-86) sits in eighth place with 1,495.
FROST ON FIRE
Frost is averaging 27.6 points and 18.3 rebounds in her last three games. She has made 32 of her 62 field goal attempts (51.6 percent) over that span.
Earlier this week, Frost was named the MAC West Player of the Week and the MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week. Frost, a 6-foot forward from Reese, has earned the West Player of the Week Award six times this season.
FIRST MEETING
The Chippewas defeated the Bobcats, 88-70, in Athens, Ohio, on Jan. 9. It was Ohio's first loss of the season. The Bobcats have since lost to Miami (Ohio), 67-61, 10 days ago.
CMU seized control in the second quarter against the Bobcats in that meeting, building a 45-27 halftime lead. They outrebounded Ohio by a whopping 51-22 and the 70 points scored by the Bobcats ties for their second-lowest total of the season.
"I thought defensively that we did a good job of limiting one of their best players, Cierra Hooks," CMU coach Sue Guevara said. ""I thought defensively that was one of our better games."
SCOUTING
Ohio leads the MAC in 3-point field goals attempted, made and made per game (10.6) and it has made a league-best 38.8 percent of its triple tries.
Ohio leads the MAC in scoring at 82.7 points per game and in scoring margin, 17.6 per. CMU is second in the league in 3-point field goal percentage (.375), scoring (78.2) and scoring margin (12.4).
Five Bobcats average double figures in points: Hooks, 16.8; Erica Johnson, 14.4; Amani Burke, 13.3; Gabbi Burris, 13.1; and Dominique Doseck, 12.0. Hooks is the sixth-leading scorer in the MAC.
RANKINGS
The Chippewas are sixth and Ohio is ninth this week in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
WIN STREAK
The Chippewas have won their last five meetings with Ohio. The Bobcats' last victory, 86-84 in overtime in Athens, in the series came on Jan. 16, 2016. That was the freshman season for CMU's three current seniors, Hudson, Reyna Frost and Jaeda Robinson.
THE CHIPPEWAS
• Hudson, who is averaging 20.5 points per game, and Frost (19.9) rank third and fourth, respectively, in the MAC in scoring.
• Frost is fourth in the nation in rebounding at 13.0 per game.
• Hudson ranks 12thin the nation in 3-pointers per game (3.3). She is sixth in the nation in free throw percentage (.921) and 16thin assists per game (5.8).
• The Chippewas are making 77.6 percent of their free throw attempts and rank eighth nationally in that category. They are making 47.7 percent of their field goal tries, which ranks 11th.
• CMU is outrebounding its opponents by an average of 9.0 per game, which leads the MAC and ranks 13thin the nationally.
When you're hunting a championship, they're all big.
The Central Michigan women's basketball team is scheduled to take on Ohio in a battle of Mid-American Conference division leaders on Saturday (1 p.m.) at McGuirk Arena.
CMU is 16-5, 7-2 MAC and leads the West; the Bobcats are 19-2, 8-2 and lead the East. Both teams, along with the likes of Buffalo and Miami (Ohio), figure to battle down to the wire for the overall regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the MAC Tournament.
LAST TIME OUT
CMU overcame a sluggish first half to win going away on Wednesday at home against Ball State, 81-63. It was CMU's third consecutive win.
CMU scored 60 of its points in the paint, a season high; the Chippewas were held to a season-low three 3-pointers (on 19 attempts).
ON THE VERGE
CMU senior guard Presley Hudson is poised to become the all-time leading scorer in Central Michigan basketball history. She enters Saturday's game with 2,065 points, just six shy Melvin "Sugar" McLaughlin, who scored 2,071 for the CMU from 1980-83.
Also climbing the scoring ladder is fellow senior Reyna Frost. Frost, who had 28 points along with 20 rebounds on Wednesday against Ball State, has 1,478 career points. She needs 18 points to move into eighth place in CMU women's program history. Betsy Yonkman (1983-86) sits in eighth place with 1,495.
FROST ON FIRE
Frost is averaging 27.6 points and 18.3 rebounds in her last three games. She has made 32 of her 62 field goal attempts (51.6 percent) over that span.
Earlier this week, Frost was named the MAC West Player of the Week and the MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week. Frost, a 6-foot forward from Reese, has earned the West Player of the Week Award six times this season.
FIRST MEETING
The Chippewas defeated the Bobcats, 88-70, in Athens, Ohio, on Jan. 9. It was Ohio's first loss of the season. The Bobcats have since lost to Miami (Ohio), 67-61, 10 days ago.
CMU seized control in the second quarter against the Bobcats in that meeting, building a 45-27 halftime lead. They outrebounded Ohio by a whopping 51-22 and the 70 points scored by the Bobcats ties for their second-lowest total of the season.
"I thought defensively that we did a good job of limiting one of their best players, Cierra Hooks," CMU coach Sue Guevara said. ""I thought defensively that was one of our better games."
SCOUTING
Ohio leads the MAC in 3-point field goals attempted, made and made per game (10.6) and it has made a league-best 38.8 percent of its triple tries.
Ohio leads the MAC in scoring at 82.7 points per game and in scoring margin, 17.6 per. CMU is second in the league in 3-point field goal percentage (.375), scoring (78.2) and scoring margin (12.4).
Five Bobcats average double figures in points: Hooks, 16.8; Erica Johnson, 14.4; Amani Burke, 13.3; Gabbi Burris, 13.1; and Dominique Doseck, 12.0. Hooks is the sixth-leading scorer in the MAC.
RANKINGS
The Chippewas are sixth and Ohio is ninth this week in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll.
WIN STREAK
The Chippewas have won their last five meetings with Ohio. The Bobcats' last victory, 86-84 in overtime in Athens, in the series came on Jan. 16, 2016. That was the freshman season for CMU's three current seniors, Hudson, Reyna Frost and Jaeda Robinson.
THE CHIPPEWAS
• Hudson, who is averaging 20.5 points per game, and Frost (19.9) rank third and fourth, respectively, in the MAC in scoring.
• Frost is fourth in the nation in rebounding at 13.0 per game.
• Hudson ranks 12thin the nation in 3-pointers per game (3.3). She is sixth in the nation in free throw percentage (.921) and 16thin assists per game (5.8).
• The Chippewas are making 77.6 percent of their free throw attempts and rank eighth nationally in that category. They are making 47.7 percent of their field goal tries, which ranks 11th.
• CMU is outrebounding its opponents by an average of 9.0 per game, which leads the MAC and ranks 13thin the nationally.
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