Press Release

Feb. 16, 2009

Bearcat Weekly for the Week of Feb. 16, 2009

Bearcat Weekly .pdf file

Men's Basketball (11-12, 6-10 MIAA)

• Northwest hosts Truman Wednesday night before making its national television debut Saturday at No. 11 Central Missouri in an 11 a.m. game.
• The Central Missouri game will be shown nationally on CBS College Sports Network (formerly CSTV) and on MetroSports in Kansas City and through Mediacom in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa.
• The Bearcats have won eight of the last nine home games against Truman. The Bulldogs are 0-10 on the road this season.
• Northwest defeated then-No. 19 Central Missouri 61-57 Jan. 14 in Bearcat Arena to snap a seven-game winning streak for the Mules. Central Missouri has won its last eight games as of Feb. 16.

Women's Basketball (7-16, 3-13 MIAA)

• The Bearcats host Truman Wednesday night and travel to Central Missouri Saturday for a 2 p.m. contest at the UCM Multipurpose Building.
• Truman has lost its last 12 conference road games dating back to Jan. 20, 2007.
• Jessica Burton is averaging 19 points and shooting 50 percent from the field during the last four games.
• Meghan Brue needs 17 points to move into 13th career scoring charts, 22 to move into 12th and 51 to move into 11th.

Men's Track and Field

• The Bearcats will be making the first of back-to-back trips to Warrensburg, Mo., this weekend for the Central Missouri Classic Feb. 20. The UCM Multipurpose Building will host the MIAA Championships next weekend, Feb. 27-March 1.
• Tyler Shaw remains in fourth in Division II performance lists with 8.09 in the 60-meter hurdles.
• Ben McKim is eighth among Division II throwers in the shot put with 55-5 3/4. He is tied for fourth in program performer lists with his older brother, Daniel.

Women's Track and Field

• Northwest travels to Warrensburg, Mo., for the second time this season for the Central Missouri Classic Feb. 21.
• Hannah Henry returns to the same track she broke her 60-meter hurdle record. She ran 8.96 at the UCM Mule Relays Feb. 6 to become the first Bearcat to break the nine-second barrier.

Baseball (1-1, 0-0 MIAA)

• Northwest continues its Arkansas road trip with a doubleheader against Arkansas Tech Monday, a doubleheader at Henderson State and single nine-inning games at Southern Arkansas Friday and vs. Southern Indiana Saturday.
• Bret Harvel picked up his 10th career win against Arkansas Tech in the season-opening game of the 2009 season.
• Tim Beck hit three-of-five in the first two games of the season. He hit .381 at St. Louis Community College-Forest Park last season.

Softball (1-3, 0-0 MIAA)

• The Bearcats go back to Oklahoma for six games at the Southeastern Oklahoma State Tournament Feb. 20-22.
• Casey Carper is hitting .667 in the first four games of the season. She finished last season with .411.
• Senior Cola Krueger is 1-1 on the season with a 3.27 ERA. She made her 100th career appearance against East Central Feb. 14.