Games 26 & 27:
Newman (9-16, 6-14 MIAA) @ Missouri Western (23-5, 17-3 MIAA)
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 5:30 p.m. | St. Joseph, Mo. (MWSU Fieldhouse)
Audio:  Newman Jets Audio Network (Play-by-Play:  Blake Cripps) | Video:  MIAA Network | Live Stats:  MSU Athletics
 
vs. Central Oklahoma (10-14, 7-13 MIAA)
Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 1:30 p.m. | Wichita, Kan. (Fugate Gymnasium)
Audio:  Newman Jets Audio Network (Play-by-Play:  Blake Cripps) | Video:  MIAA Network | Live Stats:  NU Athletics
 
THE HOME STRETCH
The Jets have the chance to play their way into the MIAA Tournament in the last week of the regular season.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Jets used a late run to stave off a Rogers State comeback taking a 58-47 victory to split the season series with the Hillcats Saturday Feb. 18 at Fugate Gymnasium in Wichita.  Both offenses started sluggishly and combined for just five points through the first five minutes of the game.  Newman warmed up in the second shooting 7-for-14 in the frame to take a 24-22 lead into halftime.  The Jets used an 8-0 run out of halftime to take command of the game and Newman led by as many as 12 in the third.  Rogers State closed the deficit to two with just over four minutes to play, but the NU answered with a 10-1 run to end the game.  Britney Ho led the Jets with 26 points while Carissa Beck collected her first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Full Recap | Box Score
 
Earlier in the week, the Jets fended off Washburn for a 74-62 win.
 
WHAT'S AT STAKE
The Jets have picked a great time to play their best basketball of the year.  The Jets completed their first 2-0 week of the season last week and have won three of their last four games as they look to claim one of the last spots available in the MIAA Tournament.  Six teams have clinched spots in MIAA Madness with Nebraska-Kearney clinching a share of the regular-season title.  UNK can win the title outright with a victory in their final game of the year on Saturday against Fort Hays State.  Missouri Western and Central Missouri both must win out and need the Lopers to lose against the Tigers to earn a share of the championship.  Lincoln, Northeastern State, and Rogers State were all eliminated from postseason contention last week.  Emporia State and Northwest Missouri both control their own destiny and can punch their ticket to MIAA Madness with one victory this week.  Washburn and Central Oklahoma can both clinch tournament berths by going 2-0 this week, but the Bronchos wrap up the season at Fugate Gymnasium on the last day of the regular season and are scheduled to face the Jets on Senior Day.  The Jets own the head-to-head tiebreaker over Washburn but dropped their game at UCO earlier this year and must beat the Bronchos to split season series.
 
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
The Griffons are tied for second place in the MIAA standings entering the week and are a game and a half back of Nebraska-Kearney with two games to play.  Missouri Western returned to the NCAA Tournament last year for the first time since 2016 and finished with a 24-10 overall record with a 14-8 mark in MIAA play.  The Griffons had posted losing records in three of the previous four years.  The Griffons started 9-0 and won 10 of 11 to begin the year.  After flaming out in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Tournament, Western received an at-large berth to March Madness and the Griffons didn't waste the opportunity.  Missouri Western swept through the Central Region with upset wins over #10 Southwestern Oklahoma State, Nebraska-Kearney, and host #4 Fort Hays State on the Tigers' home floor to advance to the Elite Eight.  The Cinderella run came to an end in a 67-44 defeat to #6 Grand Valley State.  The Griffons last won the MIAA in 2016 following a 27-4 campaign that set a program record for MIAA wins with a sparkling 20-2 record inside 'The Association.'  The Griffons are seeking their 14^th NCAA Tournament appearance in 2023.  Missouri Western hasn't made consecutive tournament appearances since participating in eight-straight Big Dances in the Dave Slifer era from 1997-2004.
 
Missouri Western begins the last week of the regular season fourth in offense and defense in MIAA games.  The Griffons score 70.3 ppg while allowing 60.5 ppg.  Brionna Budgetts paces the Griffons offensively and is fourth in the league at 17.5 ppg while Connie Clark is eighth in offense scoring 14.6 ppg and second in rebounding at 9.0 rpg.  Clarke and Budgetts both rank in the top five in the conference in field goal percentage while Budgetts leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage at 45.5%.
 
UCO enters the week in 10^th place in the MIAA standings and would be the last team into the MIAA Tournament if the season ended today.  The Bronchos finished 17-13 last season with a 12-10 record in MIAA play.  UCO's season came to an end in a quarterfinal loss to Fort Hays State at the MIAA Tournament.  The Bronchos are under new management with the program's fifth head coach in program history following the retirement of Guy Hardaker last season.  Hardaker went 298-171 with UCO and led the Bronchos to six 20-win seasons in his tenure.  Central Oklahoma has shown remarkable consistency in recent seasons and has notched nine-straight winning seasons and postseason appearances.  Central is looking for its sixth NCAA Tournament berth and first since 2017.
 
The Bronchos are seventh in offense scoring 67.4 ppg in conference while ranking in a tie with Newman for 12^th defensively allowing 72.7 ppg in MIAA play.  Karly Wadsworth leads the Bronchos scoring 12.8 ppg while Aliyah Llanusa is tied for ninth in the league in rebounding at 6.7 rpg.  Brooke Raynor is in the league's top ten in assists at 3.7 per night while also ranking in the top five in the conference in steals at 2.1 spg.  Aspen Williston is the MIAA's leading shot blocker averaging 2.3 per contest.
 
The Bronchos visit Northwest Missouri on Thursday night.
 
THE SERIES
Missouri Western leads the series 7-0.  The Griffons lead 4-0 in NU's MIAA era and are 3-0 against the Jets in St. Joseph.
 
UCO leads the series 8-0 and is 3-0 against the Jets in Wichita.  The Bronchos have won all six games the teams have played as MIAA members.
 
PREVIOUS MATCHUP
The Jets struggled offensively in the first half and Missouri Western coasted to a 74-52 victory over the Jets January 12, 2023, at Fugate Gymnasium in Wichita.  The Western defense stifled the Jets into 8-for-30 shooting at the break as the Griffons took a 40-19 lead into the break.  The Jets played within one point of Missouri Western in the second half but could never make a run to apply pressure to the visitors.  Britney Ho paced the Jets with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Full Recap | Box Score
 
The Newman offense started slow and the defense couldn't make stops late in a 71-57 loss to Central Oklahoma Saturday Jan. 23 at Hamilton Field House in Edmond, Okla.  The Jets started the game an icy 1-for-19 from the field with a five-point first quarter, but held UCO to just 10 points in the period.  The Jets offense finally got off the tarmac in the second quarter thanks to 17 first-half points for Carissa Beck, but UCO's offense thawed out as well as the Bronchos scored 23 points in the frame to lead 33-24 going into the break.  The Jets used an 8-0 run that spanned halftime to cut the deficit to within four, but a Karly Wadsworth 3-pointer for the Bronze & Blue stopped the Navy & Red's advance.  The UCO lead swelled as high as 17 points in the fourth quarter as the Jets were unable to make a run.  Britney Ho matched Carissa Beck to lead the Jets in scoring with 17 points while grabbing a career-high 14 rebounds.
Full Recap | Box Score
 
THE 1,000 POINT CLUB
Britney Ho poured in a whopping 52 points last week in two Jet victories for her best two-game offensive output in her career.  She's now scored 732 points in her Jet career which moves her into seventh in Newman career scoring passing Haley Albers and Faith Mason-Vestal.  With her 265 points scored in two years as a RiverHawk at Northeastern State, Ho is now three points away from topping 1,000 in her four-year career.  If she had played her entire career in Wichita, the 1,000 points would rank second in NU history, and she would be just the second Jet to reach the milestone.  Bria DeGrate is NU's leading scorer in the Division II era with 1,268 points in her 113-game career.
 
CAREER SCORING
Rk            Player                                      Points      Games    Years      
1.             Bria DeGrate                           1,268       113          2015-19
2.             Hannah Alexander                  938          58            2016-18
3.             Alexandra Ciabattoni              904          53            2012-14
4.             Kaitlyn Potter                          888          59            2018-20
5.             Tasha Cannon                          866          56            2010-12
6.             Mali Wright                             808          97            2013-17
7.             Britney Ho                              732          52            2021-23
8.             Faith Mason-Vestal                697          94            2018-22
9.             Haley Albers                            683          110          2017-21
10.           Abbey George                         679          104          2017-21
 
Ho's 452 points this season have landed her in sixth in season scoring in school history, passing Tasha Cannon, Kaitlyn Potter, Hannah Alexander, and DeGrate's senior season.  Ho is eight points away from tying Tasha Cannon's senior season in 2011-12 for fifth all-time.
 
IT'S A TOP TEN HIT
Britney Ho has now moved into sixth all-time in career field goals made.  Last week Ho passed Kaitlyn Potter and is now seven behind Mali Wright's 317 field goals.  Wright accomplished the feat in four seasons from 2013-17, though one season was significantly shortened by a knee injury.
 
CAREER FIELD GOALS MADE
Rk.           Player                                      FGM        Games    Years      
1.             Bria DeGrate                           381          113          2015-19
2.             Hannah Alexander                  375          58            2016-18
3.             Alexandra Ciabbatoni             347          53            2012-14
4.             Tasha Cannon                          340          56            2010-12
5.             Mali Wright                             317          97            2013-17
6.             Britney Ho                              310          52            2021-23
7.             Kaitlyn Potter                          298          59            2018-20
8.             Faith Mason-Vestal                261          87            2018-22
9.             Abbey George                         254          95            2017-21
10.           Haley Albers                            242          103          2017-21
 
Ho is now in fourth all-time in field goals made in a season.  Ho now needs 11 field goals to catch Hannah Alexander's 201 in her senior campaign in 2017-18.  Ho would be just the fourth Jet to make over 200 field goals in a single season.
 
SEASON FIELD GOALS MADE
Rk.           Player                                      FGM        Games    Year        
1.             Satoria Bell                             239          29            2011-12
2.             Alexandra Ciabbatoni             209          27            2013-14
3.             Hannah Alexander                  201          29            2017-18
4.             Britney Ho                              190          25            2022-23
5.             Hannah Alexander                  174          29            2016-17
6.             Tasha Cannon                          171          29            2011-12
7.             Tasha Cannon                          169          27            2010-11
8.             Kaitlyn Potter                          158          28            2019-20
9.             Mali Wright                             146          29            2016-17
10.           Bria DeGrate                           141          31            2018-19
 
Ho has now attempted 384 shots this season, fourth behind Kaitlyn Potters 434 in 28 games during her senior campaign in 2019-20.
 
IT'S ALL BOARDED UP
Britney Ho isn't just a scorer, she's also established herself as one of the program's most prolific rebounders.  Ho passed Celeste Key for tenth in career rebounds this month and now has 299 in her career.  She trails Faith Mason-Vestal who sits in ninth with 351 rebounds in 87 games from 2018-22.
 
CAREER REBOUNDS
Rk.           Player                                      Reb          Games    Years      
1.             Tasha Cannon                          510          56            2010-12
2.             Abbey George                         477          104          2017-21
3.             Cierra Tjaden                          439          107          2013-17
4.             Bria DeGrate                           438          113          2015-19
5.             Haley Albers                            413          110          2017-21
6.             Mali Wright                             407          97            2013-17
7.             Alexandra Ciabattoni              386          53            2012-14
8.             Erica Olerich                            352          53            2015-18
9.             Faith Mason-Vestal                351          87            2018-22
10.           Britney Ho                              299          52            2021-23
 
How has now crept into the top ten in season rebounding for Newman.  Her 162 rebounds this year knocked Erica Olerich's 156 rebounds in 2015-16 off the list.  Ho is now four away from catching Satoria Bell who nabbed 166 boards in her one season in Wichita in 2011-12.
 
CARISSA KNOWS IT ALL
Carissa Beck continues to move up Newman's career 3-point field goals list.  Beck most recently passed Hadley Freeman for seventh on the all-time list.  With her four threes last week, Beck is the seventh Jet with at least 100 treys in her career.
 
CAREER 3PT FIELD GOALS MADE
Rk.           Player                                      3PTM      Games    Years      
1.             Kaitlyn Potter                          196          59            2018-20
2.             Brianna Caldwell                     150          78            2012-16
3.             Bria DeGrate                           143          113          2015-19
4.             Haley Albers                            124          110          2017-21
5.             Rainey Nickel                          113          80            2007-10
                Cheniqwa Banks                     113          54            2012-14
7.             Carissa Beck                           100          53            2021-23
8.             Hadley Freeman                     95            79            2007-10
9.             Braxtyn Stewart                      82            106          2017-21
10.           Rhea Codio                              71            27            2010-11
 
Last month Beck also passed Rhea Codio for ninth on the career 3-point field goals attempted list.  She's now four attempts away from catching Braxtyn Stewart's 255 attempts from 2017-21.
 
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END
Carissa Beck's record-setting free throw streak came to an end last week against Rogers State.  After pushing her streak to 36 in a row by making her first two against the Hillcats, Beck's normally flawless follow through was slightly abbreviated and the shot missed just off the rim to end her streak.  Beck now owns outright the Newman Division II basketball record she had shared with Daniel Nwosu.  He hit 34 consecutive charity shots over a five-game stretch in the 2016-17 season.  Recent Newman Hall of Fame inductee LeRoy Leep's record of 44 in a row made during the 1978-79 season remains intact.  Beck's march to 36 straight took 24 games to accomplish.  Beck had last missed a free throw in the second game of the season when she went 6-for-8 against Oklahoma Christian November 18, 2022.
 
THE GLUE GIRL
Graduate Maddie Spagnola has been doing the little things for Newman in her one year with the program and has etched her name into NU's record book despite playing just one season in the Navy & Red.  Spagnola's 88 assists this season rank 8^th most in single season passing Kianna Flannagan, Cierra Tjaden, and Shakira Raynor on the list.  Tjaden appears three times on the season assist top ten list and Spagnola is three behind her 91 dishes in the 2014-15 season.
 
SEASON ASSISTS
Rk.           Player                                      Ast           Games    Year        
1.             Rhea Codio                              123          27            2010-11
2.             Kianna Flannagan                   113          27            2012-13
3.             Kaycee McGill                         111          27            2007-08
4.             Cierra Tjaden                          109          26            2013-14
5.             Michaela Mack                        107          28            2019-20
6.             Dede Johnson                          103          31            2018-19
7.             Cierra Tjaden                          91            26            2014-15
8.             Maddie Spagnola                   88            25            2022-23
9.             Shakira Raynor                        85            27            2013-14
10.           Cierra Tjaden                          80            29            2016-17
 
Spagnola is also have one of the best steals seasons in program history.  Spagnola's 44 steals ties for eighth in a single season with Shaunice Robinson in 2015-16 passing seasons by Tasha Cannon and Kaitlyn Potter.  Spagnola is four steals away from tying Alexandra Ciabattoni in seventh with 48.
 
SEASON STEALS
Rk.           Player                                      Stl            Games    Year        
1.             Kesha Buckner                        68            26            2014-15
2.             Bria DeGrate                           66            29            2016-17
3.             Satoria Bell                             62            29            2011-12
4.             Bria DeGrate                           61            31            2018-19
5.             Rhea Codio                              54            27            2010-11
6.             Tasha Cannon                         52            29            2011-12
7.             Alexandra Ciabattoni              48            27            2013-14
8.             Shaunice Robinson                 44            27            2015-16
                Maddie Spagnola                   44            25            2021-23
10.           Tasha Cannon                          42            27            2010-11
                Kaitlyn Potter                          42            28            2019-20
 
Spagnola's single-season assist and steals averages would both rank in the top ten in program history if the season ended today.
 
SHE'S GOT COMPANY
Carissa Beck is not the only Jet who is challenging single-season 3-point records this year.  Maddie Spagnola is making a bid to join her on the single-season list.  After last week, Beck is ninth with 49 3-pointers this season.  It's her second appearance after nailing 51 threes last year.  Spagnola is just two behind her in a tie for 10^th place with Rainey Nickel who nailed 47 in the 2009-10 season.  Beck and Spagnola passed Brianna Caldwell and Bria DeGrate to earn their spots in the record book.
 
SEASON 3PT FIELD GOALS MADE
Rk.           Player                                      3PTM      Games    Year        
1.             Kaitlyn Potter                          106          31            2018-19
2.             Kaitlyn Potter                          90            28            2019-20
3.             Brianna Caldwell                     75            26            2014-15
4.             Rhea Codio                              71            27            2010-11
5.             Cheniqwa Banks                     57            27            2012-13
6.             Cheniqwa Banks                     56            27            2013-14
7.             Carissa Beck                           51            28            2021-22
8.             Bria DeGrate                           50            29            2016-17
9.             Carissa Beck                           49            25            2022-23
10.           Rainey Nickel                          47            27            2009-10
                Maddie Spagnola                   47            25            2022-23
 
HEY, THAT DOESN'T COUNT       
The first meeting between Newman and Central Oklahoma was during the 1996-97 season.  NU was an NAIA program while Central Oklahoma was already an NCAA Division II program.  The Bronchos powered by the Jets on the way to their program's most lopsided victory 106-35.  UCO counts this game in the series standings, but Newman does not.  Missouri Western likewise counts a 2004 meeting while the Jets were still an NAIA member but the Griffs were in Division II.
 
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Newman began a new era in 2021 as the Jets welcomed Drew Johnson and Nicole Ohlde-Johnson to Wichita as the new leaders of Jets Women's Basketball.  The Johnsons are in their second season at Newman and enter 2022-23 with a 3-25 record at NU while posting a 1-21 mark in MIAA play.  The husband-and-wife team didn't have to travel far to Wichita, moving from just minutes up the road after spending four seasons at Bethel College where Drew was the head coach and Nicole was his associate head coach.  Drew Johnson compiled a 64-53 record in North Newton, while going 51-41 in Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference play.  Under their leadership, the Johnsons helped Bethel to its first ever 20-win season as the Threshers went 20-10 and hosted their first KCAC Tournament game inside Thresher Gym in 8 years.  In their final year at the helm, the Johnsons led the Threshers to a 16-10 season while going 16-6 in the KCAC, delivering the program's first ever NAIA National Tournament appearance.
 
The Johnsons bring with them a wealth of basketball experience both on and off the court.  Ohlde-Johnson, a Clay Center, Kan. native, played collegiately at Kansas State University where she was a two-time first-team All-American and departed as the school's all-time leading scorer, rebounder, and shot blocker.  Ohlde-Johnson was drafted in the first round of the 2004 WNBA draft and played seven years in the league and helped the Phoenix Mercury win the 2009 WNBA title.  After playing in Europe, Ohlde-Johnson founded the Nicole Ohlde Basketball Academy with Drew serving as a player trainer and coach for the club competing on the AAU circuit.
 
Prior to becoming the Bethel head coach, Drew Johnson previously served on the high school girls basketball coaching staff at Valley Center, Derby, and Clay Center High Schools in Kansas.  Johnson is a Wichita native and Friends University graduate.  Johnson was a two-year captain and four-year starter for the Falcons football program and earned All-KCAC honors as a punter.  As part of Ohlde Basketball Academy and Ohlde Elite, the Johnsons coached players that went on to play at all levels of basketball including the Big 12, Big East, Missouri Valley, MIAA, and KCAC.
 
The Johnsons are 0-2 against the Griffons and 0-3 against Central Oklahoma.
 
GRINDING WITH THE GRIFFONS AND BUCKING WITH THE BRONCHOS
Candi Whitaker is in her fourth season as the head coach of the Griffons.  Whitaker's record through three seasons in St. Joseph is 51-34 with a 33-30 mark in the MIAA coming into the year.  She experienced immediate success in St. Joseph by leading the Griffons to a 21-8 record in her inaugural season with a 13-6 league record in 2019-20.  Last season, she had her best season as a head coach leading the Griffons to a 24-10 season that finished in the Elite Eight.  She came to the Griffons following a season off after a stint as head coach at Texas Tech from 2013-18.  Whitaker is now in her 15^th year as a head coach and started the year with a career record of 182-209 with an 94-156 conference mark.  While in Lubbock, the Lady Raiders went 54-82 while tallying a 13-61 Big 12 record.  She previously went 77-93 as head coach at UMKC with a 5-8 Mid-Con record and a 43-56 mark inside the Summit League.  Whitaker has also logged stops as an assistant at Valparaiso and Oklahoma State.  While at Texas Tech as a player, she helped lead the Lady Raiders to the NCAA Tournament and Sweet 16 in both of her years with the program.  She started her career in Kansas playing at Seward County Community College from 1998-2000. 
 
Whitaker is 4-0 against the Jets as Griffon head coach.
 
The Bronchos hired Emma Andrews to be their women's basketball coach in May of 2022.  She joined UCO after spending the previous six years at Cameron University in Lawton, Okla where she compiled a 79-97 record.  There she led the Aggies to five appearances in the Lone Star Conference Tournament and one NCAA Tournament appearance in 2021.  She assisted with CU two seasons before earning the top job.  After posting four losing seasons to begin her tenure with the Aggies, Andrews led Cameron to a 28-19 record and back-to-back winning seasons in her last two years on the bench.  She previously was a graduate and student assistant coach at Fresno State University for three years after a four-year playing career for the Bulldogs from 2007-11.  Andrews helped FSU win four-straight Western Athletic Conference crowns and finish each year in the NCAA tournament.  She was All-WAC as a junior and was born in Melbourne, Australia.
 
Andrews is 3-0 against the Jets with two wins coming while she was the head coach at Cameron.
 
SCOUTING THE SQUADRON
Newman finished 2021-22 with a 3-25 record while going 1-21 in MIAA play.  The Navy & Red return seven players from last year's team including top scorer Britney Ho, who averaged 10.4 ppg.  Ho also led the Jets in total rebounds averaging 5.1 rpg and was the team's best field goal shooter at 49%.  Senior Carissa Beck averaged 32 mpg last year while playing and starting in all 28 contests for the Jets.  Beck scored 6.5 ppg while leading Newman with 51 3-pointers and connecting on 36.7% of her shots from the outside.  Sophomore Lauryn Dubbert was third on the team in assists last year with 59.
 
Newman will carry three seniors on the roster this season while integrating four freshmen into the program.  The Jets welcome eight transfers to the roster in 2022-23 including four from the junior college level, three from NCAA Division II, and one from NCAA Division I.  The Jet lineup features two graduate students, four juniors, and six sophomores.
 
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
Newman's new players arrived in Wichita from all over the country during the offseason and even around the world.  After boasting 15 Jets from just three different states a year ago, Newman women's basketball will have a much more diverse list of hometowns on this year's roster.  Five Jets are from the Sunflower State, three are from Texas with Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and South Dakota also represented.  For the first time in the Johnson era, the Jets have at least one international player on the roster with players from Latvia and Spain joining the squad for 2022-23.
 
BRINGING THEIR 'A' GAME

• Senior Britney Ho is third in the MIAA in scoring at 18.1 ppg.
• Ho ranks fifth in the league in shooting percentage at 49.5%.
• Senior Carissa Beck is tied for fifth in the conference with 2.0 3-point field goals per game.
• Graduate Maddie Spagnola is tied for ninth in the MIAA in assists averaging 3.5 apg.
• Spagnola is tied for tenth in the league in steals with 1.8 spg.

 
NU STATS N' STREAKS

• Britney Ho has scored in double digits seven-straight games and 23 out of her 25 games this season.
• Ho has dumped in at least 20 points in three straight games and has averaged 24 ppg over the span.
• Carissa Beck plucked a career-high 10 rebounds in Newman's win over Rogers State last week.
• With 12 points in the same game, it is Beck's first double-double in her career.
• Maddie Spagnola's streak of a 3-pointer in 16-consecutive games came to an end against Rogers State as she went 0-for-6 from outside.
• Valeriya Lioukina has scored in all 25 games of her Jet career.
• In MIAA action, NU is 10^th offensively scoring 58.9 ppg.
• The Jets rank in a tie for 12^th defensively allowing 72.7 ppg against MIAA competition.
• The Jets are vying for their first winning season since 2018-19 when head coach Darin Spence led the Navy & Red to a 21-10 record while finishing second in the Heartland Conference.
• NU also seeks its first 10-win season since 2019-20 when NU finished 11-17 while going 6-13 in its first year in the MIAA.
• Newman looks to return to the postseason for the first time since 2019 when NU ended a six-game postseason losing streak with two wins in the Heartland Conference Tournament.  The Jets lost in the championship game to #25 Lubbock Christian.  The top-seeded Lady Chaparrals went on to win the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championship.
• The Johnsons are 0-1 on Senior Day in their Newman career.

 
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Next week the Jets will either be dancing at the MIAA Tournament in Kansas City, Mo. or headed into the offseason wondering what could have been.
 
2022-23 MIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Week 1:  Lacy Stokes – Missouri Southern
Week 2:  Alayzha Knapp – Central Oklahoma
Week 3:  Connie Clarke – Missouri Western
Week 4:  Katie Wagner – Fort Hays State
Week 5:  Lacy Stokes (2) – Missouri Southern (2)
Week 6:  Brooke Littrell – Central Missouri
Week 7:  Brooke Littrell (2) – Central Missouri (2)
Week 8:  Brooke Littrell (3) – Central Missouri (3)
Week 9:  Brooke Littrell (4) – Central Missouri (4)
Week 10:  Brionna Budgetts – Missouri Western
Week 11:  Katie Wagner (2) – Fort Hays State (2)
Week 12:  Brionna Budgetts (2) – Missouri Western (2)
Week 13:  Tre'Zure Jobe – Emporia State
Week 14:  Brooke Littrell (5) – Central Missouri (5)
 
2022 MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLLS
Coaches
1.  Missouri Southern (6) – 159 Points
2.  Fort Hays State (3) – 151 Points
3.  Nebraska-Kearney (2) – 144 Points
4.  Missouri Western (3) – 139 Points
5.  Central Missouri – 127 Points
6.  Emporia State – 106 Points
7.  Northwest Missouri – 100 Points
8.  Pittsburg State – 85 Points
9.  Central Oklahoma – 74 Points
10.  Washburn – 62 Points
11.  Rogers State – 50 Points
12.  Northeastern State – 31 Points
13.  Newman – 28 Points
14.  Lincoln – 18 Points
 
Media
1.  Missouri Southern (13) – 249 Points
2.  Fort Hays State (4) – 234 Points
3.  Central Missouri (3) – 218 Points
4.  Nebraska-Kearney – 216 Points
5.  Missouri Western – 211 Points
6.  Northwest Missouri – 164 Points
7.  Emporia State – 145 Points
8.  Pittsburg State – 129 Points
9.  Central Oklahoma – 127 Points
10.  Washburn – 108 Points
11.  Rogers State – 74 Points
12.  Northeastern State – 57 Points
T13.  Newman – 31 Points
T13.  Lincoln – 31 Points