UPPER IOWA PEACOCK MEN’S BASKETBALL Contact Information: Doug Ingels, Sports Communication Graduate Assistant [email protected] | 563-425-5307 2015-16 SCHEDULE GAME 14 - DEC 15 - 7 PM - DORMAN GYM || GAME 15- DEC 19 - 4 PM - WINONA, MINN. (6-7, 2-3 NSIC) CCA Tip-Off Classic 10/30 Alaska Anchorage L, 74-71 10/31 #15 Western Washington L, 90-75 11/1 #11 California Baptist L, 77-75 11/6 &Creighton University Hillyard Tip-Off Classic 11/13 #14 Northwest Missouri St W, 76-72 11/14 Missouri Western State W, 86-78 THIS WEEKEND IN MEN’S BASKETBALL 11/18 Quincy W, 93-81 The Peacocks finish the 2015 calendar year with a pair of games this week. UIU starts the week by hosting the UW-Parkside Rangers on Tuesday at 7 p.m., followed by a trip to 11/21 Truman State L, 84-80 Winona, Minn, on Saturday to play the Winona State Warriors at 4 p.m. Tuesday night’s 11/24 Bellevue W, 85-74 game will be Pajama Night and one student in attendance will have a chance to win $500 by making a layup, free throw, three-pointer and a half-court shot in 30 seconds. In order to be eligible, students must sign up before tip-off and the name will be drawn during the 11/28 *Winona State W, 79-74 final media timeout of the second half. Pete Claus will also be in attendance, handing out 12/4 *Sioux Falls L, 85-79 candy canes and treats. 12/5 *Southwest Minnesota State L, 87-81 NOTES FROM LAST WEEKEND 12/11 *Minnesota State L, 97-75 12/12 *Concordia-St. Paul W, 103-80 On Friday night, Upper Iowa fell to the hot-shooting Minnesota State Mavericks, 97-75. MSU shot 51.9% (28-54) from the floor and 55% (11-20) from three point range to keep the Peacocks at an arm’s length for most of the evening. Then on Friday, the Peacocks 12/15 Wisconsin-Parkside 7 p.m. snapped a three-game skid and reached the century mark for the first time this season with a commanding 103-80 win over the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears on Saturday night in 12/19 *Winona State 4 p.m. St. Paul, Minnesota. The Peacocks hit a season-high 15 trifectas on 26 attempts (57.7%), compared to the Golden Bears going 6-of-14, with all six coming in the second half. 1/2 *Minnesota State Moorhead 8 p.m. 1/3 *Northern State 6 p.m. KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER 1/8 *Southwest Minnesota State 8 p.m. 1 A CENTURY IN THE MAKING: Upper Iowa enters its 100th year of men’s basketball 1/9 *Sioux Falls 6 p.m. with the start of the 2015-16 season and third year under the tutelage of Brooks McKowen. 1/15 *Minot State 8 p.m. The Fairbank, Iowa native was named the 18th head coach in Peacock men’s basketball 1/16 *University of Mary 6 p.m. history prior to the 2013-14 season and holds a 39-34 record at UIU. 1/22 *Wayne State 8 p.m. 2 CANDY KANE: UIU freshman Elliot Kane caught fire against Concordia-St. Paul, hitting 1/23 *Augustana 6 p.m. 7 threes against the Golden Bears. The Champlin, Minnesota native scored a career-high 21 1/29 *Minnesota Crookston 8 p.m. points. 1/30 *Bemidji State 6 p.m. 3 HITTING THE FREEBIES: Upper Iowa hit 76.4% (42-55) of its free throws over the 2/5 *Minnesota Duluth 8 p.m. weekend, knocking down over 75% in both games, marking just the second and third times 2/6 *St. Cloud State 6 p.m. they have done that this season. In games that the Peacocks have made more free throws than the opponent, UIU is 4-1. 2/12 *Concordia-St. Paul 8 p.m. 2/13 *Minnesota State 6 p.m. 4 LIVING IN THE 90’s: When the Peacocks or their opponents hit the 90 point threshold 2/19 *Augustana University 8 p.m. this season, that team is undefeated. Upper Iowa is 2-0 when scoring 90, while going 0-2 when their opponent hits 90. 2/20 *Wayne State 6 p.m. 2/24 NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament THE SERIES Home Games are Bold || Neutral Site Italic vs WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE: Upper Iowa is 2-1 all-time against the Rangers, but lost the last meeting, 83-67, when they two teams met in Somers, Wis., on Dec. 16, 2014. *NSIC games || & Exhibition vs WINONA STATE: Upper Iowa picked up their fourth win in the 24-game series between UIU and Winona State when they met in Fayette on Nov. 28. The Peacocks have now won two-in-a-row against WSU after defeating the Warriors 90-76 in Fayette last December. Twitter: #FeathersUp ABOUT THE OPPONENT @UIUPeacocks @PeacockHoops WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE: The Rangers (5-2, 1-1 GLVC) resumes non-conference play this week after earning a split two weeks ago to open the conference slate. UW-Parkside leads the GLVC in scoring margin (+13.7), field goal percentage (51.2 percent), three-point field Facebook: Upper Iowa Athletics goal percentage (45.8 percent), and assist to turnover ratio (1.54) while sitting second in the league in scoring offense (85.1 points per game) and field goal percentage defense (41.3 percent). Three Rangers average in double figures with senior Andy Mazurczak Online: UPPERIOWAATHLETICS.COM leading the way with a 16.4 points per game average. UpperIowaAthletics.com offers the most WINONA STATE: The Warriors is now 4-5 overall and 3-2 in conference after they went complete and comprehensive coverage of the 1-1 last weekend, beating Concordia-St. Paul 59-50 before falling to Minnesota State 78- Peacocks. 77. Kyle Bauman scored a game-high 17 points and Riley Bambenek added 16 against CSP. WSU rallied from 20 down in the second half to get within one against MSU. Riley Bambenek scored 20 points and tied a career-high with six 3-pointers against MSU. 2015 -16 NSIC MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS NORTH CONF OVERALL STREAK 2015-16 BY THE NUMBERS... MSU Moorhead 5-0 12-1 W12 U-Mary 4-1 7-2 W2 TEAM STATISTICS UIU OPP Minnesota Duluth 4-1 7-3 L1 SCORING 1058 1053 Bemidji State 2-3 5-4 W1 Northern State 2-3 6-5 W1 Points per game 81.4 81.0 St. Cloud State 2-3 4-6 L2 Scoring margin +0.4 - Minnesota Crookston 1-4 3-6 L1 FIELD GOALS-ATT 353-779 354-777 Minot State 0-5 4-6 L5 Field goal pct .453 .456 3 POINT FG-ATT 112-307 91-255 SOUTH CONF OVERALL STREAK 3-point FG pct .365 .357 Augustana 5-0 8-1 W8 0 Minnesota State 3-1 8-2 W3 3-pt FG made per game 8.6 7.0 Sioux Falls 3-2 7-3 L1 FREE THROWS-ATT 240-350 254-364 Winona State 3-2 4-5 L1 Free throw pct .686 .698 Southwest Minn. State 2-3 6-4 W1 F-Throws made per game 18.5 19.5 Upper Iowa 2-3 6-7 W1 REBOUNDS 467 485 Wayne State 1-4 2-7 L3 Concordia-St. Paul 0-4 2-7 L5 Rebounds per game 35.9 37.3 Rebounding margin -1.4 - WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE RANGERS ASSISTS 182 148 Assists per game 14.0 11.4 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown 3 Andy Mazurczak G 6-2 Sr. Norridge, Ill. TURNOVERS 173 176 4 Paul Torola G 6-4 So. Calumet, MI Mich. Turnovers per game 13.3 13.5 10 Kendale McCullum G 6-1 So. Elgin, Ill. Turnover margin +0.2 - 12 12 Adam Bonk G 6-0 Fr. Manitowoc, Wis. Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 0.8 13 Jake Verhagen F 6-6 Jr. Appleton, Wis. STEALS 62 75 22 Tyler Jandron G 6-0 R-Fr. Negaunee, Mich. Steals per game 4.8 5.8 23 Avery Harmon G 5-11 Jr. Broadview, Ill. 24 Alexander Brown G 6-3 Jr. Niles, Mich. BLOCKS 38 20 30 Chavares Flanigan F 6-5 So. Hanover Park, Ill. Blocks per game 2.9 1.5 32 Joe Borcia C 6-9 Fr. Libertyville, Ill. 34 Jalen Currie F 6-4 Sr. Milwaukee, Wis. 44 Espen Fjaerestad F 6-4 So. Bergen, Norway UIU CATEGORY LEADERS... 45 Goran Zagorac C 6-9 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. SCORING G Pts Pts/G 50 Kyle Flanagan F 6-9 Fr. Oak Forest, Ill. Roth, Jimmy 13 161 12.4 Weeber, Josh 13 156 12.0 Luke Reigel - Head Coach - 13th season Lenhart, Luke 13 143 11.0 Keven Bradley - Associate Head Coach Tom Reigel - Assistant Coach FIELD GOAL % Made Att FG % Andy Fitzgerald - Assistant Coach Hay, Jordan 15 20 .750 Eighme, Mitchell 14 23 .609 WINONA STATE WARRIORS Steinbronn, Ethan 18 33 .545 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown 3-POINT FG % Made Att 3FG % 1 Mason Domask G 6-3 Fr. Waupun, Wis. Weeber, Josh 24 55 .436 3 Corey Jeffs G/F 6-7 So. Melbourne, Australia Kane, Elliot 13 31 .419 4 Charlie Koontz F 6-7 R-Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. Roth, Jimmy 14 34 .412 5 Josh Mongan G 5-10 Jr. Germantown, Wis. 10 Conrad Masberg G 6-2 Sr. Kilkenny, Minn. FREE THROW % Made Att FT % 11 Riley Bambenek G 6-5 Jr.