Mara Rieder had 20 points, six rebounds, and four blocked shots in UMSL’s win over Central Missouri State on Monday. (Photo: Ellie Parker)

NCAA Women’s Basketball	1	2	3	4	Final
Central Missouri (6-4)	19	6	21	11	57
UMSL (8-2)	14	16	15	14	59

NORMANDY, MO — After rolling through the late part of November and early December with six straight wins, the University of Missouri-St. Louis women’s basketball team was upended and lost its game against Michigan Tech last Saturday.

But the stain from that loss didn’t last long, as UMSL bounced back with a thrilling 59-57 win over Central Missouri, Monday evening at the Mark Twain Building.

The win was UMSL’s first over UCM since 1975 and ended a 30-game winning streak for the Jennies over the Tritons. In fact, it had been so long since the last time UMSL beat Central Missouri in women’s basketball that UMSL’s teams were still called the Riverwomen the last time it happened.

The game looked like it might be headed that way again midway through the third quarter, when Central Missouri went on a 17-6 run to turn a 30-27 UMSL lead into a 44-36 Jennies edge. But the Tritons battled back with a 9-2 run to close the third, then scored the first basket of the fourth to go back ahead 48-46.

From there, the teams traded buckets and the lead, until UMSL’s Jayden Kuper hit a three with 3 1/2 minutes remaining to give the Tritons the lead for good at 55-54. Teammate Mara Rieder added a short jumper and Kuper made two free throws to give the home team a five-point lead.

That proved to be all UMSL would need, as it held Central Missouri to just one more basket the rest of the game to close out the win.

Central Missouri did have a chance to tie the game or possibly win in the final seconds. The Jennies ran a set to try to get an open shot near the basket, but the UMSL defense wouldn’t allow it, which forced guard Neely Schaaf to take a contested outside shot that clanged off the rim and bounced out of bounds as the clock expired.

Jayden Kuper hit four three-pointers and scored 20 points in UMSL’s win over Central Missouri on Monday. (Photo: Ellie Parker)

Kuper and Rieder led the Tritons with 20 points apiece. Rieder also had six rebounds and four blocked shots. Kuper added seven rebounds, three assists, and three steals.

UMSL is now 8-2 on the season, while Central Missouri is 6-4.

The Tritons are done with the 2025 portion of their schedule and will return to action after the new year, when they’ll host a Great Lakes Valley Conference game against longtime foe Quincy University on Friday, January 2.

Tip off for that contest at the Mark Twain Building is set for 5:30 p.m., and will be followed by a matchup between the schools’ men’s teams at 7:30 p.m.

CENTRAL MISSOURI 57

##	Player	GS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	ORB-DRB	REB	PF	A	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
20	Weishaar,Taylor	*	36	5-13	1-7	4-5	0-6	6	2	3	4	1	1	15
23	Schaaf,Reese	*	36	6-13	0-3	3-3	0-5	5	1	3	4	0	0	15
10	Farmer,Makenzie	*	24	4-9	2-5	0-0	1-2	3	1	2	1	0	1	10
22	Heim,Hayden	*	26	3-8	2-5	0-0	2-3	5	3	1	2	1	1	8
24	Schaaf,Neely	*	24	2-4	1-1	2-2	0-4	4	2	0	2	0	0	7
15	Vierthaler,Rylee		21	1-2	0-0	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
21	Griffith,Jayla		25	0-3	0-3	0-0	0-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
04	Musick,Amaria		8	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
TM	TEAM		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	–	200	21-53	6-24	9-10	5-29	34	9	11	14	2	3	57

UMSL 59

##	Player	GS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	ORB-DRB	REB	PF	A	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
22	Rieder, Mara	*	36	8-16	0-0	4-4	0-6	6	2	1	1	4	0	20
10	Kuper, Jayden	*	35	7-15	4-5	2-2	2-5	7	2	3	1	0	3	20
04	Hanna, Lexi	*	33	2-8	2-7	2-2	0-3	3	2	2	1	0	2	8
24	Ramthun, Morgan	*	38	2-4	0-0	2-4	2-8	10	3	1	0	0	3	6
01	Riera, Anna Costa	*	37	2-10	1-3	0-0	0-1	1	1	3	3	0	0	5
03	Wilson, Jaeda		18	0-3	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
23	Peterson, Abby		3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TM	TEAM		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-2	4	0	0	2	0	0	0
	Totals	–	200	21-56	7-17	10-12	6-25	31	10	12	8	4	9	59

2025-26 UMSL TRITONS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Date	Time	At	Opponent	Location	Result
November 14, 2025 (Friday)	1 p.m.	Away	Roosevelt	Chicago, Ill. / Goodman Center	W, 54-52 (1-0)
November 15, 2025 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Away	Parkside	Kenosha, Wis. / De Simone Arena	L, 73-82 (1-1)
November 21, 2025 (Friday)	5:30 p.m.	Away	Kentucky Wesleyan	Owensboro, Ky. / Woodward Health and Recreation Center	W, 69-32 (2-1)
November 25, 2025 (Tuesday)	2 p.m.	Home	Purdue Northwest	Mark Twain Building	W, 73-43 (3-1)
November 29, 2025 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Home	Illinois Springfield*	Mark Twain Building	W, 69-46 (4-1)
December 1, 2025 (Monday)	5:15 p.m.	Away	Maryville*	Chesterfield, Mo. / Moloney Arena	Postponed
December 4, 2025 (Thursday)	5:30 p.m.	Away	Lewis*	Romeoville, Ill. / Neil Carey Arena	W, 64-62 (5-1)
December 6, 2025 (Saturday)	12 p.m. (CST)	Away	UIndy*	Indianapolis, Ind. / Nicoson Hall	W, 60-43 (6-1)
December 9, 2025 (Tuesday)	5:15 p.m.	Away	Maryville*	St. Louis, Mo. / Moloney Arena	W, 61-53 (7-1)
December 13, 2025 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Home	Michigan Tech	Mark Twain Building	L, 62-68 (7-2)
December 15, 2025 (Monday)	5 p.m.	Home	Central Missouri	Mark Twain Building	W, 59-57 (8-2)
January 2, 2026 (Friday)	5:30 p.m.	Home	Quincy*	Mark Twain Building
January 4, 2026 (Sunday)	1 p.m.	Home	Upper Iowa*	Mark Twain Building
January 8, 2026 (Thursday)	5:15 p.m.	Away	Rockhurst*	Kansas City, Mo. / Mason-Halpin Fieldhouse
January 10, 2026 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Away	Southwest Baptist*	Bolivar, Mo. / Meyer Sports Center
January 15, 2026 (Thursday)	5:30 p.m.	Home	Missouri S&T*	Mark Twain Building
January 17, 2026 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Home	Lincoln*	Mark Twain Building
January 24, 2026 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Home	Maryville*	Mark Twain Building
January 29, 2026 (Thursday)	5:30 p.m.	Away	McKendree*	Lebanon, Ill. / Melvin Price Convocation Center
January 31, 2026 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Away	Illinois Springfield*	Springfield, Ill. / TRAC
February 5, 2026 (Thursday)	5:30 p.m.	Home	UIndy*	Mark Twain Building
February 7, 2026 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Home	Lewis*	Mark Twain Building
February 12, 2026 (Thursday)	5 p.m.	Away	Upper Iowa*	Fayette, Iowa / Dorman Gymnasium
February 14, 2026 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Away	Quincy*	Quincy, Ill. / Pepsi Arena
February 19, 2026 (Thursday)	5:30 p.m.	Home	Truman State*	Mark Twain Building
February 21, 2026 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Home	William Jewell*	Mark Twain Building
February 26, 2026 (Thursday)	5:30 p.m.	Away	Drury*	Springfield, Mo. / O’Reilly Family Events Center
March 5, 2026 (Thursday)		Neutral	GLVC Tournament	TBD

* – denotes Great Lakes Valley Conference game