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UPPER IOWA PEACOCK MEN’S BASKETBALL Contact Information: Sam Whipple, Sports Communication Graduate Assistant [email protected]@uiu.edu 2018-19 SCHEDULE GAMES SEVEN & EIGHT | DEC. 7 VS. WAYNE STATE (6-1) | DEC. 8 VS . AUGUSTANA (3-3) (3-3, 0-1 NSIC) Hillyard Tip-Off Classic 11/9 #5 Northwest Missouri St L 59-76 11/10 @Missouri Western State L 67-75 11/16 Quincy W 104-92 Drury Thanksgiving Tournament 11/23 @Drury University W 83-78 11/24 Missouri S&T W 91-87 Peacocks In Action... The Upper Iowa men’s basketball team will play their first home NSIC games this weekend against Wayne State and Augustana. The Peacocks 12/1 @Winona State* L 50-72 will kick off the weekend against the Wayne State Wildcats with a 7:30 tipoff on Friday 12/7 Wayne State* 7:30 p night followed by a 5:30 tipoff on Saturday afternoon against the Augustana Vikings. 12/8 Augustana* 5:30 p Weekend Recap... Upper Iowa is coming off a frustrating loss in the first NSIC game of the season, falling to the Winona State Warriors 50-72. The Peacocks kept things 12/14 @Concordia-St. Paul* 7:30 p close after a hard fought first half that saw 12 points from Joe Smoldt. The Peacocks 12/15 @Minnesota State* 5:30 p trailed by only two going into the half but the Warriors were able to quiet the UIU offense in the second half. The Warrior defense held Upper Iowa to just 16 points in 12/19 @Missouri Southern 12:00 p the entire second half while putting up 36 on the other end of the floor to close out the game 72-50. 12/30 Winona State* 4:00 p Through the first six games of the season, Upper 1/4 Northern State* 7:30 p Pacing the Peacock Offense... Iowa’s offense has been led by sophomore Joe Smoldt who is averaging 16 points per 1/5 Minnesota Moorhead* 5:30 p game. Smoldt is on the cusp of breaking into the NSIC’s top ten scorers and currently ranks 8th in assists per game and 3rd in minutes per game. This season, Smoldt has 1/11 @Augustana* 7:30 p already recorded two 20-point games and has reached double-digits in all but one game. 1/12 @Wayne State* 5:30 p 1/18 @Bemidji State* 7:30 p Halftime Leads... One key factor for Upper Iowa’s success is going into the half with the lead. This season, the Peacocks have not lost a game where they have had 1/19 @Minnesota Crookston* 5:30 p the advantage at the break, posting a 2-0 record so far. However, in games where UIU has trailed going into the locker room, they have posted a 1-3 record. The Peacocks 1/25 Sioux Falls* 7:30 p battled back from a six-point half-time deficit against Drury, outscoring the Panthers 1/26 Southwest Minnesota* 5:30 p 46-35 in the second half to secure the come from behind victory. 2/1 @St. Cloud State* 7:30 p About the opponents… 2/2 @Minnesota Duluth* 5:30 p Wayne State Wildcats… Wayne State comes into Fayette after a hot start to the 2018- 19 season, winning six of their first seven games. A trio of Wildcat seniors are pacing 2/8 UMary* 7:30 p the WSC offensive efforts this year, Trevin Joseph Jr. and Kendall Jacks are leading the 2/9 Minot State* 5:30 p offense with 13.6 points per game, they are trailed closely by Vance Janssen who is averaging 13.1. WSC is among the top teams in the NSIC when it comes to rebounding, 2/15 @Southwest Minnesota* 7:30 p collectively pulling in 38.2 boards per game. 2/16 @Sioux Falls* 5:30 p Augustana Vikings… The Vikings have had mixed results to kick off the 2018-19 season, going 3-3 through their first six games of the season, including a tightly 2/22 Minnesota State* 7:30 p contested loss to Wayne State last week. Sophomore forward Tyler Riemersma leads the Vikings offense with 15.2 points per game and recorded his first double-double 2/23 Concordia-St. Paul* 5:30 p of the season in the loss to Wayne State. Augie has struggled to defend shots from beyond the arc this year, ranked at the bottom of the NSIC in three-point defense, Twitter: #FeathersUp which bodes well for UIU as they are ranked first for made three-pointers per game. @UIUPeacocks The Series… @PeacockHoops Vs Wayne State… The Peacocks have found success against the Wildcats over the years, posting a 14-6 record against Wayne State. Recently, Upper Iowa has controlled Facebook: UIU Peacocks the series, sweeping the Wildcats each of the last five season for a 10-0 record. UIU’s success at home against WSC extends even further with the Wildcats’ last win in Online: UIUPEACOCKS.COM Dorman coming back in the 2009-10 season. UpperIowaAthletics.com offers the most Vs. Augustana… The Vikings and Peacocks have met 24 times in program history with complete and comprehensive coverage of the Augie holding the advantage at 17-7 overall. Over the last two seasons, the two sides Peacocks. have split the victories with each team defending their home floor. 2018-19 NSIC STANDINGS North Conf Overall Streak 2018-19 BY THE NUMBERS... Northern State 1-0 5-2 W2 Bemidji State 1-0 4-1 W1 Minnesota Duluth 1-0 4-1 W3 TEAM STATISTICS UIU OPP U-Mary 1-0 3-3 W3 SCORING 454 480 Minnesota Crookston 0-1 6-3 L1 MSU Moorhead 0-1 6-3 L1 Points per game 75.7 80.0 St. Cloud State 0-1 5-2 L1 Scoring margin -4.3 - Minot State 0-1 5-5 L1 FIELD GOALS-ATT 149-342 178-408 Field goal pct .436 .436 South Conf Overall Streak 3 POINT FG-ATT 69-178 59-165 Sioux Falls 1-0 6-1 W1 Wayne State 1-0 6-1 W5 3-point FG pct .388 .358 Minnesota State 1-0 4-2 W1 3-pt FG made per game 11.5 9.8 Winona State 1-0 4-2 W4 FREE THROWS-ATT 87-120 65-85 Southwest Minnesota State 0-1 5-2 L1 Free throw pct .725 .765 Concordia-St. Paul 0-1 4-2 L2 Augustana 0-1 3-3 L2 F-Throws made per game 14.5 10.8 Upper Iowa 0-1 3-3 L1 REBOUNDS 194 246 Rebounds per game 32.3 41.0 Rebounding margin -8.7 - WAYNE STATE WILDCATS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown ASSISTS 81 87 1 Kendall Jacks G 6-4 Sr. Bettendorf, Iowa Assists per game 13.5 14.5 2 Trevin Joseph Jr. G 6-3 Sr. Miami, Fla. TURNOVERS 74 67 3 Nick Ferrarini G 6-5 Fr. Omaha, Neb. Turnovers per game 12.3 11.2 4 Al’Tavius Jackson G 6-2 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. Turnover margin -1.2 - 5 Obi Patrick G 6-1 Jr. Montgomery Village, Md. 10 Vance Janssen G 6-2 Sr. Blair, Neb. Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 1.3 11 Nate Thayer G 6-3 Fr. Springfield, Neb. STEALS 21 35 13 Nate Mohr G 6-2 Fr. Glenwood, Iowa Steals per game 3.5 5.8 20 Benjamin Dentlinger F 6-7 So. New London, Iowa BLOCKS 26 12 23 Luke TerHark G 6-2 Jr. Algona, Iowa Blocks per game 4.3 2.0 32 Jordan Janssen F 6-7 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. 33 Nosa Iyagbaye C 6-9 Rf. Lincoln, Neb. 40 Tony Bonner C 6-8 Jr. Council Bluffs, Iowa UIU CATEGORY LEADERS... 22 Jeff Kaminsky - Head Coach - 3rd season SCORING G Pts Pts/G Smoldt,Joe 6 96 16.0 Nathan Stover - Assistant Coach Williams, Jareese 6 79 13.2 Tanner Cooke - Men’s Basketball Coaching Assistant FIELD GOAL % Made Att FG % Okonkwo, Munachiso 20 33 .606 Moritz,Cade 8 14 .571 AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY VIKINGS 3-POINT FG % Made Att 3FG % No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Haber,Kyle 9 19 .474 1 Dylan LeBrun G 6-6 Fr. Flandreau, S.D. Olson,Chris 8 17 .471 3 Beau Keeve G 6-0 Jr. San Rafael, Calif. 4 Tayton Vincent G 6-3 RFr. Volga, S.D. 5 Levi Jansen G 6-2 R-So. Orange City, Iowa FREE THROW % Made Att FT % 55 10 Jameson Bryan G 5-10 So. Apple Valley, Minn. Williams, Jareese 17 18 .944 11 Eric Tiedman G 6-6 Fr. Jordan, Minn. Blaue,Quentin 9 10 .900 21 A.J. Plitzuweit G 6-2 Fr. Vermillion, S.D. 23 Matt Cartwright G 6-4 So. Sioux Falls, S.D. REBOUNDS G Reb Reb/G 24 Michael Schaefer F 6-6 Fr. St. Cloud, Minn. Okonkwo, Munachiso 5 28 5.6 25 Tyler Riemersma F 6-8 So. Bloomington, Minn. Haber,Kyle 6 26 4.3 30 Zach Scholten F 6-6 So. Brandon, S.D. 32 Bodey Behrends F 6-9 So. Lakefield, Minn. ASSISTS G Ast Ast/G 33 Trevor Hanson F 6-8 Fr. Volga, S.D. Smoldt,Joe 6 22 3.7 35 Adam Dykman F 6-7 Jr. Fremont, Neb. Olson,Chris 6 17 2.8 43 Tommy Jensen G/F 6-6 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D. 50 Carter Rynda F 6-5 Jr. Montgomery, Minn. STEALS G Stl Stl/G Haber,Kyle 6 6 1.0 Smoldt,Joe 6 4 0.7 Tom Billeter - Head Coach Collin Authier - Assistant Coach BLOCKED SHOTS G Blk Blk/G Chad Hettermann - Assistant Coach Okonkwo, Munachiso 5 11 2.2 Cade Stackpool - Graduate Assistant Coach Moritz,Cade 6 10 1.7 2018 - 2019 UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY PEACOCKS Parker Lange Sam Allen Lucas Duax Chris Olson Dylan Patrick Jareese Williams 0 G, R-Fr., 6-1, 175 1 G, R-Fr., 6-3, 180 2 G, Fr., 6-3, 180 3 G, R-So., 6-1, 170 4 G, Fr., 6-1, 195 5 G, R-So., 6-2, 185 Storm Lake, Iowa Grinnell, Iowa Dubuque, Iowa Braham, Minn.