Missouri Western earned a decisive victory over Central Oklahoma by a rating of 73-49 on Dec. 30 on the MWSU Fieldhouse. The win marked Missouri Western's third straight additional time win, elevating its document to 8-3 within the MIAA.
That streak adopted a record-breaking 147-16 field rating towards Kansas Christian on Dec. 30. Many elements have performed a task within the Griffons' current success, however each the gamers and coach Whitaker have joined in, promising to make this season a enjoyable one.
The sport towards the Kansas Christian Trailblazers was fairly the spectacle for Griffon followers, breaking 9 program data and 7 MIAA data. Most notably, you rating essentially the most factors in a single sport on the again of essentially the most subject targets in 60. Numbers like these present the hassle of the gamers.
Seven Griffons reached double figures with a complete of 13 scorers within the stat. Minnesota sophomore ahead Kassandra Caron had a double-double and led her staff with 23 factors as she went 10-for-15 at FGM and two-for-three from past the arc. Double-digit scoring brings Caron 89 factors on the season. Sophomore Meredith Reiker was second in scoring with 22 factors and freshman Kelsey Johnson had a career-best 18 factors.
Defensively, the Griffons had a number of gamers on tempo to surpass the factors allowed in a single sport document in each program and MIAA historical past. Junior guard Alyssa Bonilla collected a career-high seven steals and two blocks. Senior Camille Evans led the staff with 5 defensive rebounds.
Within the postgame press convention, head coach Candi Whitaker talked about her staff's dedication to get all of the little issues proper that contributed to their success.
“I'm primarily pleased with our self-discipline that we had,” Whitaker advised Griffon Sports activities Insider. “I believed our staff had actually nice self-discipline on offense to maintain shifting the ball. Then defensively I believed the identical factor. They fought exhausting to be disciplined and we actually tried to give attention to the basics.”
The 147-point win is Whitaker's eighth 100-point sport in 5 seasons at Missouri Western. Whiteaker joined the Griffons in 2019 and holds a 75-41 general document with a .647 successful share since taking up. In her third season as head coach, Whiteaker and her staff led the Griffons to the Elite Eight of the 2021-22 NCAA Match.
The Griffons will head right down to Jefferson Metropolis, MO on January twenty fourth to tackle Lincoln. It will likely be held within the Jason Fitness center at 5:30 p.m. There are 11 video games left till the tip of the season, 4 of which will likely be performed at residence.
