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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Upper NW UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, Iowa • 50614-0314 • http://www.unipanthers.com Colin McDonough (319-273-5456) • Kara Moran (319-273-5455) • Laurie Wild (319-273-3642) • Wes Offerman (319-273-3783) Fax (319-273-3602) 2010-2011 UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL THIS WEEK IN PANTHER HOOPS Jan. 5, 2010 Game #16: UNI at Indiana State 2010-2011 Schedule/Results (10-5, 1-2 MVC) Fri., Jan. 7 - 7 p.m. (Eastern) Nov. 2 Wartburg (Exhib.) W, 67-46 Hulman Center - Terre Haute, Ind. Nov. 6 Univ. of Mary (Exhib.) W, 57-38 SIDE BOXES: TV: None Nov. 12 at Syracuse (ESPN3.com) L, 68-46 Radio: Panther Sports Network -- One point solid frame Nov. 16 Coe (PSN) W, 84-45 -- Inset spacing Op3 all-around Nov. 20 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee L, 65-63 Nov. 27 North Dakota W, 65-52 The University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball team (10-5 overall/1-2 MVC) -- Drop Shadow: Opacity, 70%; Dec. 1 Iowa State (PSN/ESPN FullCourt) W, 60-54 will look to win its first Missouri Valley Conference road game of the season X and Y offset, Op4 Dec. 4 at TCU (The Mtn.) W, 64-60 Friday at Indiana State. Tip is set for 7 p.m. (Eastern) at the Hulman Center. -- Swatches -- Paper, not none Dec. 7 at Iowa (Big Ten Network) L, 51-39 Dec. 11 Morehead State W, 69-53 Game #17: UNI vs. Bradley Las Vegas Classic (Dec. 17-23) Sun., Jan. 9 - 6 p.m. Text in Boxes: Garamond, what- Dec. 17 South Carolina State W, 66-52 McLeod Center - Cedar Falls, Iowa ever size fits and looks adequate Dec. 19 SIU-Edwardsville W, 68-47 TV: Panther Sports Network Dec. 22 vs. Indiana^ (CBS College) W, 67-61 Radio: Panther Sports Network Dec. 23 vs. New Mexico^ (CBS College) W, 66-60 Dec. 29 Missouri State* (MVC TV) L, 58-57 The UNI men will return home to the McLeod Center to take on the Bradley Jan. 1 at Southern Illinois* L, 57-55 Braves on Sunday at 6 p.m. The Braves (6-8 overall, 0-3 MVC) play at Drake on Jan. 4 Evansville* (PSN) W, 65-53 Friday prior to their trip to Cedar Falls. Jan. 7 at Indiana State* 8 pm Jan. 9 Bradley* (PSN) 6 pm Jan. 12 at Illinois State* 7 pm TIPPING OFF... Jan. 15 Southern Illinois* (PSN) 7 pm • UNI has won 9 of its last 12 games heading into matchups this weekend at Jan. 19 at Wichita State* (MVC TV) 7 pm Indiana State and at home against Bradley. Jan. 22 Drake* (PSN) 7 pm • UNI has led at the half in 12 straight games. Jan. 26 Creighton* (ESPNU) 8 pm • UNI is giving up 55.7 points per game this season, which ranks as the sixth- Jan. 30 at Missouri State* (ESPNU) 7 pm best mark in the nation. Feb. 2 Illinois State* (PSN) 7 pm • UNI head coach Ben Jacobson’s next win will be the 100th victory in his head Feb. 5 at Drake* (ESPNU) Noon coaching career. Jacobson enters this weekend’s slate of games against Indiana Feb. 8 at Evansville* 7 pm State and Bradley with a 99-48 career mark. Feb. 12 Wichita State* (ESPN2) 9 pm Feb. 15 at Bradley* (MVC TV) 7 pm • Jacobson is also looking to become the fastest Panther coach to 100 wins in Feb. 18-20 BracketBusters TBA the history of the program. Four previous coaches have reached the 100-victory Feb. 22 Indiana State* (PSN) 7 pm plateau and they include Art Dickinson (102 wins), O.M. “Hon” Nordly (166 wins), Feb. 26 at Creighton* TBA Jim Berry (144 wins) and Eldon Miller (164 wins). Dickinson was the fastest to Mar. 3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) 100 wins as it took him 164 games. ^ - Las Vegas, Nev. • Senior point guard Kwadzo Ahelegbe is one of six Panthers to surpass 1,000 * - Missouri Valley Conference Game points and 250 assists in the history of the program. The list includes Ben Ja- All times central and subject to change cobson (1,787 points; 357 assists), Robbie Sieverding (1,402/265), Dale Turner Home games in bold and played in the McLeod Center (1,250/520), Rod Underwood (1,126/291), Ahelegbe (1,034/274) and Chris UNI Athletic Communications Foster (1,027/370). Assistant A.D./Ath. Comm. (MBB Contact) Colin McDonough Office Phone: 319-273-5456 PROBABLE UNI STARTERS Cell Phone: 319-415-4059 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG Email: [email protected] 11 Kwadzo Ahelegbe G 6-2 213 Sr. Oakdale, Minn. 12.3 2.9 Assistant Athletic Communications Director Kara Moran 13 Johnny Moran G 6-1 190 Jr. Algonquin, Ill. 9.6 3.1 Office Phone: 319-273-5455 20 Jake Koch F 6-9 255 So. Ashwaubenon, Wis. 9.7 5.5 32 Lucas O’Rear F 6-6 260 Sr. Du Bois, Ill. 6.8 5.8 Athletic Communications Assistant Laurie Wild 52 Anthony James G 6-0 175 So. St. Louis, Mo. 11.6 2.9 Office Phone: 319-273-3642 Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant Wes Offerman OFF THE BENCH Office Phone: 319-273-3783 4 Chip Rank F 6-6 222 Fr. Cedarburg, Wis. 3.5 2.7 21 Matt Morrison G 6-0 175 R-Fr. Solon, Iowa 0.8 0.5 22 Kerwin Dunham G 6-6 200 Sr. Bondurant, Iowa 2.8 1.7 23 Marc Sonnen G 6-3 185 So. St. Paul, Minn. 4.8 2.5 33 Austin Pehl C 6-10 245 So. Cedar Falls, Iowa 2.4 2.8 34 Tyler Lange F 6-6 220 R-Fr. Sac City, Iowa 0.0 1.4 1 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL 2010-11 Missouri Valley Conference Standings • Ahelegbe ranks No. 28 on the Panthers’ all-time scoring list with 1,034 points. Conference Overall He surpassed Greg McDermott (1,033 points from 1985-1988) in Tuesday’s 65- School W-L Pct. W-L Pct 53 win over Evansville. Wichita State 3-0 1.000 12-2 .857 • Junior guard Johnny Moran is the only UNI Panther to make at least one 3- Missouri State 3-0 1.000 11-3 .786 pointer in every game this season. Moran has made at least one 3-pointer in 17 Creighton 2-1 .667 10-5 .667 Southern Illinois 2-1 .667 8-6 .571 straight games - dating back to last season’s NCAA Tournament. Moran leads Indiana State 2-1 .500 7-7 .500 the team with 27 made 3-pointers this season. UNI 1-2 .333 10-5 .667 • Sophomore forward Jake Koch saw his consecutive free throws made streak Evansville 1-2 .333 7-6 .538 snapped at 29 in Tuesday’s win over Evansville. Koch was three away from the Drake 1-2 .333 6-8 .429 UNI record of 32 straight makes held by Bill McCoy (1971-72). Illinois State 0-3 .000 8-6 .571 Bradley 0-3 .000 6-8 .429 • UNI is one of seven Division I schools to have its men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s volleyball teams reach the NCAA Tournament in 2010. RESULTS/UPCOMING GAMES The seven schools include: UNI, Duke, Florida State, Kentucky, Ohio State, Ten- nessee and Texas. Wed., Dec. 29 • UNI is one of 25 schools in the nation to have played in five of the last seven Missouri State 58, UNI 57 Indiana State 80, Bradley 66 NCAA Tournaments. Here are the 25 schools to have competed in the NCAA Tour- Wichita State 91, Evansville 57 nament in five of the past seven seasons: Arizona, Boston College, Connecticut, Drake 69, Southern Illinois 55 Duke, Florida, Gonzaga, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis, Creighton 64, Illinois State 53 Michigan State, North Carolina, Northern Iowa, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, UCLA, Villanova, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin. Sat., Jan. 1 Southern Illinois 57, UNI 55 • UNI returns eight letterwinners and two starters from last year’s Panther squad Wichita State 79, Bradley 63 that reached the Sweet 16 with an overall record of 30-5. Creighton 73, Drake 57 Evansville 64, Indiana State 59 SCOUTING INDIANA STATE Missouri State 82, Illinois State 71 Indiana State is 7-7 overall and 2-1 in Missouri Valley Conference play ... the Syca- Tues., Jan. 4 mores are a perfect 5-0 at home this season ... the Sycamores have league wins UNI 65, Evansville 53 over Bradley (80-66) and Illinois State (72-57) ... Indiana State’s only league loss Indiana State 72, Illinois State 57 came on the road at Evansville (64-59) ... Dwayne Lathan leads the Sycamores Wichita State 82, Drake 63 in scoring at 14.8 points per game ... head coach Greg Lansing in his first season Southern Illinois 72, Bradley 64 at the helm of the Sycamore program. Missouri State 67, Creighton 55 Fri., Jan. 7 SCOUTING BRADLEY UNI at Indiana State, 6 pm Bradley is 6-8 on the season and 0-3 in MVC play ... Bradley is 0-3 on the road ... Creighton at Southern Illinois, 7 pm the Braves are playing without the services of two preseason all-MVC picks in Evansville at Missouri State, 7 pm Sam Maniscalco and Taylor Brown ... Andrew Warren leads the team in scoring Bradley at Drake, 7 pm Wichita State at Illinois State, 7 pm at 18.9 points per game ... earlier this season Bradley lost to TCU, 74-68, while UNI posted a 64-60 win over the Horned Frogs ..