2017-18 Men’s Basketball Game Notes

UNI (13-15, 5-11) at Valparaiso (14-15, 5-11) Tues., Feb. 20, 2018 • 8 p.m. 29 Valparaiso, Indiana (The ARC)

Series Notes All-Time Series: UNI leads 23-2 Last Meeting: UNI 81, Valparaiso 76 (Jan. 13, 2018) UNI is 10-2 all-time at Valparaiso, however the teams

#2 Klint Carlson #4 Tywhon Pickford #21 Hunter Rhodes #24 Isaiah Brown #25 Bennett Koch have not met at Valpo since Feb. 18, 1991. 6-7, Sr., Forward 6-4, Fr., Guard 5-10, Sr., Guard 6-7, So., Guard 6-10, Sr., Forward UNI Men’s Basketball Storylines 2017-18 Schedule

• The University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball team (13-15 overall, Date Opponent Time 5-11 MVC) will hit the road for a final time in conference play Tuesday N1 at Wisconsin (Exhib.) L, 69-38 against the Valparaiso Crusaders (14-15 overall, 5-11 MVC). Tip is set for 8 N5 UNC Pembroke (Exhib.) W, 72-66 p.m. at The ARC. N10 at #9 North Carolina (ESPNU) L, 86-69 N13 Alcorn State (PSN/ESPN3) W, 73-45 • UNI is locked in to an opening round game at the 2018 Missouri Valley N15 Wartburg (ESPN3) W, 72-43 Conference Tournament. It marks UNI’s first opening round game at Arch N18 Chicago State (ESPN3) W, 82-44 Madness since the 2003 MVC Tournament. Battle 4 Atlantis (Nassau, Bahamas.) • UNI ranks No. 7 in the nation in scoring defense (63.1 ppg). N22 vs. SMU (ESPN3) W, 61-58 N23 vs. N.C. State (ESPN2) W, 64-60 • UNI limited Evansville to 41 points in its win over the Purple Aces Tues- N24 #5 Villanova (ESPN2) L, 64-50 day in the McLeod Center. UNI is 49-1 when holding the opposition to less N29 UNLV (ESPN3) W, 77-68 OT than 50 points under head coach Ben Jacobson. D7 UT Arlington (PSN/ESPN3) W, 62-58 D10 Dubuque (ESPN3) W, 80-47 • Guard Tywhon Pickford has set the UNI freshman record for rebounds D16 vs. Iowa State (Mediacom) L, 76-65 (227) in a season. D22 #9 Xavier (CBS Sports) L, 77-67 D28 Southern Illinois* (PSN/ESPN3) L, 56-53 • Pickford ranks as the nation’s best rebounder under 6’5” at 8.1 rebounds D31 at Bradley* (ESPN3) L, 72-53 per game. He ranks No. 10 in the nation in rebounds among freshmen. J4 at Missouri State* (CBS Sports) L, 62-55 • Forward Bennett Koch is closing in on becoming the 42nd UNI Panther to J7 Loyola* (ESPNU) L, 56-50 score 1,000 points. Koch has tallied 975 career points. J10 at Indiana State* (MVC TV) L, 69-67 J13 Valparaiso* (ESPN2) W, 81-76 J16 Drake* (PSN/ESPN3) W, 68-54 Broadcast Information UNI Quick Facts J21 at Southern Illinois* (ESPN3) L, 64-53 J24 Illinois State* (ESPN3) W, 83-72 Television Location...... Cedar Falls, Iowa J28 at Loyola* (ESPNU) L, 70-47 CBS Sports Network Founded...... 1876 Play-by-Play: John Sadak Nickname...... Panthers J31 at Evansville* (ESPN3) L, 57-49 Analyst: Jordan Cornette Colors...... Purple and Old Gold F3 Indiana State* (MVC TV) L, 77-66 Enrollment...... 11,907 F7 Bradley* (ESPN3) W, 74-65 Radio, TuneIn App Conference...... Missouri Valley F10 at Drake* (MVC TV) L, 71-64 Panther Sports Network President...... Mark Nook F13 Evansville* (PSN/ESPN3) W, 47-41 Play-by-Play: Gary Rima Director of Athletics...... David Harris Analyst: Kevin Boyle Head Coach...... Ben Jacobson F17 at Illinois State* (ESPN2) 5 pm Flagship Station - KXEL 1540-AM Associate Head Coach...... Kyle Green F20 at Valparaiso* (CBS Sports) 8 pm On the Web - www.UNIPanthers.com Assistants....P.J. Hogan, Erik Crawford F24 Missouri State* (ESPN3) 1 pm Director of Operations.....Derrik Netten M1-4 at MVC Tournament Stats Strength & Conditioning...... Andrea Comini * - Conference Game UNI.Statbroadcast.com Video Coordinator...... John Little Film Assistant...... Jake Koch home games in BOLD Athletic Trainer...... Don Bishop 2017-18 UNI Radio/TV Roster

#1 - Adam McDermott #2 - Klint Carlson #3 - Ted Friedman #4 - Tywhon Pickford #5 - Rafael de Souza #10 - Miles Wentzien So., Guard Sr., Forward Sr., Center Fr., Guard Sr., Guard Jr., Guard Cedar Rapids, Iowa Waverly, Iowa Ankeny, Iowa Minneapolis, Minn. Jundiai, Brazil Fort Madison, Iowa

#12 - Lincoln Conrey #13 - Juwan McCloud #15 - Justin Dahl #21 - Hunter Rhodes #22 - Tanner Lohaus #24 Isaiah Brown So., Forward So., Guard So., Center Sr., Guard R-Fr., Forward So., Guard Waterloo, Iowa Germantown, Wis. Carver, Minn. Canton, Ill. North Liberty, Iowa Flower Mound, Texas

#25 - Bennett Koch #30 - Spencer Haldeman #33 - Wyatt Lohaus #34 - Luke McDonnell #50 - Austin Phyfe Head Coach Sr., Forward So., Guard Jr., Guard So., Forward Fr., Forward Ben Jacobson Ashwaubenon, Wis. Peosta, Iowa North Liberty, Iowa Dubuque, Iowa Waverly, Iowa 12th Year

2 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL UNI TRAVELS TO VALPO FOR the field, which included four Missouri Valley Conference Standings FINAL MVC ROAD CHALLENGE three-pointers. Pickford was 7-of-8 Conference Overall The University of Northern Iowa at the free throw line. School W-L W-L men’s basketball team (13-15 over- Austin Phyfe was making his Loyola 13-3 23-5 Southern Illinois 11-5 19-10 all, 5-11 MVC) will hit the road for a first career start and posted a Drake 10-6 16-13 final time in conference play Tues- 20-point, eight-rebound perfor- Illinois State 9-7 15-13 day against the Valparaiso Crusad- mance as he drilled 6-of-7 field goal Bradley 8-8 18-11 ers (14-15 overall, 5-11 MVC). Tip is attempts and was a perfect 8-of-8 at Missouri State 7-9 17-12 set for 8 p.m. at The ARC. the foul line. Evansville 6-10 16-13 Indiana State 6-10 11-17 Pickford and Phyfe each set UNI 5-11 13-15 BROADCAST INFORMATION career highs in scoring on the night. Valparaiso 5-11 14-15 Tuesday’s UNI at Valparaiso game Pickford’s previous best of 18 had will be shown live on CBS Sports been set on three occasions, while MVC SWEEPS FOR COACH JAKE Network. Phyfe’s previous best of eight points UNI has swept an MVC opponent 37 John Sadak (play-by-play) and was set Dec. 10 vs. Dubuque. times since the start of the 2006-07 Jordan Cornette (analyst) will call Valparaiso clawed its way back season - Jacobson’s first year as the the game. from a 20-point deficit with 4:39 left Panther head coach. to only a five-point deficit with 1:22 UNI will be looking to sweep VALPARAISO CRUSADERS left in the game. Valpo forced six Valpo in the Crusaders’s first year in The Valparaiso Crusaders are the UNI turnovers in the final 4:39 as a the MVC. newest members of the Missouri 69-49 UNI lead was trimmed to 74- MVC Season Sweeps Under Coach Jacobson Valley Conference having joined the 69 after a three-pointer by Markus Bradley (6) - 06-07, 08-09, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 15-16 league on July 1, 2017. Golder. UNI held off Valpo and did Creighton (1) - 09-10 Valpo spent the previous 10 sea- not let the Crusaders get any closer Drake (6) - 09-10, 11-12, 12-13, 14-15, 15-16, 16-17 sons as a member of the Horizon than five points before the end of Evansville (5) - 06-07, 07-08, 08-09, 13-14, 15-16 Illinois St. (5) - 08-09, 09-10, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 League. regulation. Indiana State (2) - 09-10, 14-15 The Crusaders are led by sec- Loyola (1) - 14-15 ond-year head coach Matt Lottich. FINISHING, SEEDING OPTIONS Missouri St. (5) - 08-09, 09-10, 12-13, 13-14, 14-15 Valpo is led in scoring by UNI can finish as high as a tie for Southern Ill. (5) - 08-09, 09-10, 11-12, 14-15, 16-17 Wichita State (1) - 07-08 Tevonn Walker (14.6 ppg) and Ba- sixth in the standings and as low as kari Evelyn (12.6 ppg). 10th with two games remaining in ROAD LOSING STREAK The Crusaders are 10-3 at home the MVC schedule. UNI has dropped 11 straight road this season with the three setbacks Even with a tie for sixth, UNI games dating back to the 2016-17 coming against Missouri State (67- cannot be seeded any higher than season. It ranks tied for the 11th-lon- 50), Loyola (70-54) and Evansville No. 8 as a result of tiebreakers. gest current road losing streak in the (75-65). UNI is locked in to an opening country. round game at the 2018 Missouri Overall, the Panthers are 0-9 on ALL-TIME SERIES VS. VALPARAISO Valley Conference Tournament. It the road this year. UNI is 0-8 in MVC UNI owns a 23-2 lead in the all-time marks UNI’s first opening round play on the road this season and is series vs. Valparaiso. game at Arch Madness since the looking to avoid having its first 0-9 UNI is 10-2 all-time at Valparai- 2003 MVC Tournament. road mark in league play since the so, however the Panthers have not The 2018 MVC Tournament will 2000-2001 season. played at Valpo since Feb. 18, 1991. take place March 1-4 at Scottrade UNI’s last road win came Feb. Valpo’s last win in the series Center in St. Louis, Missouri. 12, 2017, when the Panthers scored came Feb. 20, 1989, when the Cru- a 55-52 win at Missouri State. saders posted a 79-70 victory over NO. 7 IN SCORING DEFENSE It is UNI’s longest road losing the Panthers. UNI ranks No. 7 in the nation in streak since the Panthers lost 11 in a scoring defense. The Panthers are row during the 2002-03 season. IN OUR LAST MEETING giving up 63.1 points per game. UNI has not lost 12 in a row UNI led Valparaiso by as many as 23 on the road since going through a points and held on for an 81-76 win Rk. Team W-L Points 15-game road losing streak in the over on Jan. 13 in the first meeting 1. Virginia 24-2 52.7 2. Cincinnati 23-3 56.3 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons. between the teams in Cedar Falls. 3. UCF 17-9 60.3 UNI saw its two freshmen com- 4. Old Dominion 21-5 62.0 Active Longest Road Losing Streaks bine for 43 points, 17 rebounds on 5. Texas Tech 22-5 62.5 1. Chicago State - 23 12-of-13 shooting from the field and 6. New Mexico St. 22-5 63.0 2. Mississippi Valley State - 22 7. UNI 13-15 63.1 3. Oregon State - 21 15-of-16 at the free throw line. 8. SMU 15-12 63.1 4. Maryland-Eastern Shore - 18 Tywhon Pickford went for 23 9. UNC Greensboro 21-7 63.2 5. USC Upstate - 17 10. Syracuse 18-9 63.4 points and nine rebounds as he Delaware State - 17 drained all six of his shots from 7. Pepperdine - 15 3 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL 8. Green Bay - 14 MVC’s Most-Improved Scorers 9. Washington State - 13 1. Jordan Barnes (INS) +10.8 (6.5, 17.3) HEAD COACH BEN JACOBSON Incarnate Word - 13 2. Keyshawn Evans (ILS) +9.4 (5.8, 15.2) 12th Year at UNI 11. UNI - 11 3. Dru Smith (UE) +8.1 (5.3, 13.4) Overall Record: 247-149 Rutgers - 11 4. Ryan Taylor (UE) +7.5 (14.1, 21.6) Columbia - 11 5. Aaron Cook (SIU) +7.3 (3.0, 10.3) UNI head coach Ben Pittsburgh - 11 6. Nick McGlynn (DU) +6.8 (4.9, 11.7) Jacobson personifies class Rice - 11 7. Phil Fayne (ILS) +6.4 (9.1, 15.5) 8. Isaiah Brown (UNI) +4.8 (1.8, 6.6) and dignity on and off the Sean Lloyd (SIU) +4.8 (7.6, 12.4) floor as the leader of the ONLY TWO WINLESS ROAD MVC Panther men’s basketball SEASONS WIN WITH COLD SHOOTING team. UNI has only had two winless road UNI shot 27.8 percent from the Following the 2016-17 season, Ja- cobson was awarded a two-year contract seasons in MVC play (1994-95 and floor in its 47-41 win against 2000-2001). extension that will run through March 31, Evansville on Tuesday. 2027. It marks the fourth-lowest FG Jacobson, 47, is the UNI men’s bas- UNI in MVC Road Games percentage by a winning team in ketball program’s all-time wins leader 1991-92 2-7 1992-93 2-7 the NCAA this year. The 47 points with 247 victories in 12 seasons. He has 1993-94 3-6 1994-95 0-9 are the second fewest by a winning guided the Panthers to four NCAA Tour- 1995-96 3-6 1996-97 4-5 team (St. John’s beat UCF, 46-43.) nament appearances and four NCAA vic- 1997-98 1-8 1998-99 2-7 In the past five seasons, only tories. He is also a three-time MVC Coach 1999-2000 1-8 2000-01 0-9 once did an MVC team shoot of the Year award recipient. 2001-02 3-6 2002-03 1-8 worse from the floor and win (Illi- Jacobson has guided the Panthers to 2003-04 4-5 2004-05 4-5 postseason play in seven of his 11 sea- nois State, 27.3, vs. Wichita State sons as head coach, including four trips 2005-06 5-4 2006-07 4-5 on Feb. 6, 2016). to the NCAA Tournament (2009, 2010, 2007-08 3-6 2008-09 8-1 2015 and 2016). UNI reached the Sweet 2009-10 6-3 2010-11 4-5 UNI’S LOWEST FG% UNDER JAKE 16 in 2010 following wins over UNLV and 2011-12 2-7 2012-13 4-5 .239 at Indiana State (1/7/2011) No. 1-ranked Kansas. UNI has recorded at .255 vs. Illinois State (3/2/2012) 2013-14 3-6 2014-15 7-2 .259 GEORGE MASON (11/30/2016) least one victory in each of its last three 2015-16 4-5 2016-17 3-6 .268 vs. Iowa (12/17/2016) NCAA Tournament appearances. 2017-18 0-8 .271 LOYOLA (1/16/2016) UNI has placed in the upper half of .271 at Saint Mary’s (11/14/2011) the MVC standings in 14 straight seasons. CARLSON TALLIES 4TH CAREER .273 at Iowa (12/7/2010) Jacobson has guided UNI to a top-four .273 at Syracuse (11/12/2010) finish in the final MVC standings in nine 20-POINT GAME .275 SMU (3/21/2011) consecutive seasons. Senior forward Klint Carlson reg- .275 at Wichita State (2/18/2017) He is the only coach in the history of istered his fourth career 20-point .278 EVANSVILLE (2/13/2018) .290 CREIGHTON (2/8/2009) the MVC to have recorded two wins over scoring game on Saturday at two different No. 1-ranked teams (Kansas, Illinois State. North Carolina). RHODES PERFECT AT THE LINE Carlson drained 7-of-11 field A native of Mayville, N.D., Jacobson UNI senior guard Hunter Rhodes goals and was 2-of-4 from three- graduated from Mayville-Portland High has made all 15 of his free throw point range against the Redbirds. School in 1989 as valedictorian. He re- attempts this season. Rhodes’s Carlson also grabbed a team-high ceived his bachelor’s degree in physical streak of consecutive free throws education from the University of North nine rebounds at Redbird Arena. made stands at 19 heading into Dakota in 1994. Jacobson and his wife, Dawn, have Active 20-Point Scoring Games Tuesday’s game at Valparaiso. two children, Hunter (14) and Tanner (12). Bennett Koch (7) Rhodes went 9-for-9 at the Klint Carlson (4) free throw line in a 74-65 win over Isaiah Brown (1) Bradley on Feb. 7. Wyatt Lohaus (1) Austin Phyfe (1) He became the third player in Tywhon Pickford (1) the nation to make at least all nine Hunter Rhodes (1) of his free throws and not have a made field goal in a game. MOST IMPROVED MVC SCORERS UNI sophomore guard Isaiah 9 or More FTs (100%), No Made FGs Brown is one of the more im- Kyle Mallers (Ball State) vs. Oregon 10-10 FTs, 0-3 FGs proved scorers in the Missouri Justice Sueing (California) vs. Portland St. Valley Conference this season. 9-9 FTs, 0-5 FGs Brown averaged 1.8 points per Hunter Rhodes (UNI) vs. Bradley game as a true freshman in 2016- 9-9 FTs, 0-2 FGs 17. Brown has upped his scoring to 6.6 points per game in 2017-18. KOCH NEARS 1,000 POINTS UNI senior forward Bennett Koch is closing in on becoming the 42nd 4 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Statistics member of the Panther 1,000 bursts off the bench from junior point scoring club. Wyatt Lohaus and sophomore UNI VALPO Koch has tallied 975 points Spencer Haldeman. Record: 13-15 14-15 Scoring Offense: 64.5 70.4 heading into Tuesday’s game at Lohaus ranks first and Halde- Scoring Defense: 63.1 67.8 Valparaiso. man ranks second among active Scoring Margin: +1.4 +2.6 Koch would become the MVC players in scoring without FG Percentage: 41.5 44.8 third member of his family to making a start this season. FG Percentage Defense: 41.6 42.0 3-Pt. FG Percentage: 33.7 33.3 score 1,000 points for the Pan- Lohaus is scoring 9.1 points 3-Pt. FG % Defense: 36.6 30.6 thers. His older brothers Adam per game, while Haldeman is 3-Pt. FG Made Per Game: 7.4 6.6 (1,186 points - 2006-2010) and averaging 6.6 points per game. FT Percentage: 71.5 70.4 Rebounding Offense: 35.1 35.1 Jake (1,113 points - 2009-2013) Rebounding Defense: 33.4 33.5 each surpassed the 1,000-point MVC Bench Scorers (no starts) Rebounding Margin: +1.8 +1.6 mark in their careers. 1. Wyatt Lohaus (UNI) 9.1 ppg Assists: 10.9 12.7 2. Spencer Haldeman (UNI) 6.6 ppg Turnovers: 11.9 15.1 3. Micah Bradford (Valpo) 5.0 ppg Steals: 5.6 7.6 PICKFORD SETS UNI FRESH- 4. Casey Schlatter (Drake) 4.3 ppg Blocked Shots: 2.3 3.3 MAN REBOUNDING MARK 5. Bruno Skokna (Loyola) 3.8 ppg Turnover Margin: -0.4 -0.5 Guard Tywhon Pickford has 6. Isaac Gassman (Ill. St.) 3.7 ppg Assist/TO Ratio: 0.9 0.8 7. Rudy Stradnieks (SIU) 3.4 ppg set the UNI Panther freshman When UNI...... Then UNI is rebounding record. PHYFE FEASTING IN MVC PLAY Shoots a Higher Percentage:...... 11-2 Pickford has registered 227 UNI freshmen forward Austin Shoots a Lower Percentage:...... 2-13 rebounds this season, besting Shoots the Same...... 0-0 Phyfe is shooting 65.5 percent the previous mark of 205 set from the field (19-of-29 FGs) Makes More Field Goals:...... 8-2 by Eric Coleman in the 2004-05 during Missouri Valley Confer- Makes Fewer Field Goals:...... 4-11 season. Pickford’s 209 rebounds Makes the Same Number:...... 1-2 ence play. ranks as the 10th-best freshman Phyfe made his first career Makes More Threes:...... 6-3 single-season mark in Missouri start vs. Valparaiso on Jan. 13. Makes Fewer Threes:...... 5-9 Valley Conference history. Makes the Same Number:...... 2-3 Phyfe entered the Valpo game Only four players have put having scored 27 total points in Makes More Free Throws:...... 11-5 up higher freshman rebound- the season - including only 11 Makes Fewer Free Throws:...... 0-9 ing numbers in the MVC in the Makes the Same Number:...... 2-1 points in MVC play. past 25 years - Doug McDermott Following his first start vs. Outrebounds Its Opponent:...... 9-6 (Crieghton) had 280 in 2010-11; Valpo, Phyfe has scored 48 Is Outrebounded:...... 4-9 Josh Cunningham (Bradley) had points for the Panthers. Ties in Rebounding:...... 0-0 247 in 2014-15); Jamie Arnold Leads at the Half:...... 11-6 (Wichita State) had 242 in 1993- NATION’S BEST REBOUNDER Trails at the Half:...... 1-6 94; Michael Ruffin (Tulsa) had UNDER 6’5” Is Tied at the Half:...... 1-3 232 in 1995-96. UNI freshman guard Tywhon Pickford is the nation’s best Plays in Overtime:...... 1-0 MVC Freshman Rebound Leaders 1. Cliff Levingston - WSU (1979-80) - 294 rebounder under 6’5”. Pickford Scores Less Than 60 Points:...... 1-8 Scores Between 60-69 Points:...... 4-6 2. Doug McDermott - CU (2010-11) - 280 (6’4”) is averaging 8.1 rebounds Scores Between 70-79 Points:...... 4-1 3. Bob Harstad - CU (1986-87) - 272 per game. Scores Between 80-89 Points:...... 4-0 4. Benoit Benjamin - CU (1982-83) - 259 UMass Lowell’s Jahad Scores 90 or More Points:...... 0-0 5. Josh Cunningham - BU (2014-15) - 247 6. Ashraf Amaya - SIU (1989-90) - 245 Thomas (6’2”) is the nation’s Allows Less Than 60 Points:...... 8-3 7. Jamie Arnold - WSU (1993-94) - 242 second-best rebounder under Allows Between 60-69 Points:...... 3-4 8. Michael Ruffin - TULSA (1995-96) - 232 6’5”. Thomas is averaging 7.9 Allows Between 70-79 Points:...... 2-7 9. Cleo Littleton - WSU (1951-52) - 231 rebounds per game. Allows Between 80-89 Points:...... 0-1 10. Tywhon Pickford - UNI (2017-18) - Allows 90 or More Points:...... 0-0 227 11. Danny Granger - BU (2001-02) - 207 FRESHMEN REBOUNDERS Game is Decided By 1-3 Points:...... 1-2 12. Jordan Caroline - SIU (2014-15) - 206 UNI’s Tywhon Pickford ranks Game is Decided by 4-6 Points:...... 4-2 13. Eric Coleman - UNI (2004-05) - 205 No. 10 in the nation in rebounds Game is Decided by 7-10 Points:...... 2-4 14. Patrick O’Bryant - BU (2004-05) - 201 Game is Decided by 11-14 Points:...... 2-4 ------among freshmen at 8.1 per Game is Decided by 15+ Points:...... 4-3 15. Obediah Church - MSU (2015-16) - game. 195 On Monday:...... 1-0 16. Rick Shipley - SIU (1987-88) - 194 Freshman Rebounders On Tuesday:...... 2-0 17. Carl Richard - INS (2008-09) - 192 1. Marvin Bagley III (Duke) 11.4 On Wednesday:...... 5-2 18. Seth Tuttle - UNI (2011-12) - 190 2. Mohamed Bamba (Texas) 11.1 On Thursday:...... 2-2 19. Luke Jackson - BU (1986-87) - 188 3. Deandre Ayton (Arizona) 10.9 On Friday:...... 0-3 20. Hersey Hawkins - BU (1984-85) - 182 4. Brandon McCoy (UNLV) 10.1 On Saturday:...... 2-4 5. Loudon Love (Wright State) 9.7 On Sunday:...... 1-4 TWO SPARKS OFF THE BENCH 6. Wendell Carter Jr. (Duke) 9.5 UNI is getting a pair of scoring 7. Oshae Brissett (Syracuse) 9.0 5 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL 8. Eric Williams Jr. (Duquesne) 8.9 UNI’s Overall Double-Double Leaders UNI’S 3-POINT STREAK 9. Cameron Lard (Iowa State) 8.2 (Since 2000) UNI has made at least one 3-pointer 10. Tywhon Pickford (UNI) 8.1 Eric Coleman (36) Grant Stout (33) in 589 straight games – the longest active streak in the Missouri Valley TYWHON TAKES CHARGE IN MVC Seth Tuttle (21) Joe Breakenridge (17) Conference. It also ranks as the UNI freshmen guard Tywhon Pick- Jordan Eglseder (15) 32nd-longest active streak among ford is the squad’s leading scorer David Gruber (13) all NCAA Division I teams. through 16 games in Missouri Val- Matt Schneiderman (8) The last time UNI failed to make ley Conference play. Jeremy Morgan (5) Adam Koch (5) a 3-point basket came Feb. 3, 2000, Pickford is averaging 10.8 points Bennett Koch (5) vs. Southern Illinois in a 72-58 Pan- and 7.3 rebounds per game in Tywhon Pickford (5) ther victory in the UNI-Dome. UNI league play. Erik Crawford (4) Jake Koch (4) went 0-for-4 from 3-point land vs. the Salukis in that contest. FROSH GUARD DOUBLE-DOUBLES UNI freshman guard Tywhon Pick- COUNTLESS 3-POINT BOMBERS UNI’S STREAK OF 9 OR MORE MVC ford ranks tied for fourth among Through 28 games, UNI has six WINS SNAPPED freshman guards who have record- players who have made at least 18 UNI’s streak of 14 straight seasons ed double-doubles this season. Pick- 3-pointers this season. with nine or more league wins has ford has posted five double-doubles Spencer Haldeman (41), Wy- been snapped after the Panthers in 2017-18. att Lohaus (37), Klint Carlson (34), dropped their 10th MVC game of the Oklahoma’s Trae Young (12), Isaiah Brown (32), Tywhon Pickford season at Drake (Feb. 10). Duquesne’s Eric Williams Jr. (10) (28) and Juwan McCloud (18) have The league’s current longest and Murray State’s Ja Morant (6) all made at least 18 shots from streak of nine or more wins is now are the only freshman guards with 3-point land this season. Illinois State with five. more than five double-doubles this UNI is averaging 7.4 made season. 3-pointers per game. AMONG THE MVC’S ALL-TIME BEST MVC Frosh Double-Doubles (since ‘97) SECOND-MOST TRIPLES ALLOWED UNI head coach Ben Jacobson is 9 -- Doug McDermott, Creighton (2010-11) Illinois State drained 16 three-point- among the all-time leaders in Mis- 6 -- Danny Granger, Bradley (2001-02) ers in a 79-75 victory over UNI on souri Valley Conference victories for 6 -- Patrick O’Bryant, Bradley (2004-05) Feb. 17. It ties for the second-most all games and league games only. 5 -- Jamar Howard, Wichita State (2001-02) 5 -- Tywhon Pickford, UNI (2017-18) three-pointer made by an opponent Jacobson ranks No. 6 in MVC in school history. coaching victories with 247 and also PICKFORD DOUBLES UP The 16 three-pointers made No. 6 in MVC games only wins with UNI freshman guard Tywhon Pick- by Illinois State ties for the sec- 128. ford has reached double figures in ond-most three-pointers made Henry Iba tops both lists with rebounds 11 times this season. against UNI. 486 total wins and 187 league wins. Pickford has registered a team- Wyoming drained 16 MVC Coaching Victories best five double-doubles. Pickford three-pointers against UNI on Dec. 1. Henry P. Iba (Oklahoma State) 486 has recorded double-doubles 3, 2016., to set the school record for 2. Eddie Hickey (Creighton/St. Louis) 337 opponent’s made three-pointers. 3. Dana Altman (Creighton) 327 against Alcorn State (16 pts., 10 4. Barry Hinson (Missouri State/SIU) 267 rbs.), North Carolina State (18 pts., Wichita State also made 15 5. Gregg Marshall (Wichita State) 261 three-pointers against UNI on Jan. 6. Ben Jacobson (UNI) 247 18 rbs.), Missouri State (18 pts., 10 7. Rich Herrin (Southern Illinois) 225 rbs.), Loyola (15 pts., 11 rbs.) and 4, 2003. 8. Ralph Miller (Wichita State) 220 Drake (16 pts., 10 rbs.). It marks the 11th time under 9. Maury John (Drake) 211 UNI head coach Ben Jacobson that 10. Joe Stowell (Bradley) 197 UNI’s Single-Season Double-Double Leaders the Panthers have had an opponent MVC Coaching Wins (Conf. Games Only) (Since 2000) made 13 more three-pointers in a 1. Henry P. Iba (Oklahoma State) 187 Joe Breakenridge (17) - 2000-01 2. Dana Altman (Creighton) 182 Eric Coleman (16) - 2007-08 game. 3. Eddie Hickey (Creighton/St. Louis) 163 Grant Stout (13) - 2005-06 4. Barry Hinson (Missouri State/SIU) 145 Eric Coleman (13) - 2006-07 Opponent 3-Pointers vs. UNI (since 2006-07) 5. Gregg Marshall (Wichita State) 134 6. Ben Jacobson (UNI) 128 Grant Stout (12) - 2006-07 16 at Wyoming (12/3/16) 7. Dr. F.C. Allen (Kansas) 126 Grant Stout (8) - 2004-05 15 at Illinois State (2/17/18) 8. Rich Herrin (Southern Illinois) 111 Seth Tuttle (7) - 2013-14 14 vs. Bradley (1/12/08) 9. Jim Molinari (Bradley) 110 David Gruber (6) - 2001-02 13 vs. Nicholls State (11/12/06) 10. Maurice John (Drake) 95 Jordan Eglseder (6) - 2008-09 13 at Drake (1/26/08) Jordan Eglseder (6) - 2009-10 13 at Indiana State (1/5/08) Matt Schneiderman (5) - 2002-03 STRONG NON-CONF WINS 13 vs. Northern Colorado (11/20/11) UNI built a strong resume during its Seth Tuttle (5) - 2012-13 13 vs. Iona (12/28/13) Seth Tuttle (5) - 2014-15 13 at Richmond (12/5/15) non-conference play with a mark of Tywhon Pickford (5) - 2017-18 13 at Southern Illinois (1/2/16) 8-4. 13 vs. Loyola (1/18/17) The Panthers posted wins over SMU (61-58), North Carolina State 6 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL (64-60), UNLV (77-68 OT) and UT 12/10/17 Dubuque W, 80-47 2010-11 13-5 Arlington (62-58). 11/18/17 Chicago State W, 82-44 2011-12 13-3 11/15/17 Wartburg W, 72-43 North Carolina St. was ranked 2012-13 16-4 11/13/17 Alcorn State W, 73-45 2013-14 11-2 No. 57 and SMU was ranked No. 97 2/8/17 Southern Illinois W, 49-41 2014-15 15-0 in Sunday’s NCAA RPI. 11/12/16 Coe W, 74-37 2/24/15 Indiana State W, 66-44 2015-16 11-3 1/9/15 Drake W, 77-44 2016-17 9-4 NO ‘BAD’ LOSSES 12/30/15 Bradley W, 80-44 2017-18 11-4 UNI sits at 13-15 overall and 5-11 in 3/7/15 vs. Loyola W, 63-49 the MVC but you have to search far (MVC Tournament) MCLEOD CENTER and wide to find a ‘bad’ loss for the 3/6/15 vs. Bradley W, 71-46 (MVC Tournament) UNI is playing its 12th season in the Panthers in 2017-18. 2/21/15 Bradley W, 56-39 McLeod Center and the Panthers All 15 of UNI’s losses have 2/18/15 at Loyola W, 58-39 have made winning a priority in come against top-185 RPI oppo- 1/18/15 Missouri State W, 60-46 their home venue. nents. UNI’s RPI sits at No. 168 in 1/10/15 at Drake W, 64-40 1/7/15 Southern Illinois W, 55-39 UNI has posted an all-time mark Sunday’s NCAA RPI report. 12/20/14 vs. Iowa W, 56-44 of 144-39 (.787) in games played in 11/26/14 vs. Northwestern W, 61-42 RPI for UNI’s Losses in 2017-18 the McLeod Center. 11/22/14 North Florida W, 66-49 UNI secured a school-record 16 No. 2 vs. Villanova - L, 64-50 1/1/14 Bradley W, 80-46 No. 3 Xavier - L, 77-67 2/5/13 Missouri State W, 48-37 home wins in the 2012-13 season. No. 4 at North Carolina - L, 86-69 1/23/13 Southern Illinois W, 58-45 UNI has posted a trio of perfect No. 49 Loyola - L, 56-50 11/17/12 North Dakota W, 72-47 No. 49 at Loyola - L, 70-47 home seasons since moving to 1/31/12 Southern Illinois W, 58-49 NCAA Division I. UNI was a perfect No. 79 at Southern Illinois - L, 64-53 1/4/12 Indiana State W, 65-48 No. 79 Southern Illinois - L, 56-53 12/19/11 Loras W, 84-48 14-0 in both the 1983-84 and 2009- No. 100 vs. Iowa State - L, 76-65 11/22/11 Western Carolina W, 59-39 10 seasons and then UNI notched a No. 104 at Missouri State - L, 62-55 11/12/11 Old Dominion W, 63-46 No. 109 at Bradley - L, 72-53 15-0 mark at home in 2014-15. 1/22/11 Drake W, 69-49 UNI set its home-court win No. 124 at Evansville - L, 57-49 1/12/11 at Illinois State W, 46-44 No. 145 at Drake - L, 71-64 12/19/10 SIU Edwardsville W, 68-47 streak of 21 consecutive victories No. 185 at Indiana State - L, 69-67 11/16/10 Coe W, 84-45 between the 2008-09 and 2010-11 No. 185 Indiana State - L, 77-66 3/6/10 vs. Bradley W, 57-40 seasons. (MVC Tournament) The McLeod Center opened in FIRST START FOR RHODES 3/5/10 vs. Drake W, 55-40 November 2006. UNI senior guard Hunter Rhodes (MVC Tournament) 2/10/10 at Drake W, 57-48 made his first start as a Panther in 1/16/10 vs. Indiana State W, 62-40 KOCH SECURES FIFTH CAREER Tuesday’s 47-41 victory over Evans- 1/9/10 at Illinois State W, 59-44 DOUBLE-DOUBLE ville. 1/6/10 at Southern Illinois W, 61-49 UNI senior forward Bennett Koch Rhodes scored a team-high 1/1/10 vs. Evansville W, 65-46 12/19/09 at North Dakota W, 64-41 registered his fifth career dou- 12 points. He tallied six of UNI’s 11/28/09 vs. Northern Illinois W, 52-45 ble-double when he tallied 11 points first nine points with a pair of 2/18/09 vs. Drake L, 47-46 and 11 rebounds at Drake (Feb. 10). three-pointers in the opening five- 12/6 /08 vs. North Dakota W, 69-49 3/7/08 vs. Southern Illinois W, 54-49 plus minutes against Evansville. UNI’s Active Double-Double List (MVC Tournament) Bennett Koch (5) Rhodes also scored UNI’s final 12/29/07 at Bradley W, 59-46 Tywhon Pickford (5) field goal of the at 10:17 of the sec- 12/15/07 vs. Wartburg W, 99-48 Klint Carlson (1) 11/27/07 at Iowa State W, 61-48 ond half. His layup gave UNI a 42-27 Luke McDonnell (1) lead over the Purple Aces. 11/9/07 vs. Northern Illinois W, 75-45 12/2/06 at Bucknell W, 57-48 WHAT A WEEK FOR WYATT THE UNDER 50 CLUB 9 HOME WINS IN 12 STRAIGHT YRS Junior Wyatt Lohaus averaged 21.0 UNI limited Evansville to 41 points UNI has won nine or more home points per game and shot 56.5 per- in its win over the Purple Aces on games in the McLeod Center in 12 cent from the field, including 58.8 Feb. 13 in the McLeod Center. consecutive seasons. percent from the three-point arc. It marks the 50th time in the UNI will play 16 home games Lohaus scored a career-high 25 Ben Jacobson coaching era that the during the 2017-18 season - the points in burying 7-of-11 field goals Panthers have held a team to under most regular season home games in a 74-65 win over Bradley. Lohaus 50 points. UNI is 49-1 in those con- since the 2007-08 season when the sank 6-of-9 three-pointers and 5-of-6 tests. Panthers had 17 on the slate. free throws against the Braves. He UNI has won 42 straight games tallied four rebounds and handed when holding the opposition to less UNI’s Home Record Since 2006-07 out an assist in the Panther victory. than 50 points. Year Record Lohaus followed that up with 2006-07 9-4 OPP. HELD UNDER 50 PTS IN JACOBSON a team-high 17-point performance COACHING ERA 2007-08 11-6 Saturday at Drake. Lohaus was 6-of- Date Opponent Result 2008-09 11-4 12 from the field, including 4-of-8 2/13/18 Evansville W, 47-41 2009-10 14-0 from distance against the Bulldogs. 7 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL For the week, Lohaus was 13- assists and six steals in a single 1/9/11 Bradley W, 83-77 of-23 from the field, which included game this season. 11/16/10 Coe W, 84-45 1/3/10 Missouri State W, 84-76 10-of-17 from three-point range. 12/12/09 Siena W, 82-65 9 Assists, 6 Steals in 2017-18 11/23/09 vs. Boston College W, 81-69 LOHAUS LANDS CAREER HIGH Jaylen Adams (St. Bonaventure) - 9a, 6s 2/11/09 Southern Illinois W, 81-55 Jon Elmore (Marshall) - 13a, 6s Junior guard Wyatt Lohaus record- 1/17/09 at Drake W, 81-59 Trevon Duval (Duke) - 10a, 6s 12/28/08 Indiana State L, 85-84 (2OT) ed a career-high 25 points in UNI’s Jermaine Jackson (Detroit Mercy) - 13a, 9s 11/25/08 Chicago State W, 81-70 74-65 win over Bradley in the Mc- Tremont Waters (LSU) - 9a, 8s 12/15/07 Wartburg W, 99-48 Leod Center (Feb. 7). Franklin Howard (Syracuse) - 10a, 7s 12/20/06 Wartburg W, 83-61 Cortez Edwards (Southern Miss) - 10a, 6s Lohaus drained a career-high 12/09/06 UMKC W, 85-53 Ivan Canete (Stephen F. Austin) - 9a, 6s 11/13/06 vs. Pepperdine W, 83-58 six three-pointers vs. the Braves. Darrian Ringo (Miami Ohio) - 9a, 8s Lohaus is one of 18 players Jacquess Hobbs (Eastern Ky.) - 10a, 7s UNI RALLIES FROM 16 DOWN in the country to have scored 25 Juwan McCloud (UNI) - 9a, 6s UNI rallied from a 16-point deficit in points in a game to go with at least the first half against Drake to score six made three-pointers and took 11 BROWN FROM DOWNTOWN a 68-54 victory over the Bulldogs on or fewer field goal attempts. UNI sophomore Isaiah Brown scored a career-high 20 points and Jan. 16. It marks the largest comeback LOHAUS BECOMES 7TH 20-POINT tied another career-high with five win of the season for the Panthers, SCORER FOR THE PANTHERS made 3-pointers in an 83-72 win whose previous best comeback had Junior guard Wyatt Lohaus became over Illinois State (1/24). been seven points against North the seventh active UNI Panthers to Carolina State (Nov. 23) and UT post a 20-point scoring game when Arlington (Dec. 7). he went for 25 points against the 80 OR MORE IS A GOOD SIGN Bradley Braves (Feb. 7). UNI is 47-6 when scoring 80 or more points in the Ben Jacobson Largest Comeback Wins in 2017-18 UNI leads all MVC teams with N.C. State - trailed by 7 (9:38 2nd), won by 4 seven different 20-point scorers. coaching era. UT Arlington - trailed by 7 (9:11 2nd), won by 4 Drake - trailed by 16 (6:48 1st), won by 14 UNI SCORING 80+IN JACOBSON ERA MVC Teams Active 20-Point Scoring Games Date Opponent Results UNI (7) 1/24/18 Illinois State W, 83-72 TRAILED AT THE HALF Loyola (6) 1/13/18 Valparaiso W, 81-76 Bradley (4) UNI posted its first win of the sea- 12/10/17 Dubuque W, 80-47 Drake (4) son when trailing at the half against 11/18/17 Chicago State W, 82-44 Evansville (4) 12/7/16 South Dakota State W, 86-58 Drake. The Bulldogs held a 29-26 Illinois State (4) 11/17/16 vs. Arizona State W, 82-63 lead over the Panthers. Missouri State (4) 3/20/16 vs. Texas A&M L, 92-88 (2OT) Southern Illinois (3) UNI outscored Drake in the sec- 2/10/15 Missouri State W, 83-69 Valparaiso (3) ond half, 42-25, en route to a 68-54 2/6/15 at Drake W, 82-66 Indiana State (2) 12/30/15 Bradley W, 80-44 victory in the McLeod Center. 12/19/15 vs. Iowa State W, 81-79 UNI is 1-3 this season when PANTHERS ARE RARELY SWEPT 11/30/15 North Texas W, 93-70 trailing at the break. The Panthers Since Ben Jacobson took over the 11/28/15 at North Dakota W, 97-51 posted five wins in 2016-17 when head coaching duties in 2006-07, 11/25/15 Dubuque W, 83-63 2/11/15 Illinois State W, 83-64 trailing at the intermission. the UNI program has been swept in 12/13/14 at VCU L, 93-87 (2OT) an MVC home-and-home series on 2/1/14 Indiana State L, 87-81 KOCH’S EFFICIENCY VS DRAKE only 16 occasions. 1/29/14 Evansville W, 95-81 Senior Bennett Koch has been a 1/25/14 at Loyola L, 93-87 (OT) 1/14/14 Missouri State W, 94-89 model of efficiency against Drake MVC Sweeps of UNI (since 2006-07) 1/8/14 at Evansville W, 80-53 the last two seasons in the McLeod Creighton - 06-07, 07-08 1/1/14 Bradley W, 80-46 Center. Drake - 06-07, 07-08 12/28/13 Iona W, 90-78 Koch scored a team-high 19 Evansville - 11-12, 12-13 12/7/13 vs. Iowa State L, 91-82 (OT) points while shooting 7-of-11 from Illinois State - 16-17 11/22/13 Loyola Marymount W, 90-81 Indiana State - 10-11, 12-13, 17-18 11/11/13 Coe W, 86-52 the field vs. the Bulldogs on Tues- Loyola - 15-16, 17-18 3/26/13 Bradley W, 90-77 day in the McLeod Center. 3/2/13 Illinois State W, 80-72 Southern Illinois - 17-18 Last season in the McLeod 1/20/13 Drake W, 85-55 Wichita State, 11-12, 13-14, 16-17 1/12/13 Bradley W, 84-53 Center, Koch went 8-of-8 from the 12/23/12 Saint Mary’s W, 82-75 field and scored 21 points in a 79-60 WHAT A NIGHT FOR JUWAN 12/8/12 at George Mason W, 82-77 (OT) Panther win. Sophomore guard Juwan McCloud 11/14/12 Toledo W, 84-81 (OT) Over the last two seasons at 11/10/12 Wartburg W, 103-50 tallied career highs in assists (9) and 1/7/12 at Drake W, 83-68 home vs. Drake, Koch has shot 15- steals (6) in UNI’s 83-72 win over 12/19/11 Loras W, 84-48 of-19 from the field and averaged Illinois State (Jan. 24). 12/6/11 Iowa W, 80-60 20.0 points per game. McCloud is one of 11 NCAA Di- 12/3/11 Colorado State W, 83-77 3/15/11 Rider W, 84-50 vision I players to have at least nine 2/15/11 at Bradley W, 80-70 8 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL TWO FRESHMEN WITH 20 PTS UNI’s MVC Openers for Coach Jacobson #15 Texas A&M L, 92-88 2ot (N) - 3/20/16 For the first time since Jan. 28, 2006-07 W, 76-65 vs. Bradley #25 Wichita State W, 53-50 (A) - 2/13/16 2007-08 W, 59-46 at Bradley #5 Iowa State W, 81-79 (N) - 12/19/15 1987, UNI had a pair of freshmen 2008-09 L, 85-84 (2ot) vs. Indiana State #1 North Carolina W, 71-67 (H) - 11/21/15 each score 20 points in a game. 2009-10 W, 60-52 at Creighton #17 Louisville L, 66-53 (N) - 3/22/15 Tywhon Pickford (23 points) and 2010-11 L, 58-57 vs. Missouri State #11 Wichita State L, 74-60 (A) - 2/28/15 Austin Phyfe (20 points) each went 2011-12 L, 65-61 at Illinois State #12 Wichita State W, 70-54 (H) - 1/31/15 2012-13 L, 66-41 at Wichita State #4 Wichita State L, 82-73 (H) - 2/8/14 for 20 points in UNI’s 81-76 win 2013-14 W, 80-46 vs. Bradley #8 Wichita State L, 67-53 (A) - 1/5/14 over Valparaiso on Saturday. 2014-15 L, 52-49 at Evansville #17 Iowa State L, 91-82 OT (N) - 12/7/13 Pickford and Phyfe are the first 2015-16 W, 80-44 vs. Bradley #15 Wichita State W, 57-52 (H) - 2/2/13 pair of Panther freshmen to both 2016-17 L, 68-64 vs. Missouri State #12 Creighton L, 79-68 (A) - 1/15/13 2017-18 L, 56-53 vs. Southern Illinois #21 UNLV L, 73-59 (A) - 12/19/12 score 20 or more points in the same #19 Memphis L, 52-47 (N) - 11/24/12 game since Maurice Newby (31 ONE OR LESS TRUE ROAD GAMES #2 Louisville L, 51-46 (N) - 11/22/12 points) and Jason Reese (23 points) #13 Creighton W, 65-62 (H) - 2/4/12 IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY performed the feat in a 99-79 win #23 Creighton L, 63-60 (A) - 1/10/12 UNI is one of 38 teams with zero #10 Syracuse L, 68-46 (A) - 11/12/10 over Northern Illinois in the UNI- or 1 true road game in non-confer- #13 Michigan State L, 59-52 (N) - 3/26/10 Dome. ence schedule. The Panthers are 1 #1 Kansas W, 69-67 (N) - 3/20/10 #15 Marquette L, 73-43 (N) - 11/28/08 of 12 teams not in the Power 5 - a GOING YOUNG #14 Drake L, 65-55 (H) - 2/16/08 list that also includes St. John’s, #22 Drake L, 58-54 (A) - 1/26/08 Of UNI’s 81 points against Valpara- Butler, SMU, Marquette, Memphis, #11 Nevada L, 79-64 (A) - 2/17/07 iso, the Panthers underclassmen VCU, Georgetown, Hawaii, UTEP, #16 Wichita State W, 63-59 (A) - 12/30/06 accounted for 77 percent of the #17 Washington L, 70-61 (A) - 11/14/06 Duquesne and East Carolina. scoring with 62 points, which in- #23 Georgetown L, 54-49 (N) - 3/17/06 UNI played only one true road #24 Bucknell W, 65-61 (H) - 2/18/06 cluded 18 of UNI’s 22 field goals (82 game (at North Carolina) during the #12 Iowa W, 67-63 (H) - 12/6/05 percent). 2017-18 non-conference schedule. #20 Wisconsin L, 57-52 (N) - 3/18/05 The underclassmen also ac- #17 Iowa L, 76-73 (A) - 12/7/05 counted for 75 percent of the team’s #14 Georgia Tech L, 65-60 (N) - 3/19/04 UNI VS. RANKED TEAMS #15 Southern Illinois W, 68-52 (H) - 3/1/04 rebounds with 30 caroms. UNI has registered 17 wins over #20 Creighton W, 82-73 (H) - 1/14/04 ranked Division I opponents and 14 #24 Iowa W, 77-66 (H) - 12/9/03 THE YOUNG SHALL LEAD #13 Creighton L, 84-75 (H) - 2/4/03 of those wins have come since Ben A trio of underclassmen stepped #11 Iowa W, 78-76 (H) - 12/4/01 Jacobson joined the UNI coaching #17 Alabama L, 64-56 (N) - 12/20/00 up at Indiana State on Jan. 10 for staff in the 2001-02 season. #10 Iowa W, 84-78 (H) - 12/9/97 the Panthers in sophomore Isaiah The Panthers are 12-7 all-time at #12 Iowa L, 78-73 (H) - 12/5/95 Brown and true freshmen Austin #11 Iowa State L, 81-62 (H) - 1/25/95 home against ranked opponents. Phyfe and Tywhon Pickford. #8 Iowa L, 64-44 (A) - 12/8/92 Since the 1979-80 season, UNI is #16 Iowa L, 108-85 (H) - 12/19/91 Brown stuffed his stat sheet 17-41 vs. ranked foes. #20 Minnesota L, 81-78 (N) - 3/18/90 with 13 points, six rebounds, five The Panthers have posted two #11 Missouri W, 74-71 (N) - 3/16/90 assists and four steals. Brown made #20 Iowa W, 77-74 (H) - 1/3/90 road wins over ranked foes in pro- 6-of-11 shots from the field as he #3 Georgetown L, 83-49 (N) - 12/29/89 gram history and both times it came #5 Iowa L, 95-76 (A) - 12/6/88 played a career-high 39 minutes. in Wichita, Kansas. UNI knocked off #14 Missouri L, 91-62 (A) - 1/12/83 Phyfe buried both of his field No. 25 Wichita State (53-50 - Feb. #6 Iowa L, 84-53 (A) - 12/21/81 goal attempts and scored six points #14 Iowa L, 86-52 (A) - 12/30/80 13, 2016) and No. 16 Wichita State to go with three rebounds in 11 #20 Iowa L, 78-46 (A) - 12/6/79 (63-59 (Dec. 30, 2006). NOTE: Associated Press poll used minutes against the Sycamores. UNI has three neutral-court wins Freshman Tywhon Pickford over ranked foes, with two of those UNI’s Record vs. Ranked Opponents matched his then career-high Overall Home Away Neutral coming in 1990 and 2010 NCAA scoring with 18 points and seven 17-41 12-7 2-19 3-15 tournaments. rebounds against the Sycamores. UNI is 2-0 all-time against No. Pickford tied the game at 67-67 on a SECOND STRAIGHT CAREER HIGH 1-ranked opponents. UNI secured a layup with :10.6 seconds left after a FOR CARLSON 71-67 win over North Carolina in the steal from sophomore point guard UNI junior forward Klint Carlson McLeod Center on Nov. 21, 2015. Juwan McCloud. scored his second consecutive The Panthers also recorded a 69-67 career high with 24 points in a 62-58 win over No. 1 Kansas in the 2010 MVC OPENERS UNDER JAKE win over UT Arlington. NCAA Tournament. UNI has posted a 5-7 mark, includ- Carlson had scored 23 points vs. UNLV (Nov. 29) to set his previous ing a 3-4 record at home, in Mis- UNI vs. Ranked Opponents (since 1979-80) souri Valley Conference openers #9 Xavier L, 77-67 (H) - 12/22/17 career high in points. under 12th-year head coach Ben #5 Villanova L, 64-50 (N) - 11/24/17 #9 North Carolina L, 86-69 (A) - 11/10/17 Jacobson. KLINT WAS IN THE ZONE #8 North Carolina L, 85-42 (A) - 12/21/16 Klint Carlson buried six three-point- #9 Xavier L, 64-42 (A) - 11/26/16 #11 Xavier L, 67-59 (N) - 11/20/16 ers against UT Arlington on Thurs- 9 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL day night in the McLeod Center. TWO CAREER HIGHS FOR KOCH, 36 - Jason Daisy (12/16/95 vs. Nebraska) Carlson entered the game hav- CARLSON VS. UNLV 35 - Jason Daisy (12/2/95 vs. UCF) 35 - Jason Reese (12/17/88 vs. Youngstown St.) ing made six three-pointers on the UNI seniors Bennett Koch and Klint 35 - James Parker (12/28/87 vs. LSU) season. Carlson each tallied career scoring 34 - Jake Koch (1/9/11 vs. Bradley) Carlson was 6-of-8 from three- highs in a 77-68 overtime win over 34 - Jason Daisy (2/15/97 vs. Southern Illinois) point range and bested his previous UNLV. 33 - Randy Kraayenbrink (1/28/84 at Illinois-Chicago) 32 - Kwadzo Ahelegbe (11/23/09 vs. Boston College) career high of four made triples vs. Koch went for 30 points, while 32 - Jason Daisy (2/18/95 vs. Loyola Chicago) Oklahoma last season. Carlson notched 23 points against 32 - Randy Kraayenbrink (12/30/85 at San Diego) the Runnin’ Rebels. 32 - Randy Kraayenbrink (11/30/85 vs. Prairie View A&M) LATE SECOND-HALF SURGE LIFTS 32 - Scott Stafford (1/21/85 vs. Valparaiso) 31 - Jordan Eglseder (12/13/08 vs. Wyoming) UNI PAST UT ARLINGTON WORKIN’ OVERTIME 31 - Ben Jacobson (2/9/05 vs. Creighton) UNI trailed UT Arlington by seven UNI has won its last three overtime 31 - Robbie Sieverding (2/22/99 vs. Drake) points with eight minutes left in the contests. The Panthers posted a 31 - Tony Brus (2/17/99 vs. Illinois State) second half, 50-43. 77-68 overtime win over previously 31 - Jason Reese (1/7/89 at Stephen F. Austin) 31 - Jason Reese (2/14/89 vs. Missouri State) But the Panthers used a 16-2 run unbeaten UNLV in the McLeod Cen- 31 - Jason Reese (2/25/89 vs. Illinois-Chicago) to take a 59-52 lead en route to a ter on Nov. 29. 31 - Maurice Newby (1/28/87 vs. Northern Illinois) 62-58 victory. During the 16-2 surge, Last season, UNI went 2-0 in 31 - Randy Kraayenbrink (1/18/86 at Cleveland St.) UNI made all six shots from the overtime games with a 73-67 win 31 - Randy Kraayenbrink (2/25/85 vs. Green Bay) 31 - Randy Kraayenbrink (1/14/84 vs. Illinois-Chicago) field. over Oklahoma (Nov. 18, 2016) and 31 - Randy Kraayenbrink (12/26/83 vs. Wayne St.) a double-overtime triumph over 30 - Bennett Koch (11/29/17 vs. UNLV) 16-2 Run UNI FGs Made vs. UTA Loyola (Jan. 18, 2017). 30 - Adam Koch (1/25/09 vs. Missouri State) 6:56 Brown 3-pointer (46-50) Head coach Ben Jacobson is 30 - Robbie Sieverding (12/4/01 vs. Iowa) 6:25 Haldeman layup (48-50) 30 - Randy Blocker (3/5/94 vs. Illinois State) 5:44 Pickford jumper (50-50) 12-8 all-time in overtime games. 30 - Randy Blocker (2/7/94 vs. Bradley) 4:58 Brown jumper (52-50) 30 - Randy Blocker (1/15/94 vs. Wichita State) 3:30 McCloud jumper (56-52) UNI’s Overtime Games Since 2006 30 - Randy Blocker (12/21/93 vs. Long Island) 2:54 McCloud 3-pointer (59-52) L, 67-64 at Illinois State (1/9/07) 30 - Troy Muilenberg (12/8/90 vs. Morningside) W, 64-60 at UMKC (12/19/07) 30 - Jason Reese (12/11/89 at Sam Houston St.) SPENCER CLINCHES UTA WIN W, 77-75 vs. Wichita State (2/13/08) 30 - Jason Reese (1/28/89 at Illinois-Chicago) L, 71-66 vs. Iowa State (12/3/08) 30 - Randy Kraayenbrink (3/6/86 vs. Cleveland St.) UNI’s Spencer Haldeman clinced L, 85-84 (2OT) vs. Indiana State (12/28/08) 30 - Randy Kraayenbrink (12/21/85 vs. Elmhurst) the Panther victory over UT Arling- W, 69-67 at Illinois State (2/24/09) 30 - Randy Kraayenbrink (1/12/85 at Eastern Illinois) ton when he buried a 3-pointer out W, 60-57 vs. Illinois State (3/8/09) 30 - Ray Storck (2/20/82 vs. UNC-Wilmington) of the corner with :25.2 left to give W, 84-81 vs. Toledo (11/14/12) W, 82-77 at George Mason (12/8/12) UNI a four-point lead at 62-58. L, 54-51 at Evansville (1/29/13) 22 POWER-FIVE VICTORIES L, 91-82 vs. Iowa State (12/7/13) UNI reached the championship KOCH EARNS MVC PLAYER OF THE L, 93-87 at Loyola (1/25/14) game of the 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis WEEK HONORS W, 79-77 at Stephen F. Austin (11/18/14) tournament with victories over SMU W, 71-65 vs. George Mason (12/6/14) UNI senior Bennett Koch has earned L, 93-87 (2OT) at VCU (12/13/14) and Atlantic Coast Conference’s the Missouri Valley Conference’s W, 57-52 vs. Wichita State (3/5/16) North Carolina State Wolfpack. men’s basketball player of the week L, 92-88 (2OT) vs. Texas A&M (3/20/16) The triumph over N.C. State honor. W, 73-67 vs. Oklahoma (11/18/16) marked the 22nd victory for the Pan- W, 72-69 (2OT) vs. Loyola (1/18/17) Koch (Ashwaubenon, Wiscon- W, 77-68 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) thers over a Power-5 conference foe sin) scored a career-high 30 points (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12, SEC) and led UNI to a 77-68 overtime THIRD KOCH BROTHER WITH since head coach Ben Jacobson victory over UNLV. 30-POINT GAME took over the program in 2006-07. Koch made 10-of-19 field goals Bennett Koch’s 30-point scoring and was 10-of-13 from the free Power 5 Victories (since 2006-07) performance in UNI’s 77-68 over- Iowa State (60-57 - 2006-07) throw line against the previously time win over UNLV was the third at Iowa (57-55 - 2006-07) undefeated Runnin’ Rebels. 30-point scoring game by a Koch at Iowa State (61-48 - 2007-08) UNI trailed by three points with brother in a UNI uniform. vs. Auburn (67-61 - 2008-09) under a minute to play in regula- vs. Boston College (81-69 - 2009-10) Adam Koch went for 30 points at Iowa State (63-60) - 2009-10) tion, when Koch scored in the post at Missouri State (Jan. 25, 2009) and Iowa (67-50 - 2009-10) with :49.7 left. Koch then sent the Jake Koch had a 34-point scoring vs. Kansas (69-67 - 2009-10) game to overtime by making a free night vs. Bradley (Jan. 9, 2011). Iowa State (60-54 - 2010-11) throw with :18.4 remaining. vs. Indiana (67-61 - 2010-11) at Iowa State (69-62 - 2011-12) Koch’s dunk with 1:49 left in UNI’s 30-Point Games Since 1980-81 Iowa (80-60 - 2011-12) overtime gave UNI a 68-63 lead. He 40 - Cam Johnson (2/12/94 vs. Drake) vs. Virginia Tech (73-54 - 2014-15) buried two free throws with :11.5 38 - Jeremy Morgan (12/10/16 vs. North Dakota) vs. Northwestern (61-42 - 2014-15) 38 - Jason Reese (3/1/90 at Missouri State) left to close out the scoring. vs. Iowa (56-44 - 2014-15) 38 - Randy Kraayenbrink (2/4/84 at Cleveland St.) North Carolina (71-67 - 2015-16) Koch also grabbed seven re- 37 - Jason Daisy (1/22/97 vs. Illinois State) vs. Iowa State (81-79 - 2015-16) bounds and posted three steals. 37 - Jason Reese (12/30/88 at SMU) vs. Washington State (63-59 - 2015-16) 36 - Jeremy Morgan (3/20/16 vs. Texas A&M) 10 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Texas (75-72 - 2015-16) KOCH TIES MCLEOD RECORD NCAA appearances since the 2004 vs. Arizona State (82-63 - 2016-17) Bennett Koch tied his own McLeod season. Only 27 other teams have vs. Oklahoma (73-67 - 2016-17) vs. North Carolina State (64-60 - 2017-18) Center record for field goal percent- made more than seven NCAA Tour- age in a game (1.000) as he went nament appearances since 2004. PICKFORD EARNS NEWCOMER OF 8-for-8 from the field vs. Wartburg. That is the most NCAA Tour- THE WEEK HONORS FROM MVC Last season, Koch went 8-for-8 nament apperance since 2004 for UNI freshman guard Tywhon from the field vs. Drake (Jan. 15, any current member of the MVC. Pickford was honored as the MVC 2017). New MVC member Valparaiso has Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 27). made three NCAA Tournaments in Pickford averaged 12.7 points 50 REBOUNDS VS. WARTBURG that same time frame (2004, 2013, and 12.7 rebounds as UNI took sec- UNI posted 50 rebounds vs. Wart- 2015). ond place at the Battle 4 Atlantis. burg to equal the highest amount for a Panther team in the McLeod Current MVC NCAA Appearances Since 2004 UNI (7) - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016 PICKFORD, MCCLOUD NAMED BAT- Center. Southern Illinois (4) - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 UNI also tallied 50 rebounds vs. Valparaiso (3) - 2004, 2013, 2015 TLE4ATLANTIS TOURNEY TEAM Indiana State (1) - 2011 UNI’s Tywhon Pickford and Juwan Coe on Nov. 16, 2010. Drake (1) - 2008 McCloud were named to the Battle Bradley (1) - 2006 4 Atlantis All-Tournament team. FRESHMAN DOUBLE-DOUBLE Pickford averaged 12.7 points Tywhon Pickford’s double-double PANTHERS PICKED SECOND IN and 12.3 rebounds per game in vs. Alcorn State was UNI’s first dou- MVC PRESEASON POLL the three contests. He pulled down ble-double by freshman since Seth UNI has been slotted to finish 10 offensive rebounds in the tour- Tuttle earned four of them during second in the preseason 2017-18 nament. Pickford also went for 18 his 2011-12 season. Missouri Valley Conference poll. points and 18 rebounds vs. North UNI received eight first-place Carolina State. It marked the first 13 TRIPLES ON THE ROAD votes in the preseason poll. It is the 18-rebound performance by a UNI The Panthers made 13 3-pointers at most preseason first-place votes in Panthers since David Gruber went North Carolina. a year that the Panthers were not for 18 rebounds against Montana Last season, UNI made 13 or picked as the preseason favorites. on Nov. 22, 2002. more three-pointers in two games. McCloud led the Panthers in The last time UNI made at least MVC Preseason Poll scoring at 13.0 points per game. 13 3-pointers in a game came Dec. School (First-Place Votes) Total He also handed out a team-high 10 7, 2016, when the Panthers buried 1. Missouri State (30) 381 assists and tallied four steals. 20 3-pointers against South Dakota 2. UNI (8) 337 State. 3. Loyola (1) 321 SPENCER SPARKS WIN VS SMU The last time UNI made 13 or 4. Illinois State (1) 256 UNI sophomore guard Spencer more 3-pointers in a true road game 5. Southern Illinois 226 Haldeman sparked the Panther came on Jan. 27, 2016, when the 6. Valparaiso 214 victory over SMU by draining four Panthers made 15 triples in an 68-50 7. Bradley 182 3-pointers and scoring 15 points off victory at Bradley at Carver Arena. 8. Indiana State 116 the bench. 9. Evansville 88 EIGHT NCAA TRIPS FOR UNI 10. Drake 79 PAIR OF DOUBLE-DOUBLES UNI made its eighth appearance Bennett Koch and Tywhon Pickford in the NCAA Tournament in 2016. KOCH, CARLSON EARN ALL-MVC each posted double-doubles against The Panthers are 5-8 all-time in the PRESEASON HONORS Alcorn State. NCAA Tournament. University of Northern Iowa seniors Koch earned his third career Bennett Koch and Klint Carlson UNI’s All-Time NCAA Tourney Results have been named to the Presea- double-double with 11 points and 1990 - W, 74-71 vs. #3 Missouri a career-high 13 rebounds vs. the 1990 - L, 84-81 vs. #6 Minnesota son All-Missouri Valley Conference Braves. 2004 - L, 65-60 vs. #3 Georgia Tech teams. 2005 - L, 57-52 vs. #6 Wisconsin Pickford secured his first colle- Koch earned first-team all-MVC 2006 - L, 54-49 vs. #7 Georgetown honors, while Carlson was selected giate double-double with 16 points 2009 - L, 61-56 vs. #5 Purdue and 10 rebounds vs. the Braves. 2010 - W, 69-66 vs. #8 UNLV to the second team. The last time UNI had two 2010 - W, 69-67 vs. #1 Kansas Koch is UNI’s top returning 2010 - L, 59-52 vs. #5 Michigan State players record double-doubles on scorer at 11.0 points per game. In 2015 - W, 71-54 vs. #12 Wyoming his last 14 games last season, Koch the same night came back on March 2015 - L, 66-53 vs. #4 Louisville 2, 2013, when Jake Koch (18 pts./11 2016 - W, 75-72 vs. #6 Texas averaged a team-best 14.3 points rbs.) and Seth Tuttle (15 pts./12 rbs.) 2016 - L, 92-88 (2OT) vs. #3 Texas A&M and 5.6 rebounds in 24.9 minutes did it against Illinois State. per game. 7TH NCAA TOURNEY SINCE 2004 Carlson averaged more points The Panthers have made seven per game for the third consecutive 11 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL season (8.3 ppg). He ranked No. 4 21.5 points per game and grabbed The 19th annual event will be in the league at 36.6 minutes per 4.2 rebounds per game, while he held at the University of the Virgin game. shot 47.4 percent from the floor Islands Sports and Fitness Center (43.4 – 3-point range) as a junior. on St. Thomas, Nov. 16-24, 2018, RADIO INFORMATION He averaged 17.8 points per game and play host to 16 Division-I men’s This year’s UNI men’s basketball and made 44 percent of his three- and women’s basketball teams. games can be heard on the UNI point shots as a sophomore. Green The men’s Paradise Jam be- Sports Radio Network, with KXEL scored 186 points and averaged 8.0 gins Friday, Nov. 16 and continues (1540 AM, Waterloo, Iowa) serving points per game as a freshman. through Monday, Nov. 19. The as flagship station. Affiliates include Green played AAU basketball tournament field includes Eastern KBGG (1700 AM, Des Moines), for the Iowa Barnstormers. He is the Kentucky, Kansas State, Kennesaw KGYM (1600 AM, Cedar Rapids), son of Kyle and Michele Green. State, Missouri, Northern Iowa, Old KQCR (98.9 FM, Hampton), KILJ Dominion, Oregon State, and Penn. (105.5 FM, Mount Pleasant), KFXE HARDWOOD JOURNEY Old Dominion returns to the tourna- (1160 AM, Decorah-Waukon) and A HISTORY OF UNI BASKETBALL ment for a fourth time, after claim- KVFD (1400 AM, Fort Dodge). Dr. James Kelly has compiled the ing the tournament title in 2010. Long-time Panthers announcer history and stories from the begin- Eastern Kentucky, Kansas State, Gary Rima handles play-by-play du- ning of basketball at the University and Northern Iowa also return to St. ties, while Kevin Boyle serves as an- of Northern Iowa until present day Thomas after previously participat- alyst. Head coach Ben Jacobson’s Panther hoops with his newest book ing in the tournament. weekly radio call-in show will air on entitled “Hardwood Journey” – a This will mark UNI’s third ap- Thursdays, beginning in December history of UNI basketball. pearance in the Paradise Jam. UNI at 6 p.m., live from The Other Place This in-depth look at Panther competed in the event in 2009 and in Cedar Falls. basketball will provide any fan of 2013. UNI and the sport of basketball a UNI INKS TOP-100 RECRUIT GREEN must-have in their literary collec- FOLLOW THE PANTHERS ON FACE- University of Northern Iowa head tion. Kelly began his quest to com- BOOK, TWITTER & YOUTUBE men’s basketball coach Ben Ja- pile the history of UNI men’s bas- Fans of UNI Athletics on Facebook, cobson has announced the signing ketball in his previous book “Tutors Twitter and YouTube will have of consensus top-100 recruit A.J. to Panthers” – a brief history of UNI access to updates, score recaps and Green to a National Letter-of-Intent Athletics. special announcements. to play for the Panthers beginning “Hardwood Journey” will be UNI Athletics on Facebook will in the 2018-19 season. available for pre-sale beginning give fans the chance to connect Green (6’4”, 175 lbs., Guard – Feb. 13 for $20. The first 500 books with other Panther fans, as well as Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls HS) purchased will receive a compli- providing information on upcoming is ranked among the top-100 re- mentary copy of “Tutors to Pan- events. Followers on Twitter will cruits by ESPN (No. 74), 247 (No. thers”. The cost of the book has be able to access news and scoring 77), Scout (No. 77) and Rivals (No. been underwritten so 100 percent of updates. Followers on YouTube will 88). He is a four-star recruit and a the sales will go toward UNI men’s be able to access game highlights first-team all-state pick by the Iowa basketball. and press conference footage. Newspaper Association in both To purchase a copy log on to 2016 and 2017. www.unipanthers.com. FACEBOOK “A.J. has a tremendous work www.facebook.com/UNIAthletics ethic and drive to be the absolute WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE www.facebook.com/UNIMensBasketball best. It has been a lot of fun watch- UNI head coach Ben Jacobson or a ing him work and grow as player member of his coaching staff will be TWITTER www.twitter.com/UNIAthletics over the course of all these years,” available at the weekly press confer- www.twittercom/UNIMBB Jacobson said. “In A.J., we are ence held each Monday at noon in getting a player who knows our pro- the McLeod Center’s Alumni Suite. YOUTUBE gram, comes in with lofty goals and www.youtube.com/UNIAthletics has made himself one of the best PANTHERS RETURN TO PARADISE players in the country. Most impor- JAM IN 2018 INSTAGRAM tantly we are getting a terrific young The 2018 U.S. Virgin Islands Par- www.instagram.com/UNIAthletics guy. This is an exciting day for our adise Jam will return to the U.S. basketball family and for Panther Virgin Islands, tournament directors UNI Ath. Communications Info Colin McDonough, Asst. A.D./Ath. Communications Nation as A.J. officially becomes a announced Wednesday, after the Office: (319) 273-5456 Panther.” 2017 edition of the annual event Cell: (319) 415-4059 Green set the Cedar Falls High was relocated to the mainland Unit- Email: [email protected] School scoring mark Jan. 16, 2018, ed States due to hurricane damage with 1,435 points. Green averaged last September. 12 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 UNI MBB Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Last School) 1 Adam McDermott G 6-4 183 So. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (North Dakota) 2 Klint Carlson F 6-7 218 Sr. Waverly, Iowa (Waverly-Shell Rock) 3 Ted Friedman C 6-9 245 Sr. Ankeny, Iowa (Ankeny) 4 Tywhon Pickford G 6-4 202 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Maple Grove) 5 Rafael de Souza G 6-1 185 Sr. Jundiai, Brazil (Gulf Coast State College) 10 Miles Wentzien G 6-3 190 Jr. Fort Madison, Iowa (Kirkwood CC) 12 Lincoln Conrey F 6-5 203 So. Waterloo, Iowa (Waterloo West) 13 Juwan McCloud G 5-11 170 So. Germantown, Wis. (Germantown) 15 Justin Dahl C 7-0 261 So. Carver, Minn. (Holy Family) 21 Hunter Rhodes G 5-10 170 Sr. Canton, Ill. (Kirkwood CC) 22 Tanner Lohaus F 6-7 192 R-Fr. North Liberty, Iowa (Iowa City West) 24 Isaiah Brown G 6-7 180 So. Flower Mound, Texas (Flower Mound) 25 Bennett Koch F 6-10 239 Sr. Ashwaubenon, Wis. (Ashwaubenon) 30 Spencer Haldeman G 6-1 175 So. Peosta, Iowa (Western Dubuque) 33 Wyatt Lohaus G 6-2 185 Jr. North Liberty, Iowa (Iowa City West) 34 Luke McDonnell F 6-9 235 So. Dubuque, Iowa (Dubuque Senior) 50 Austin Phyfe F 6-9 235 Fr. Waverly, Iowa (Waverly-Shell Rock)

Head Coach: Ben Jacobson (Univ. of North Dakota ‘94) Associate Head Coach: Kyle Green (Hamline ‘92) Assistant Coaches: P.J. Hogan (Morningside ‘99), Erik Crawford (UNI ‘06) Director of Basketball Operations: Derrik Netten (UNI ‘06) Strength & Conditioning: Andrea Comini (Verona ‘05) Video Coordinator: John Little (UNI ‘06) Film Assistant: Jake Koch (UNI ‘13) Athletic Trainer: Don Bishop (Upper Iowa ‘92)

Pronunciation Guide Lincoln Conrey CON-ree Justin Dahl Doll Rafael de Souza day-SOO-zah Ted Friedman FREED-mun Spencer Haldeman HALL-duh-muhn Bennett Koch COOK Tanner Lohaus LOW-house Wyatt Lohaus LOW-house Juwan McCloud JEW-ahn Austin Phyfe Fife Tywhon Pickford TIE-whahn Miles Wentzien WIN-zeen

13 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL McLeod Center - A Winning Tradition Game-By-Game 2016-17 (9-4) in the McLeod Center 11/12 Coe W, 74-37 11/30 George Mason L, 54-50 2006-07 (9-4) 12/7 S. Dakota St. W, 86-58 11/19 Milwaukee W, 69-58 12/10 North Dakota W, 78-70 11/24 S. Dakota St. W, 69-56 12/28 Missouri State L, 68-64 12/9 UMKC W, 85-53 1/8 Wichita State L, 80-66 12/20 Wartburg W, 83-61 1/15 Drake W, 79-60 12/27 Bradley W, 76-65 1/18 Loyola W, 72-69 2OT 1/3 Evansville W, 64-61 1/25 Evansville W, 61-54 1/6 Southern Ill. W, 66-61 2/4 Indiana State W, 65-60 1/12 Creighton L, 62-54 2/8 Southern Ill. W, 49-41 1/20 Indiana St. W, 74-64 2/15 Bradley W, 64-61 1/30 Wichita St. L, 67-61 2/22 Illinois State L, 63-42 2/8 Drake L, 67-59 2/10 Missouri St. L, 62-58 2017-18 (11-4) 2/24 Illinois St. W, 71-66 11/13 Alcorn State W, 73-45 2010-11 (13-5) 3/2 Illinois State W, 80-72 11/15 Wartburg W, 72-43 11/16 Coe W, 84-45 3/20 North Dakota W, 77-66 2007-08 (11-6) 11/18 Chicago State W, 82-44 11/27 North Dakota W, 65-52 3/23 Ill.-Chicago W, 63-51 11/9 Northern Ill. W, 75-45 11/29 UNLV W, 77-68 OT 12/1 Iowa State W, 60-54 3/26 Bradley W, 90-77 11/10 Cal Poly W, 62-55 12/7 UT Arlington W, 62-58 12/11 Morehead St. W, 69-53 3/30 Weber State L, 59-56 11/11 UMass W, 75-68 12/10 Dubuque W, 80-47 12/17 S. Carolina St. W, 66-52 12/1 Loyola (Ill.) W, 61-50 12/22 Xavier L, 77-67 12/19 SIUE W, 68-47 2013-14 (11-2) 12/5 Iowa L, 62-55 12/28 Southern Ill. L, 56-53 12/29 Missouri St. L, 58-57 11/11 Coe W, 86-52 12/15 Wartburg W, 99-48 1/7 Loyola L, 56-50 1/4 Evansville W, 65-53 12/10 Savannah St. W, 55-50 12/22 Nevada L, 55-52 1/13 Valparaiso W, 81-76 1/9 Bradley W, 83-77 12/14 VCU W, 77-68 1/2 Evansville W, 64-51 1/16 Drake W, 68-54 1/15 Southern Ill. W, 72-52 12/28 Iona W, 90-78 1/12 Bradley L, 75-73 1/24 Illinois State W, 83-72 1/22 Drake W, 69-49 1/1 Bradley W, 80-46 1/15 Creighton L, 68-59 2/3 Indiana State L, 77-66 1/26 Creighton W, 71-66 1/11 Drake W, 76-66 1/20 Missouri St. W, 70-55 2/7 Bradley W, 74-65 2/2 Illinois St. W, 53-51 1/18 Missouri St. W, 94-89 1/30 Illinois St. W, 69-61 2/13 Evansville W, 47-41 2/12 Wichita St. L, 73-55 1/29 Evansville W, 95-81 2/2 Southern Ill. W, 68-63 2/19 George Mason L, 77-71 2/1 Indiana State L, 87-81 2/13 Wichita St. W, 77-75 (OT) McLeod Center History 2/22 Indiana St. L, 76-74 2/8 Wichita State L, 82-73 2/16 Drake L, 65-55 Overall 144-39 (.787) 3/15 Rider W, 84-50 2/12 Loyola W, 80-58 2/23 Ill.-Chicago L, 70-58 MVC Record 80-27 (.748) 3/21 SMU L, 57-50 2/23 Illinois State W, 72-59 2/27 Indiana St. W, 73-58 Non-Conf 64-12 (.842) 2/26 Southern Ill. W, 73-54 2011-12 (13-3) 2008-09 (11-4) Month-by Month Record 11/20 N. Colorado W, 78-69 2014-15 (15-0) 11/15 Denver W, 61-56 November: 30-2 11/22 W. Carolina W, 59-39 11/15 North Dakota W, 64-52 11/23 Texas Southern W, 74-67 December 31-9 12/3 Colorado St. W, 83-77 11/20 Morgan State W, 73-53 11/25 Chicago St. W, 81-70 January 44-12 12/6 Iowa W, 80-60 11/22 North Florida W, 66-49 12/3 Iowa State L, 71-66 (OT) February 34-14 12/10 Milwaukee W, 67-51 11/30 Richmond W, 55-50 12/6 North Dakota W, 69-49 March 5-2 12/19 Loras W, 84-48 12/6 George Mason W, 71-65 OT 12/21 S. Dakota St. W, 72-55 12/20 Ohio L, 76-59 12/28 S. Dakota St. W, 74-63 12/28 Indiana St. L, 85-84 (2OT) MVC School’s Record in the 1/1 Evansville L, 76-65 1/4 Loyola W, 67-58 1/3 Wichita St. W, 78-54 McLeod Center 1/4 Indiana St. W, 65-48 1/7 Southern Ill. W, 55-39 1/10 Missouri St. W, 78-64 Indiana State 5-7 1/13 Missouri St. W, 61-60 1/18 Missouri State W, 60-46 1/21 Bradley W, 66-61 Missouri State 3-8 1/18 Wichita St. L, 71-68 1/21 Indiana State W, 66-60 1/28 Illinois St. W, 59-55 Drake 3-9 1/22 Drake W, 66-52 1/31 Wichita State W, 70-54 2/8 Creighton L, 77-71 Loyola 2-4 1/31 Southern Ill. W, 58-49 2/7 Drake W, 69-53 2/11 Southern Ill. W, 81-55 Evansville 2-10 2/4 Creighton W, 65-52 2/11 Illinois State W, 83-64 2/18 Drake L, 47-46 Illinois State 1-11 2/11 Illinois St. W, 78-63 2/21 Bradley W, 56-39 2/28 Evansville W, 69-62 Southern Illinois 1-11 2/22 Bradley W, 64-55 2/25 Evansville W, 68-57 Bradley 1-12 2009-10 (14-0) Valparaiso 0-1 2012-13 (16-4) 2015-16 (11-3) 11/28 Northern Ill. W, 52-45 *Wichita State 6-5 11/10 Wartburg W, 103-50 11/14 Colorado State L, 84-78 12/8 Iowa W, 67-50 *Creighton 3-4 11/14 Toledo W, 84-81 OT 11/17 Stephen F. Austin W, 70-60 12/12 Siena W, 82-65 * - no longer in the MVC 11/17 North Dakota W, 72-47 11/21 North Carolina W, 71-67 12/23 Wyoming W, 72-54 12/1 Milwaukee W, 72-61 11/25 Dubuque W, 83-63 1/1 Evansville W, 65-46 UNI Largest Margin of Victory 12/5 N. Colorado W, 76-59 11/30 North Texas W, 93-70 1/3 Missouri St. W, 84-76 53 – UNI 103, Wartburg 50 12/23 Saint Mary’s W, 82-75 12/30 Bradley W, 80-44 1/12 Bradley W, 52-50 (11/10/12) 1/2 Indiana State L, 65-61 1/9 Drake W, 77-44 1/16 Indiana St. W, 62-40 1/9 Evansville L, 62-59 1/16 Loyola L, 51-41 1/27 Drake W, 67-51 UNI Largest Margin of Defeat 1/12 Bradley W, 84-53 1/20 Wichita State L, 74-55 2/3 Wichita St. W, 59-56 21 – Illinois State 63, UNI 42 1/20 Drake W, 85-55 1/31 Southern Ill. W, 67-58 2/6 Southern Ill. W, 55-52 (2/25/17) 1/23 Southern Ill. W, 58-45 2/3 Evansville W, 57-54 2/16 Creighton W, 70-52 2/2 Wichita State W, 57-52 2/10 Missouri St. W, 83-69 2/19 Old Dominion W, 71-62 2/5 Missouri St. W, 48-37 2/20 Illinois State W, 75-66 2/27 Illinois St. W, 61-55 2/13 Creighton W, 61-54 2/24 Indiana State W, 66-44 2/23 Denver L, 63-57 14 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Adam McDermott 6-4, 183, So., Guard #1 Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Xavier HS) Univ. of North Dakota

• Buried a pair of 3-pointers in an 80-47 win over Dubuque (12/10) McDermott’s Career/Season Highs • Tallied two steals, knocked in a first-half 3-pointer in a 72-43 win over Wartburg (11/15) Points • Made a pair of second-half 3-pointers and scored 7 points at North Carolina (11/10) Career 28 vs. Idaho State (2/4/16) • Sat out last season after transferring to UNI from North Dakota Season 7 at North Carolina (11/10/17) • Played in 32 games at UND and made 56 3-pointers FG Made • Made at least one 3-pointer in 22 games for UND Career 9 vs. Idaho State (2/14/16) • Drained at least two 3-pointers in 15 contests Season 2, two times • Played high school basketball at Cedar Rapids Xavier • Nephew of UNI Hall of Famer and former men’s basketball coach Greg McDermott 3FG Made Career 8 vs. Idaho State (2/14/16) Season 2, two times

FT Made Career 3 at Bradley (12/15/15) Season 1 at North Carolina (11/10/17)

FT Att. Career 4, two times Season 1 at North Carolina (11/10/17)

Rebounds Career 6 vs. Bowling Green (11/21/15) McDermott’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game Season 2, two times DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN 11/10 at North Carolina 2-3 2-3 1-1 0-1-1 1 7 1 1 0 0 16 11/13 Alcorn State 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 Assists 11/15 Wartburg 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 1 3 1 1 0 2 19 Career 2, five times 11/18 Chicago State 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 Season 1, four times 11/22 vs. SMU DNP 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. DNP Steals 11/24 vs. Villanova DNP Career 3 at Montana State (3/5/16) 11/29 UNLV DNP Season 2 vs. Wartburg (11/15/17) 12/7 UT Arlington DNP 12/10 Dubuque 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 6 0 0 0 0 10 Blocks 12/16 vs. Iowa State DNP Career none 12/22 Xavier DNP Season none 12/28 Southern Illinois 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12/31 at Bradley DNP Minutes 1/4 at Missouri State 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Career 33 at Kansas State (12/22/15) 1/7 Loyola 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 Season 19 vs. Wartburg (11/15/17) 1/10 at Indiana State DNP 1/13 Valparaiso DNP 1/16 Drake DNP 1/21 at Southern Illinois DNP 1/24 Illinois State DNP 1/28 at Loyola DNP 1/31 at Evansville DNP 2/3 Indiana State DNP 2/7 Bradley DNP 2/10 at Drake DNP 2/13 Evansville DNP 2/17 at Illinois State DNP

McDermott’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2015-16 32-1 66-161 .410 56-137 .409 25-29 .862 74-2.3 47 17 15 0 19 213-6.7 2016-17 Redshirted 2017-18 8-0 5-14 .357 5-12 .417 1-1 1.000 7-0.9 3 4 2 0 4 16-2.0 Totals 40-1 71-175 .406 61-149 .409 26-30 .867 81-2.0 50 21 17 0 23 229-5.7 15 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Klint Carlson 6-7, 218, Sr., Forward #2 Waverly, Iowa (Waverly-Shell Rock)

• Averaging a team-best 32.3 minutes per game Carlson’s Career/Season Highs • Has played 40 or more minutes five times this season Points • Ranks second on the team in scoring (9.5 ppg) Career 24 vs. UT Arlington (12/7/17) • Ranks third on the squad in rebounding (5.8 rpg) Season 24 vs. UT Arlington (12/7/17) • Posted his fourth career 20-point game at Illinois State (2/17) FG Made • One of three Panthers in double figures with 12 points and 9 rebounds vs. Bradley (2/7) Career 10 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) • Scored 14 points with 5 boards, 2 blocks and 2 steals vs. Indiana State (2/3) Season 10 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) • Tied for team-high scoring honors with 14 points at Loyola (1/28) • One of four UNI players in double figures with 10 points, 8 rbs. in a win over Drake 1/16) 3FG Made • One of four Panthers in double figures with 11 points at Indiana State (1/10) Career 6 vs. UT Arlington (12/7/17) • One of three Panthers in double figures with 16 points at Missouri State (1/4) Season 6 vs. UT Arlington (12/7/17) • Tallied a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Southern Illinois (12/28) FT Made • Posted his second straight career high with 24 points in a 62-58 win over UTA (12/7) Career 8 vs. Evansville (1/25/17) • Knocked in a career-best six three-pointers vs. UT Arlington Season 3 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) • Scored a career-high 23 points in a 77-68 overtime win over UNLV (11/29) • His layup with :13 left gave UNI a four-point lead over NC State (11/23) FT Att. • Played all 40 minutes and tallied eight rebounds in a 61-58 win over SMU (11/22) Career 8 vs. Evansville (1/25/17) • Had his first double-figure scoring game of the season vs. Chicago State (11/18) Season 4 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) • Grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds in a 72-66 exhibition win over UNC Pembroke • Named to the preseason second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference squad Rebounds Career 12 vs. SIU (12/28/17) • 102nd UNI Panther to score 500 career points (733 points) Season 12 vs. SIU (12/28/17) Carlson’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Assists 11/10 at North Carolina* 3-10 2-6 0-0 0-5-5 2 8 4 3 0 1 31 Career 7 vs. George Mason (11/30/16) 11/13 Alcorn State* 2-8 2-5 1-2 1-6-7 1 7 5 0 1 2 33 Season 5 vs. Alcorn State (11/13/17) 11/15 Wartburg* 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-6-6 2 4 0 2 0 0 17 11/18 Chicago State* 6-9 0-1 0-0 2-5-7 2 12 2 1 0 0 31 Steals 11/22 vs. SMU* 3-6 1-4 0-0 0-8-8 2 7 3 2 1 0 40 Career 4 vs. Texas A&M (3/20/16) 11/23 vs. North Carolina St.* 1-9 0-4 0-0 1-3-4 2 2 2 1 0 0 37 Season 3 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) 11/24 vs. Villanova* 3-8 1-3 0-0 1-7-8 2 7 1 2 1 0 40- 11/29 UNLV* 10-22 0-1 3-4 2-5-7 1 23 1 2 0 3 41 Blocks 12/7 UT Arlington* 8-13 6-8 2-2 0-3-3 4 24 1 4 0 0 28 Career 2 vs. Indiana State (2/3/18) 12/10 Dubuque* 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 4 1 2 0 0 16 Season 2 vs. Indiana State (2/3/18) 12/16 vs. Iowa State* 5-16 0-3 3-5 2-5-7 2 13 2 1 0 1 38 12/22 Xavier* 3-10 2-7 0-0 1-2-3 3 8 2 5 0 0 37 Minutes 12/28 Southern Illinois* 3-10 0-3 2-4 3-9-12 4 8 2 2 1 0 40 Career 50 vs. Loyola (1/18/17) 12/31 at Bradley* 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 2 0 0 3 0 0 17 Season 41 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) 1/4 at Missouri State* 6-15 2-5 2-3 1-8-9 4 16 2 1 0 2 34 1/7 Loyola* 1-4 0-2 0-0 1-3-4 0 2 0 3 0 0 33 1/10 at Indiana State* 4-11 3-6 0-0 1-3-4 1 11 2 1 1 1 30 1/13 Valparaiso* 3-10 1-3 4-6 0-4-4 1 11 3 3 0 0 36 1/16 Drake* 4-9 0-1 2-3 1-7-8 1 10 1 0 0 0 40 1/21 at Southern Illinois* 4-6 2-4 0-0 1-4-5 3 10 0 0 0 0 35 1/24 Illinois State* 3-7 1-5 0-0 0-1-1 3 7 2 1 1 1 23 1/28 at Loyola* 6-10 2-4 0-0 4-3-7 2 14 2 3 0 2 35 1/31 at Evansville* 2-10 2-7 0-0 1-4-5 5 6 0 1 0 1 33 2/3 Indiana State* 5-10 2-3 2-3 0-5-5 2 14 0 5 2 2 35 2/7 Bradley* 5-10 1-4 1-3 3-6-9 4 12 2 2 0 2 31 2/10 at Drake* 3-10 1-5 0-0 2-1-3 5 7 1 2 0 0 25 2/13 Evansville* 3-7 1-2 2-4 2-5-7 1 9 3 1 0 1 33 2/17 at Illinois State* 7-11 2-4 4-6 4-5-9 2 20 3 1 1 1 36

Carlson’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2014-15 19-0 3-7 .429 2-2 1.000 4-6 .667 9-0.5 3 2 2 0 1 12-0.6 2015-16 33-0 92-190 .484 17-53 .321 42-54 .778 120-3.6 62 23 31 7 23 243-7.4 2016-17 30-28 96-247 .389 24-95 .253 34-47 .723 146-4.9 55 64 44 4 22 250-8.3 2017-18 28-28 107-256 .418 34-101 .337 28-45 .622 162-5.8 63 47 54 9 20 276-9.9 Totals 110-56 298-700 .426 77-251 .307 108-152 .711 437-4.0 183 136 131 20 66 781-7.1 16 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Ted Friedman 6-9, 245, Sr., Center #3 Ankeny, Iowa (Ankeny)

• Knocked in his first career 3-pointer in his first attempt in a win over Illinois State (1/24) Friedman’s Career/Season Highs • Tied a career-high with two assists at Bradley (12/31) Points • Scored 3 points vs. Alcorn State (11/13) Career 8 at Richmond (12/5/15) • Grabbed four rebounds (3 offensive) in a 72-43 win over Wartburg (11/15) Season 3 vs. Alcorn State (11/13/17) • Saw action in 29 games with four starts in 2016-17 FG Made • Second Team MVC Scholar-Athlete with a 3.96 GPA in Economics/Finance/Psychology Career 4 at Richmond (12/5/15) • Third on the squad with 19 offensive rebounds Season 1, three times • MVC Elite 18 Award recipient at the 2016 MVC Tournament 3FG Made Career 1 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) Season 1 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18)

FT Made Career 2, three times Season 1, two times

FT Att. Career 4 at North Dakota (11/28/15) Season 2, two times Friedman’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Rebounds 11/10 at North Carolina 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 Career 6 vs. Coe (11/11/13) 11/13 Alcorn State 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 1 3 0 0 0 0 13 Season 4 vs. Wartburg (11/15/17) 11/15 Wartburg 1-1 0-0 0-1 3-1-4 2 2 0 1 1 0 10 11/18 Chicago State 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 2 1 1 0 0 7 Assists 11/22 vs. SMU DNP Career 2, three times 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Season 2 at Bradley (12/31/17) 11/24 vs. Villanova DNP 11/29 UNLV 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Steals 12/7 UT Arlington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Career 1, seven times 12/10 Dubuque 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 Season 1 at Bradley (12/31/17) 12/16 vs. Iowa State DNP 12/22 Xavier 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 Blocks 12/28 Southern Illinois DNP Career 2, three times 12/31 at Bradley 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 2 0 0 1 12 Season 2 vs. Evansville (2/13/18) 1/4 at Missouri State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1/7 Loyola 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1/10 at Indiana State DNP Minutes 1/13 Valparaiso DNP Career 28 vs. North Carolina (11/21/15) 1/14 Drake DNP Season 13 vs. Alcorn State (11/13/17) 1/21 at Southern Illinois DNP 1/24 Illinois State 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 3 0 0 1 0 19 1/28 at Loyola 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1/31 at Evansville DNP 2/3 Indiana State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2/7 Bradley 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 2/10 at Drake 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2/13 Evansville 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 2/17 at Illinois State 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 2 1 0 0 0 6

Friedman’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2013-14 21-3 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 9-13 .692 17-0.8 17 0 5 1 1 15-0.7 2014-15 Redshirted 2015-16 36-0 14-28 .500 0-0 .000 3-18 .167 45-1.3 40 9 9 5 2 31-0.9 2016-17 29-4 6-14 .429 0-0 .000 2-12 .167 30-1.0 28 7 8 3 3 14-0.5 2017-18 19-0 6-12 .500 1-2 .500 2-5 .400 24-1.3 20 5 5 4 1 15-0.8 Totals 105-7 29-61 .475 1-2 .500 16-48 .333 116-1.1 105 21 27 13 7 75-0.7 17 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Tywhon Pickford 6-4, 202, Fr., Guard #4 Minneapolis, Minn. (Maple Grove)

• Set UNI freshmen rebounding record with 227 boards this season Pickford’s Career/Season Highs • Surpassed Eric Coleman’s previous freshmen season-best of 205 rebounds in the 2004-05 season Points • Ranks No. 10 on the all-time MVC freshman rebounding list Career 23 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • The nation’s best rebounder under 6’5” with a 8.1 rebounds per game average. • Ranks 10th in the nation among all freshmen rebounders Season 23 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • 2nd the MVC in rebounding • In MVC games, leads UNI in scoring (10.8 ppg) and rebounding (7.3 rpg) FG Made • In all games, ranks third on the team in scoring (9.8 ppg) Career 7 at Missouri State (1/4/17) • Has 11 double-figure rebounding performances Season 7 at Missouri State (1/4/17) • Ranks second on the team with 55 offensive rebounds • His five double-doubles are tied for the 4th-most by a freshman in MVC since 1997 3FG Made • One of three Panthers in double-figure scoring with 14 points at Illinois State (2/17) • Tied for team-high scoring honors with 14 points at Loyola (1/28) Career 4 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Secured his fifth double-double with 16 pts, 10 rbs. in a 68-54 win over Drake (1/16) Season 4 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Posted his first 20-point game with 23 points and 9 rebounds vs. Valparaiso (1/13) • Perfect 6-of-6 from the field, including 4-of-4 from 3-point range vs. the Crusaders FT Made • Tied his then career-high with 18 points at Indiana State (1/10) Career 7 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • His layup with :10.6 left pulled UNI into a 67-67 tie at Indiana State Season 7 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Pulled down his fourth double-double with 15 pts and 11 rbs vs. Loyola (1/7) • Registered his third career double-double with 18 pts and 10 rbs at Missouri St. (1/4) • Led UNI in scoring with 13 points vs. Southern Illinois (12/28) FT Att. • His jumper with 5:44 left tied the UTA game at 50-50 en route to 62-58 victory (12/7) Career 8 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Grabbed 12 rebounds in UNI’s 77-68 win over UNLV (11/29) Season 8 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • His offensive rebound and putback layup gave UNI a 66-63 lead with 2:35 left vs. UNLV • Posted his fifth double-figure rebounding game vs. #5 Villanova (11/24) Rebounds • Scored 18 points and grabbed 18 rebounds vs. NC State (11/23) Career 18 vs. NC State (11/23/17) • First Panther since David Gruber (Nov. 22, 2002) to grab 18 rebounds in a game Season 18 vs. NC State (11/23/17) • Buried three 3-pointers and scored 11 points in a 61-58 win over SMU (11/22) • Secured a season-high 14 rebounds in an 82-44 win over Chicago State (11/18) • Grabbed 13 rebounds (five offensive) vs. Wartburg (11/15) Assists • Recorded his first double-double with 16 pts and 10 rbs vs. Alcorn State Career 4, two times • First UNI freshman to record a double-double since Seth Tuttle in 2011-12 Season 4, two times • Made his first collegiate start vs. No. 9-ranked North Carolina and scored 5 points • Scored all 15 points in the 2nd half of UNI’s 72-66 exhibition win over UNC Pembroke Steals • Drained three 3-pointers in the final 3:47, including go-ahead triple with 2:43 left Career 2, four times • Secured a double-double with 15 pts/11 rbs against Pembroke Season 2, four times Pickford’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Blocks 11/10 at North Carolina* 2-5 1-2 0-0 0-3-3 0 5 1 1 0 0 25 Career 2 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) 11/13 Alcorn State* 6-14 2-5 2-2 5-5-10 0 16 2 1 0 0 27 Season 2 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) 11/15 Wartburg* 4-10 1-6 0-0 5-8-13 3 9 1 1 1 1 27 11/18 Chicago State* 3-8 1-4 1-3 3-11-14 2 8 2 3 2 2 32 Minutes 11/22 vs. SMU* 4-8 3-6 0-0 1-8-9 2 11 1 1 0 1 34 Career 40 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) 11/23 vs. North Carolina St.* 6-15 2-6 4-6 7-11-18 2 18 0 0 0 1 37 Season 40 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) 11/24 vs. Villanova* 4-12 1-9 0-0 2-8-10 1 9 1 0 0 0 38 11/29 UNLV* 1-8 0-4 3-4 4-8-12 0 5 0 1 0 1 40 12/7 UT Arlington* 2-5 0-2 2-2 0-7-7 0 6 3 0 0 2 35 12/10 Dubuque* 1-5 0-2 2-2 1-4-5 0 4 2 1 0 0 15 12/16 vs. Iowa State* 2-10 2-7 2-2 0-5-5 1 8 1 0 0 0 18 12/22 Xavier* 1-5 0-2 0-0 1-4-5 2 2 4 1 0 0 26 12/28 Southern Illinois* 5-9 1-4 2-2 1-4-5 4 13 1 0 0 1 25 12/31 at Bradley* 3-10 0-5 2-3 2-6-8 2 8 0 0 0 0 30 1/4 at Missouri State* 7-13 2-7 2-3 2-8-10 1 18 4 2 0 0 37 1/7 Loyola* 6-11 2-5 1-2 3-8-11 1 15 1 4 0 0 39 1/10 at Indiana State* 6-16 2-7 4-5 2-5-7 0 18 0 1 1 1 35 1/13 Valparaiso* 6-6 4-4 7-8 1-8-9 2 23 2 5 0 1 35 1/16 Drake* 6-9 3-4 1-1 1-9-10 0 16 2 2 0 1 39 1/21 at Southern Illinois* 1-10 0-5 1-1 0-5-5 0 3 1 0 0 2 29 1/24 Illinois State* 2-11 1-3 2-3 3-2-5 1 7 1 0 0 0 21 1/28 at Loyola* 5-12 0-4 4-4 1-2-3 0 14 0 0 0 1 31 1/31 at Evansville* 2-5 0-3 2-2 1-4-5 0 6 0 3 0 0 26 2/3 Indiana State* 1-6 0-1 3-4 1-6-7 1 5 2 1 0 2 31 2/7 Bradley* 1-5 0-2 2-3 1-2-3 0 4 1 0 0 0 15 2/10 at Drake* 2-7 0-2 0-2 2-8-10 2 4 3 0 2 0 26 2/13 Evansville* 1-8 0-3 2-2 3-7-10 0 4 1 0 1 0 28 2/17 at Illinois State* 5-12 0-2 4-4 2-6-8 2 14 0 2 1 2 33

Pickford’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2017-18 28-28 95-255 .373 28-116 .241 55-70 .786 227-8.1 30 37 30 8 19 273-9.8 18 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Rafael de Souza 6-1, 185, Sr., Guard #5 Jundiai, Brazil (Gulf Coast State College)

• Saw action in 10 games last season for the Panthers de Souza’s Career/Season Highs • Played two seasons at Gulf Coast State College Points Career 2 at Wichita State (2/18/17) Season none

FG Made Career 1 at Wichita State (2/18/17) Season none

3FG Made Career none Season none

FT Made Career none Season none

FT Att. Career none Season none de Souza’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Rebounds 11/10 at North Carolina DNP Career none 11/13 Alcorn State DNP Season none 11/15 Wartburg DNP 11/18 Chicago State DNP Assists 11/22 vs. SMU DNP Career 1, two times 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. DNP Season none 11/24 vs. Villanova DNP 11/29 UNLV DNP Steals 12/7 UT Arlington DNP Career 1 vs. Coe (11/12/16) 12/10 Dubuque DNP Season none 12/16 vs. Iowa State DNP 12/22 Xavier DNP Blocks 12/28 Southern Illinois DNP Career none 12/31 at Bradley DNP Season none 1/4 at Missouri State DNP 1/7 Loyola DNP Minutes 1/10 at Indiana State DNP Career 3, two times 1/13 Valparaiso DNP Season none 1/16 Drake DNP 1/21 at Southern Illinois DNP 1/24 Illinois State DNP 1/28 at Loyola DNP 1/31 at Evansville DNP 2/3 Indiana State DNP 2/7 Bradley DNP 2/10 at Drake DNP 2/13 Evansville DNP 2/17 at Illinois State DNP

de Souza’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2016-17 10-0 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0.0 1 2 2 0 1 2-0.2 2017-18 DNP Totals 10-0 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0.0 1 2 2 0 1 2-0.2

19 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Miles Wentzien 6-3, 190, Jr., Guard #10 Fort Madison, Iowa (Fort Madison) Missouri Western/Kirkwood CC

• Dished out a career-high tying 3 assists in an 80-47 win over Dubuque (12/10) Wentzien’s Career/Season Highs • Scored a career-high 11 points and made 2 triples vs. Chicago State (11/18) Points • Saw his first NCAA Division I action vs. Alcorn State (11/13) Career 21 vs. Lindenwood (2/4/16) • First-Team JUCO All-America honors at Kirkwood CC in 2016-17 Season 11 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) • Averaged 14.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game at Kirkwood last season FG Made • Played his freshman season at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Mo. Career 5, four times • Averaged 6.9 points, 3.4 reboudns and 1.2 assists per game for the Griffons Season 4 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17)

3FG Made Career 4 vs. Central Missouri (2/27/16) Season 2 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17)

FT Made Career 8 vs. Washburn (2/24/16) Season 1 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17)

FT Att. Career 10 vs. Lindendwood (2/4/16) Season 1 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) Wentzien’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Rebounds 11/10 at North Carolina DNP Career 7, two times 11/13 Alcorn State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 Season 3 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) 11/15 Wartburg 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 9 11/18 Chicago State 4-8 2-4 1-1 1-2-3 1 11 2 3 0 1 27 Assists 11/22 vs. SMU DNP Career 3, six times 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. DNP Season 3 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 11/24 vs. Villanova DNP 11/29 UNLV DNP Steals 12/7 UT Arlington DNP Career 3 at Northeastern St. (2/11/16) 12/10 Dubuque 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 3 1 0 1 14 Season 1, three times 12/16 vs. Iowa State DNP 12/22 Xavier DNP Blocks 12/28 Southern Illinois DNP Career 1, three times 12/31 at Bradley DNP Season none 1/4 at Missouri State DNP 1/7 Loyola DNP 1/10 at Indiana State DNP Minutes 1/13 Valparaiso DNP Career 38 vs. Central Missouri (2/27/16) 1/16 Drake DNP Season 27 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) 1/21 at Southern Illinois DNP 1/24 Illinois State DNP 1/28 at Loyola 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1/31 at Evansville DNP 2/3 Indiana State DNP 2/7 Bradley DNP 2/10 at Drake DNP 2/13 Evansville DNP 2/17 at Illinois State DNP

Wentzien’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2015-16 30-15 57-140 .407 27-77 .351 67-81 .827 101-3.4 35 37 27 3 13 208-6.9 2017-18 5-0 5-15 .333 2-6 .333 1-1 .1000 5-1.0 2 6 7 0 3 13-2.6 Totals 35-15 62-155 .400 29-83 .349 68-82 .829 106-3.0 37 43 34 3 16 221-6.3 20 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Lincoln Conrey 6-5, 203, So., Forward #12 Waterloo, Iowa (Waterloo West)

• Played a career-high tying five minutes in an 80-47 win over Dubuque (12/10) Conrey’s Career/Season Highs • Tallied his first career steal vs. the Spartans Points • Scored a career-high four points and grabbed an offensive rebound vs. Wartburg (11/15) Career 4 vs. Wartburg (11/15/17) Season 4 vs. Wartburg (11/15/17)

FG Made Career 1 at Loyola (1/4/17) Season 2 vs. Wartburg (11/15/17)

3FG Made Career none Season none

FT Made Career none Season none

FT Att. Career 1 at Loyola (1/4/17) Season none

Conrey’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game Rebounds DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Career 1, two times 11/10 at North Carolina DNP Season 1, two times 11/13 Alcorn State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11/15 Wartburg 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 Assists 11/18 Chicago State 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Career 1 vs. Coe (11/12/16) 11/22 vs. SMU DNP Season none 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. DNP 11/24 vs. Villanova DNP Steals 11/29 UNLV DNP Career 1 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 12/7 UT Arlington DNP Season 1 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 12/10 Dubuque 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12/16 vs. Iowa State DNP Blocks 12/22 Xavier DNP Career none 12/28 Southern Illinois DNP Season none 12/31 at Bradley DNP 1/4 at Missouri State DNP Minutes 1/7 Loyola DNP Career 5, two times 1/10 at Indiana State DNP Season 5 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 1/13 Valparaiso DNP 1/16 Drake DNP 1/21 at Southern Illinois DNP 1/24 Illinois State DNP 1/28 at Loyola DNP 1/31 at Evansville DNP 2/3 Indiana State DNP 2/7 Bradley DNP 2/10 at Drake DNP 2/13 Evansville DNP 2/17 at Illinois State DNP

Conrey’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2015-16 Redshirted 2016-17 9-0 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1-0.1 0 1 1 0 0 2-0.2 2017-18 4-0 3-5 .600 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-0.5 0 0 0 0 1 6-1.5 Totals 13-0 4-8 .500 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 3-0.2 0 1 1 0 1 8-0.6 21 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Juwan McCloud 5-11, 170, So., Guard #13 Germantown, Wis. (Germantown)

• Has missed the last two games with a sore back McCloud’s Career/Season Highs • Leads the team in steals (33) and assists (62) Points • Ranks sixth on the squad in scoring (6.6 ppg) Career 18, two times • Has six double-figure scoring games this year (had four all of last season) Season 18, two times • Dished out 9 assists and posted 6 steals in an 83-72 win over Illinois State (1/24) FG Made • One of 11 players in the country this year to have 9 assists and 6 steals in a game Career 7 at Loyola (1/4/17) • SportsCenter Top-10 play with a spinning layup in 2nd half vs. Valparaiso (1/13) Season 6, three times • Tied a season-high with 4 assists vs. Loyola (1/7) • Scored final five points of a 16-2 second-half run to help defeat UT Arlington (12/7) 3FG Made • One of four Panthers in double figures with 10 points in a 61-58 win over SMU (11/22) Career 3 at Illinois State (2/1/17) • Equaled his career high with 18 points and four assists in a win over Chicago St. (11/18) Season 6 vs. Alcorn State (11/13/17) • Tied a career-high with four rebounds in a 72-43 victory over Wartburg (11/15) FT Made • Scored a career-high 18 points in a 73-45 win over Alcorn State (11/13) Career 5 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) • Buried 6-of-8 3-pointers against the Braves Season 5 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) • Posted 12 points, 5 assists and 4 steals in a 72-66 exhibition win vs. UNC Pembroke • Scored a team-high 10 points in exhibition at Wisconsin FT Att. Career 6, two times Season 6 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) McCloud’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Rebounds 11/10 at North Carolina* 3-7 1-2 0-2 0-2-2 3 7 2 3 0 0 23 Career 4, two times 11/13 Alcorn State* 6-11 6-8 0-0 0-2-2 3 18 3 1 0 1 32 Season 4 vs. Wartburg (11/15/17) 11/15 Wartburg* 3-15 0-6 1-1 0-4-4 0 7 1 1 0 3 29 11/18 Chicago State* 6-14 1-5 5-6 1-2-3 0 18 4 1 0 1 30 Assists 11/22 vs. SMU* 5-10 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 10 3 5 1 1 33 Career 9 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) 11/23 vs. North Carolina St.* 6-14 2-4 2-3 0-2-2 0 16 3 5 0 1 39 Season 9 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) 11/24 vs. Villanova* 6-19 1-6 0-0 0-0-0 3 13 4 3 1 2 36 11/29 UNLV* 1-6 0-2 3-4 0-2-2 2 5 0 1 0 2 36 Steals 12/7 UT Arlington* 3-8 2-5 0-2 0-2-2 2 8 2 3 0 1 31 Career 6 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) 12/10 Dubuque* 1-4 1-2 0-0 0-3-3 2 3 2 1 0 1 17 Season 6 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) 12/16 vs. Iowa State* 3-9 1-4 3-4 0-0-0 2 10 3 0 0 1 37 12/22 Xavier* 2-6 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 2 5 1 0 0 2 17 Blocks 12/28 Southern Illinois* 3-7 1-4 0-0 0-2-2 2 7 2 1 0 2 30 Career 1, three times 12/31 at Bradley* 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 4 3 0 0 30 Season 1 vs. SMU (11/22/17) 1/4 at Missouri State* 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 2 2 0 0 0 0 19 1/7 Loyola* 0-6 0-2 2-2 0-2-2 2 2 4 1 0 1 28 Minutes 1/10 at Indiana State* 2-6 0-1 1-1 0-0-0 0 5 2 2 0 1 28 Career 39 vs. NC State (11/23/17) 1/13 Valparaiso* 2-4 0-1 1-2 1-2-3 4 5 4 2 0 2 28 Season 39 vs. NC State (11/23/17) 1/16 Drake* 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1/21 at Southern Illinois* 2-6 0-2 0-0 2-3-5 1 4 2 0 0 2 24 1/24 Illinois State* 3-3 0-0 0-3 0-3-3 1 6 9 4 0 6 34 1/28 Loyola* 4-9 0-3 1-4 1-1-2 1 9 3 1 0 2 30 1/31 at Evansville* 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 2/3 Indiana State* 3-4 0-0 0-1 0-1-1 5 6 2 2 0 1 23 2/7 Bradley* 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 12 2/10 at Drake* 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-0-0 2 5 1 1 0 0 9 2/13 Evansville DNP (back) 2/17 at Illinois State DNP (back)

McCloud’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2016-17 30-28 39-135 .289 9-48 .188 23-45 .511 39-1.3 33 45 36 2 32 110-3.7 2017-18 26-26 67-189 .354 18-71 .254 19-35 .543 45-1.7 43 62 43 2 33 171-6.6 Totals 56-54 106-324 .327 27-119 .227 42-80 .525 84-1.5 76 107 79 4 65 281-5.0 22 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Justin Dahl 7-0, 261, So., Center #15 Carver, Minn. (Holy Family)

• Saw his first action of the season in UNI’s 80-47 win over Dubuque (12/10) Dahl’s Career/Season Highs Points Career 9 vs. Coe (11/12/16) Season none

FG Made Career 4 vs. Coe (11/12/16) Season none

3FG Made Career none Season none

FT Made Career 1, three times Season none

FT Att. Career 3 vs. Coe (11/12/16) Season none

Dahl’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game Rebounds DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Career 4 vs. Coe (11/12/16) 11/10 at North Carolina DNP Season 1 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 11/13 Alcorn State DNP 11/15 Wartburg DNP Assists 11/18 Chicago State DNP Career 1 vs. Coe (11/12/16) 11/22 vs. SMU DNP Season none 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. DNP 11/24 vs. Villanova DNP Steals 11/29 UNLV DNP Career 1 vs. Coe (11/12/16) 12/7 UT Arlington DNP Season none 12/10 Dubuque 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 12/16 vs. Iowa State DNP Blocks 12/22 Xavier DNP Career 1, two times 12/28 Southern Illinois DNP Season none 12/31 at Bradley DNP 1/4 at Missouri State DNP Minutes 1/7 Loyola DNP Career 14 vs. Coe (11/12/16) 1/10 at Indiana State DNP Season 5 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 1/13 Valparaiso DNP 1/16 Drake DNP 1/21 at Southern Illinois DNP 1/24 Illinois State DNP 1/28 at Loyola 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1/31 at Evansville DNP 2/3 Indiana State DNP 2/7 Bradley DNP 2/10 at Drake DNP 2/13 Evansville DNP 2/17 at Illinois State DNP

Dahl’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2015-16 Redshirted 2016-17 13-0 9-19 .474 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 14-1.1 4 1 6 2 1 21-1.6 2017-18 2-0 0-5 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-1.0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0.0 Totals 15-0 9-24 .375 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 16-1.1 4 1 8 2 1 21-1.4 23 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Hunter Rhodes 5-10, 170, Sr., Guard #21 Canton, Ill. (Canton) Kirkwood CC

• Has made 19 straight free throws dating back to last season (15-of-15 this year) Rhodes’s Career/Season Highs • Made his first career start, scored a team-high 12 points in a win over Evansville (2/13) Points • A perfect 9-of-9 at the free throw line in a 74-65 win over Bradley (2/7) Career 20 vs. South Dakota St. (12/7/16) • Played a career-high 30 minutes, scored 7 points and had 3 assists at Evansville (1/31) Season 7, two times • Dished out a season-high 3 assists in an 83-72 triumph over Illinois State (1/24) FG Made • Grabbed a career-high 5 rebounds in an 80-47 win over Dubuque (12/10) Career 6 vs. South Dakota St. (12/7/16) • Buried all three of his shots and scored 7 points in UNI’s 77-68 OT win vs. UNLV (11/29) Season 3, two times • Saw his first action of the season in UNI’s 61-58 win over SMU (11/22) • Sat out the first four games of the season with an injury 3FG Made Career 6 vs. South Dakota St. (12/7/16) Season 1, three times

FT Made Career 9 vs. Bradley (2/7/18) Season 9 vs. Bradley (2/7/18)

FT Att. Career 9 vs. Bradley (2/7/18) Season 9 vs. Bradley (2/7/18)

Rhodes’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game Rebounds DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Career 5 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 11/10 at North Carolina DNP Season 5 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 11/13 Alcorn State DNP 11/15 Wartburg DNP Assists 11/18 Chicago State DNP Career 4, two times 11/22 vs. SMU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 Season 3, four times 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. DNP 11/24 vs. Villanova DNP Steals 11/29 UNLV 3-3 1-1 0-0 0-2-2 0 7 0 0 0 2 9 Career 2 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) 12/7 UT Arlington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 Season 2 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) 12/10 Dubuque 1-4 1-2 1-1 0-5-5 0 4 2 0 0 1 17 12/16 vs. Iowa State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Blocks 12/22 Xavier 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 Career 1 vs. Arizona St. (11/17/16) 12/28 Southern Illinois 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 5 0 0 0 0 9 Season none 12/31 at Bradley 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1/4 at Missouri State 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 Minutes 1/7 Loyola DNP Career 34 vs. Evansville (2/13/18) 1/10 at Indiana State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 Season 34 vs. Evansville (2/13/18) 1/13 Valparaiso 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1/16 Drake DNP 1/21 at Southern Illinois DNP (ill) 1/24 Illinois State 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6 1/28 at Loyola 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 1/31 at Evansville 3-6 1-4 0-0 0-2-2 2 7 3 1 0 1 30 2/3 Indiana State 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 2/7 Bradley 0-2 0-1 9-9 0-2-2 4 9 3 0 0 1 28 2/10 at Drake 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 4 2 0 1 0 1 22 2/13 Evansville* 4-9 2-7 2-2 0-2-2 1 12 1 0 0 0 34 2/17 at Illinois State* 1-4 1-2 3-3 0-2-2 1 6 3 0 0 0 18

Rhodes’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2016-17 21-0 22-57 .386 17-40 .425 13-15 .867 23-1.1 17 18 5 1 8 74-3.5 2017-18 19-2 15-40 .375 7-24 .292 15-15 1.000 23-1.2 24 17 5 0 8 52-2.7 Totals 40-2 37-97 .381 24-64 .375 28-30 .933 46-1.2 41 35 10 1 16 126-3.2 24 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Tanner Lohaus 6-7, 192, R-Fr., Guard #22 North Liberty, Iowa (Iowa City West)

• Grabbed five rebounds in 16 minutes of action vs. Chicago State (11/18) T. Lohaus’s Career/Season Highs • Made his first three-pointer in a 72-43 win over Wartburg (11/15) Points • Scored his first collegiate points on a free throw at No. 9 North Carolina (11/10) Career 3, two times • Redshirted last season Season 3, two times • 1 of 30 sets of brothers playing NCAA Division I basketball this season FG Made Career 1, two times Season 1, two times

3FG Made Career 1, two times Season 1, two times

FT Made Career 1, two times Season 1, two times

FT Att. Career 2, two times Season 2, two times

T. Lohaus’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game Rebounds DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Career 5 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) 11/10 at North Carolina 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Season 5 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) 11/13 Alcorn State 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11/15 Wartburg 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 Assists 11/18 Chicago State 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-3-5 1 1 1 0 1 0 16 Career 1, two times 11/22 vs. SMU DNP Season 1, two times 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. DNP 11/24 vs. Villanova 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ Steals 11/29 UNLV DNP Career 1 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 12/7 UT Arlington DNP Season 1 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 12/10 Dubuque 1-3 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 3 0 0 0 1 9 12/16 vs. Iowa State DNP Blocks 12/22 Xavier DNP Career 1 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) 12/28 Southern Illinois DNP Season 1 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) 12/31 at Bradley DNP 1/4 at Missouri State DNP Minutes 1/7 Loyola DNP Career 16 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) 1/10 at Indiana State DNP Season 16 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17) 1/13 Valparaiso DNP 1/16 Drake DNP 1/21 at Southern Illinois DNP 1/24 Illinois State DNP 1/28 at Loyola 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1/31 at Evansville DNP 2/3 Indiana State DNP 2/7 Bradley DNP 2/10 at Drake DNP 2/13 Evansville DNP 2/17 at Illinois State DNP

T. Lohaus’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2016-17 Redshirted 2017-18 7-0 2-8 .250 2-4 .500 2-4 .500 10-1.4 2 2 0 1 1 8-1.1 Totals 7-0 2-8 .250 2-4 .500 2-4 .500 10-1.4 2 2 0 1 1 8-1.1 25 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Isaiah Brown 6-7, 180, So., Guard #24 Flower Mound, Texas (Flower Mound)

• One of nine MVC players to average 4.8 points per game or more this season than last Brown’s Career/Season Highs • Ranks fourth on the squad in 3-pointers made (32) Points • In MVC games only - ranks third the Panthers with 17 made 3-pointers Career 20 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) • Notched a career-high 20 points and blocked 3 shots in a win over Illinois State (1/24) Season 20 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) • Tied a career-best by sinking five 3-pointers vs. the Redbirds at home FG Made • Stuffed stat sheet with 13 pts, 6 rbs., 5 assists, 4 steals at Indiana State (1/10) Career 6, three times • Poured in a career-high 17 points at Bradley (12/31) Season 6, three times • Drained five 3-pointers, including making his first four attempts, against the Braves • One of three Panthers in double-figure scoring (11 pts) vs. Dubuque (12/10) 3FG Made • Drained a 3-pointer with 6:56 left to begin a 16-2 run in a 62-58 win over UTA (12/7) Career 5, two times • His jumper with 4:58 left gave UNI a 52-50 lead over UT Arlington Season 5, two times • One of four Panthers in double-figure scoring in a 64-60 win over NC State (11/23) FT Made • Grabbed a career-best 7 rebounds in a 73-45 win over Alcorn State Career 5 vs. NC State (11/23/17) • Set a career-high with 13 points at No. 9-ranked North Carolina (11/10) Season 5 vs. NC State (11/23/17) • For the second year in a row has opened the season with a double-figure scoring game FT Att. Career 7 vs. NC State (11/23/17) Season 7 vs. NC State (11/23/17) Brown’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Rebounds 11/10 North Carolina* 4-11 3-6 2-3 0-1-1 2 13 2 1 0 1 33 Career 7, two times 11/13 Alcorn State* 3-8 3-6 0-0 0-7-7 3 9 1 1 1 2 28 Season 7, two times 11/15 Wartburg* 3-9 2-8 0-2 1-3-4 2 8 2 0 1 1 34 11/18 Chicago State* 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 4 0 3 1 0 1 9 Assists 11/22 vs. SMU* 2-4 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 2 4 2 0 1 0 20 Career 5 at Indiana State (1/10/17) 11/23 vs. North Carolina St.* 2-6 1-3 5-7 0-3-3 1 10 1 0 0 1 35 Season 5 at Indiana State (1/10/17) 11/24 vs. Villanova* 2-3 1-2 0-0 1-2-3 1 5 0 3 0 0 18 11/29 UNLV* 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 2 2 0 0 16 Steals 12/7 UT Arlington* 3-6 1-3 2-2 0-3-3 1 9 3 2 0 2 28 Career 4 at Indiana State (1/10/17) 12/10 Dubuque* 4-5 2-2 1-1 0-2-2 1 11 1 1 0 0 17 Season 4 at Indiana State (1/10/17) 12/16 vs. Iowa State* 0-3 0-1 0-0 1-3-4 2 0 1 0 0 0 14 12/22 Xavier* 2-6 2-5 0-0 0-3-3 1 6 1 1 0 0 20 Blocks 12/28 Southern Illinois* 2-8 0-4 1-1 0-0-0 1 5 2 1 0 0 32 Career 3 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) 12/31 at Bradley* 6-13 5-8 0-0 2-3-5 4 17 1 3 0 1 33 Season 3 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) 1/4 at Missouri State* 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 4 1 0 1 1 0 25 1/7 Loyola* 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 1 0 1 13 1/10 at Indiana State* 6-11 1-2 0-0 0-6-6 1 13 5 0 0 4 39 Minutes 1/13 Valparaiso* 2-8 0-1 3-4 2-5-7 1 7 1 2 0 0 32 Career 39 at Indiana State (1/10/17) 1/16 Drake* 2-7 1-4 2-2 0-2-2 3 7 2 2 0 2 37 Season 39 at Indiana State (1/10/17) 1/21 at Southern Illinois* 4-13 1-8 1-2 1-6-7 3 10 1 4 0 3 32 1/24 Illinois State* 6-13 5-9 3-4 1-4-5 2 20 2 2 3 0 32 1/28 at Loyola* 2-8 2-5 0-0 0-1-1 1 6 0 3 1 0 28 1/31 at Evansville* 2-5 2-4 0-0 0-2-2 4 6 2 0 0 1 17 2/3 Indiana State* 5-8 0-1 0-1 0-3-3 3 10 3 0 1 1 25 2/7 Bradley* 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 1 2 1 0 17 2/10 at Drake* 2-8 0-3 2-2 1-4-5 4 6 0 3 0 1 22 2/13 Evansville* 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 1 2 0 0 20 2/17 at Illinois State* 1-7 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 5 2 4 3 0 0 26

Brown’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2016-17 26-2 16-66 .242 9-41 .220 7-8 .875 31-1.2 25 5 11 0 4 48-1.8 2017-18 28-28 65-181 .359 32-94 .340 23-33 .697 83-3.0 61 44 41 10 22 185-6.6 Totals 54-30 81-247 .328 41-135 .304 30-41 .732 114-2.1 86 49 52 10 26 233-4.3 26 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Bennett Koch 6-10, 239, Sr., Forward #25 Ashwaubenon, Wis. (Ashwaubenon)

• Leads team in scoring (12.2 ppg) and blocked shots (22) Koch’s Career/Season Highs • Needs 25 more points to become the 42nd UNI Panthers to score 1,000 points Points • Has seven career 20-point scoring games Career 30 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) • Notched his fifth career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds at Drake (2/10) Season 30 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) • Posted a team-high 16 points off the bench vs. Indiana State (2/3) • Led the team with 19 points at Evansville (1/31) FG Made • Scored 17 points off the bench in UNI’s 83-72 win over Illinois State (1/24) Career 10 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) • Came off the bench to score 19 points and lead UNI to a 68-54 win over Drake (1/16) Season 10 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) • Blocked a career-high five shots vs. Loyola (1/7) • Only Panther in double figures with 26 points vs. No. 9 Xavier (12/22) • Led UNI in scoring (12) and rebounding (7) in an 80-47 win over Dubuque (12/10) 3FG Made • MVC Player of the Week after leading UNI to a 77-68 victory over UNLV (11/29) Career none • Koch scored a career-high 30 points and grabbed 7 rebounds vs. the Runnin’ Rebels Season none • Played a career-high 36 minutes vs. Villanova (11/25) in the championship of the Battle 4 Atlantis • Tallied his fourth career double-double vs. Villanova with 10 points and 12 rebounds FT Made • Career-high three steals and scored 16 points in a 64-60 win over NC State (11/23) Career 15 vs. Loyola (1/18/17) • Notched his 5th career 20-point scoring game with 21 vs. Chicago State (11/18) Season 11 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) • Scored a career-high 25 points in 23 minutes in a 72-43 win over Wartburg (11/15) • Tied his own McLeod Center record by making all eight of his FG attempts against the Knights FT Att. • Secured his third career double-double with 11 pts. and 13 rbs. vs. Alcorn State (11/13) Career 17 vs. Loyola (1/18/17) • Registered a career-high 13 rebounds vs. the Braves Season 14, two times • One of three Panthers in double-figure scoring at North Carolina (11/10) • Named to the Preseason First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference squad Rebounds Career 13 vs. Alcorn State (11/13/17) Koch’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game Season 13 vs. Alcorn State (11/13/17) DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN 11/10 at North Carolina* 4-7 0-0 3-4 2-2-4 4 11 1 2 0 0 18 Assists 11/13 Alcorn State* 5-10 0-0 1-1 2-11-13 3 11 1 3 0 0 23 Career 3 at Indiana State (2/22/17) 11/15 Wartburg* 8-8 0-0 9-12 1-7-8 3 25 1 5 1 1 23 Season 1, four times 11/18 Chicago State* 7-9 0-0 7-7 3-3-6 2 21 0 2 2 0 23 11/22 vs. SMU* 3-7 0-0 6-9 3-5-8 3 12 0 4 1 1 29 Steals 11/23 vs. North Carolina St.* 5-7 0-0 6-6 2-3-5 3 16 0 3 1 3 29 Career 3, two times 11/24 vs. Villanova* 5-7 0-0 0-0 3-9-12 3 10 0 3 3 0 36 Season 3, two times 11/29 UNLV* 10-19 0-0 10-13 2-5-7 2 30 1 1 1 3 32 12/7 UT Arlington* 1-6 0-0 1-2 1-6-7 1 3 0 2 0 0 37 Blocks 12/10 Dubuque* 3-4 0-0 6-6 0-7-7 0 12 0 1 0 0 15 Career 5 vs. Loyola (1/7/17) 12/16 vs. Iowa State* 2-7 0-0 0-1 4-4-8 4 4 0 4 0 1 29 Season 5 vs. Loyola (1/7/17) 12/22 Xavier* 8-12 0-0 10-12 0-4-4 5 26 0 1 1 1 23 12/28 Southern Illinois* 2-8 0-0 1-1 3-5-8 2 5 0 4 0 0 22 Minutes 12/31 at Bradley* 2-3 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 1 5 1 1 0 0 18 Career 36 vs. Villanova (11/24/17) 1/4 at Missouri State* 5-7 0-0 4-5 0-0-0 4 14 0 0 2 1 20 Season 36 vs. Villanova (11/24/17) 1/7 Loyola* 7-14 0-0 3-4 5-4-9 3 17 2 2 5 0 31 1/10 at Indiana State* 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 3 2 1 0 0 0 13 1/13 Valparaiso 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 1/16 Drake 7-11 0-0 5-6 2-3-5 3 19 2 4 1 0 30 1/21 at Southern Illinois 1-5 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 1 4 2 3 0 1 25 1/24 Illinois State 3-4 0-0 11-14 2-4-6 2 17 0 2 1 1 21 1/28 at Loyola 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 2 0 1 0 0 9 1/31 at Evansville 5-8 0-0 9-14 0-5-5 3 19 0 2 2 1 28 2/3 Indiana State 4-6 0-0 8-11 2-1-3 1 16 0 3 1 1 20 2/7 Bradley* 4-6 0-0 3-4 2-5-7 2 11 0 2 0 1 21 2/10 at Drake 4-9 0-0 3-5 8-3-11 2 11 0 0 0 2 25 2/13 Evansville* 4-13 0-0 2-5 5-4-9 0 10 0 0 0 1 30 2/17 at Illinois State* 3-3 0-0 1-3 1-4-5 3 7 0 3 0 1 25

Koch’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2014-15 28-0 15-28 .536 0-0 .000 9-17 .529 17-0.6 23 0 9 3 0 39-1.4 2015-16 36-36 99-199 .497 0-0 .000 77-104 .740 127-3.5 91 16 52 13 10 275-7.6 2016-17 29-26 110-193 .570 0-1 .000 99-130 .762 109-3.8 86 13 67 21 13 319-11.0 2017-18 28-20 115-211 .545 0-0 .000 112-149 .752 167-6.0 66 12 58 22 20 342-12.2 Totals 121-82 339-631 .537 0-1 .000 297-400 .743 420-3.5 266 41 186 59 43 975-8.1 27 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Spencer Haldeman 6-1, 175, So., Guard #30 Peosta, Iowa (Western Dubuque)

• Averaging 6.2 points per game off the bench Haldeman’s Career/Season Highs • Leads the team in three-pointers made (39) Points • Has registered five double-figure scoring games this season Career 18 at Wyoming (12/3/16) • Dropped in four 3-pointers and scored 12 points vs. Iowa State (12/16) Season 16 at Illinois State (2/17/18) • Scored 8 of his 10 points in the final 8:19 vs. UT Arlington (12/7) FG Made • His 3-pointer with :25.2 left clinched the 62-58 victory over UTA Career 6 vs. Arizona St. (11/17/16) • Tied a season-high with 15 points and four 3-pointers in a 61-58 win over SMU (11/22) Season 5, two times • Led the Panthers in scoring with 15 points off the bench vs. North Carolina (11/10) • Tied a career-high with three assists against the No. 9-ranked Tar Heels 3FG Made • Scored a team-high 20 points off the bench in a 72-66 exhibition win vs. UNC Pembroke Career 5 vs. Arizona St. (11/17/16) Season 4, three times

FT Made Career 6, two times Season 6 vs. Bradley (2/7/18)

FT Att. Career 11 vs. Bradley (2/7/18) Season 11 vs. Bradley (2/7/18)

Haldeman’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game Rebounds DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Career 6 at Drake (1/28/17) 11/10 at North Carolina 4-9 4-8 3-3 1-2-3 2 15 3 2 0 0 24 Season 5 at Evansville (1/31/18) 11/13 Alcorn State 3-3 2-2 1-2 0-2-2 2 9 1 5 0 0 19 11/15 Wartburg 0-5 0-5 5-7 0-3-3 0 5 0 1 0 2 20 Assists 11/18 Chicago State 1-2 1-2 0-1 0-1-1 1 3 1 1 0 0 11 Career 3, four times 11/22 vs. SMU 5-11 4-8 1-2 1-3-4 2 15 1 3 0 0 29 Season 3, three times 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 11/24 vs. Villanova 2-3 2-2 0-0 0-2-2 3 6 1 0 0 0 29 Steals 11/29 UNLV 2-5 1-4 2-2 0-3-3 2 7 1 0 0 1 34 Career 4 at Wyoming (12/3/16) 12/7 UT Arlington 4-7 2-4 0-2 1-1-2 1 10 2 0 0 1 17 Season 2, two times 12/10 Dubuque 2-4 2-3 3-3 0-1-1 1 9 1 2 0 2 15 12/16 vs. Iowa State 4-6 4-6 0-0 0-1-1 4 12 0 1 0 0 29 Blocks 12/22 Xavier 3-6 3-5 0-0 0-2-2 4 9 2 2 0 1 22 Career 1 at Loyola (1/4/17) 12/28 Southern Illinois DNP (back) Season none 12/31 at Bradley 3-5 2-4 1-1 0-0-0 1 9 2 0 0 2 15 1/4 at Missouri State 0-3 0-2 1-2 0-1-1 3 1 2 1 0 1 19 Minutes 1/7 Loyola 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-1-1 4 3 2 1 0 0 17 Career 37 at Bradley (1/1/17) 1/10 at Indiana State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Season 34 vs. UNLV (11/29/17) 1/13 Valparaiso 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-2-2 2 5 2 2 0 0 12 1/16 Drake 4-9 2-4 2-2 0-4-4 1 12 1 0 0 0 30 1/21 at Southern Illinois 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-0-0 1 3 1 1 0 0 18 1/24 Illinois State 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1/28 at Loyola 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 1/31 at Evansville 0-4 0-2 0-0 1-4-5 1 0 3 0 0 1 15 2/3 Indiana State 3-5 3-4 0-0 0-1-1 2 9 0 0 0 1 18 2/7 Bradley 1-4 1-3 6-11 0-0-0 2 9 1 2 0 1 25 2/10 at Drake 3-9 2-7 0-0 0-2-2 0 8 3 2 0 0 28 2/13 Evansville 0-4 0-3 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 2/17 at Illinois State 5-8 2-4 4-5 0-0-0 2 16 1 0 0 0 24

Haldeman’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2015-16 Redshirted 2016-17 30-8 68-192 .354 49-154 .318 43-50 .860 65-2.2 68 22 30 1 25 228-7.6 2017-18 27-0 54-131 .412 41-98 .418 29-43 .674 42-1.6 44 33 27 0 13 178-6.6 Totals 57-8 122-323 .378 90-252 .357 72-93 .774 107-1.9 112 55 57 1 38 406-7.1 28 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Wyatt Lohaus 6-2, 185, Jr., Guard #33 North Liberty, Iowa (Iowa City West)

• Ranks fourth on the team in scoring at 9.1 points per game W. Lohaus’s Career/Season Highs • Leading scorer in the MVC among players without a start Points • Has made a team-best 30 three-pointers in MVC play Career 25 vs. Bradley (2/7/18) • Has nine double-figure scoring games this season Season 25 vs. Bradley (2/7/18) • Scored a team-high 17 points, including four 3-pointers at Drake (2/10) • Knocked in six 3-pointers and scored 25 points in a 74-65 win over Bradley (2/7) FG Made • Poured in 14 points to go along with a career-high 8 rebounds vs. Illinois State (1/24) Career 7 vs. Bradley (2/7/18) • Scored a team-high 15 points off the bench at Southern Illinois (1/21) Season 7 vs. Bradley (2/7/18) • Sank 8-of-10 free throws in an 81-76 win over Valparaiso (1/13) • Tallied 12 points off the bench at Indiana State (1/10) 3FG Made • His three-pointer with :19.2 left started a 5-0 run to tie the game vs. the Sycamores Career 6 vs. Bradley (2/7/18) • Knocked in a trio of three-pointers vs. Loyola (1/7) Season 6 vs. Bradley (2/7/18) • Handed out a career-high five assists vs. No. 9-ranked Xavier (12/22) FT Made • Buried a pair of 3-pointers in the second half to tie the game vs. Xavier at 46-46 Career 8 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Scored a then career-high 16 points and grabbed five rebounds vs. Iowa State (12/16) Season 8 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Buried three 3-pointers and scored 11 points in an 80-47 win over Dubuque (12/10) • Dished out 3 assists and grabbed 3 rebounds vs. the Spartans FT Att. • Made his 2017-18 season debut vs. UTA after missing 28 games due to injuries Career 10 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Scored 2 points, grabbed 2 rebounds and added a steal vs. UT Arlington (12/7) Season 10 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Awarded a medical redshirt after suffering ankle injury early in the 2016-17 season • Played in six total games before sitting out the rest of the year Rebounds • 1 of 30 sets of brothers playing NCAA Division I basketball Career 8 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) Season 8 vs. Illinois State (1/24/18) W. Lohaus’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Assists 11/10 at North Carolina DNP Career 5 vs. Xavier (12/22/17) 11/13 Alcorn State DNP Season 5 vs. Xavier (12/22/17) 11/15 Wartburg DNP 11/18 Chicago State DNP Steals 11/22 vs. SMU DNP Career 3, two times 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. DNP Season 2 at Evansville (1/31/18) 11/24 vs. Villanova DNP 11/29 UNLV DNP Blocks 12/7 UT Arlington 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 0 2 0 1 0 1 11 Career none 12/10 Dubuque 4-8 3-4 0-0 0-3-3 1 11 3 0 0 1 17 Season none 12/16 vs. Iowa State 6-12 2-5 2-2 1-4-5 2 16 2 2 0 0 25 12/22 Xavier 3-8 2-3 1-2 0-4-4 3 9 5 1 0 0 21 Minutes 12/28 Southern Illinois 3-8 2-4 0-0 0-6-6 0 8 0 2 0 0 25 Career 41 vs. Oklahoma (11/18/16) 12/31 at Bradley 3-11 2-5 3-4 1-1-2 2 11 1 2 0 0 22 Season 35 at Evansville (1/31/18) 1/4 at Missouri State 1-5 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 1 3 1 0 0 1 18 1/7 Loyola 4-8 3-5 0-0 1-5-6 3 11 3 0 0 0 31 1/10 at Indiana State 4-9 2-4 2-2 0-1-1 2 12 3 1 0 0 29 1/13 Valparaiso 0-2 0-1 8-10 0-4-4 3 8 0 0 0 0 20 1/16 Drake 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 1 0 0 10 1/21 at Southern Illinois 5-9 4-6 1-2 0-3-3 1 15 1 3 0 0 23 1/24 Illinois State 4-7 2-3 4-6 0-8-8 0 14 1 0 0 0 28 1/28 Loyola 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-3-3 0 0 1 2 0 0 15 1/31 at Evansville 1-6 1-5 0-0 0-4-4 1 3 2 2 0 2 35 2/3 Indiana State 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 4 0 0 2 0 1 18 2/7 Bradley 7-11 6-9 5-6 0-4-4 3 25 1 0 0 0 25 2/10 at Drake 6-12 4-8 1-2 0-1-1 1 17 2 0 0 0 31 2/13 Evansville 2-7 2-5 0-0 0-2-2 4 6 1 2 0 1 30 2/17 at Illinois State 3-9 2-6 0-0 0-0-0 2 8 1 1 0 0 26

W. Lohaus’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2014-15 35-0 46-110 .418 17-36 .472 23-27 .852 41-1.2 33 23 19 0 20 132-3.8 2015-16 36-0 53-136 .390 18-56 .321 21-27 .778 56-1.6 39 36 31 0 13 145-4.0 2016-17 6-4 10-36 .278 4-16 .250 3-4 .750 13-2.2 8 2 3 0 3 27-4.5 2017-18 20-0 58-142 .408 37-80 .463 28-38 .737 60-3.0 33 28 22 0 7 181-9.1 Totals 97-4 167-424 .394 76-188 .404 75-96 .781 170-1.8 113 89 75 0 43 485-5.0 29 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Luke McDonnell 6-9, 212, So., Guard #34 Dubuque, Iowa (Dubuque Senior)

• Came off the bench and scored 4 points with a rebound and a block at Drake (2/10) McDonnell’s Career/Season Highs • Tied a season high with 4 points in a 74-65 win over Bradley (2/7) Points • Added two rebounds, assist, steal and a block vs. the Braves in 15 minutes of action Career 14 vs. Evansville (1/25/17) • Scored 4 points and grabbed two rebounds in an 82-44 win over Chicago State (11/18) Season 4, three times • Blocked a career-high three shots in a 72-43 win over Wartburg (11/15) FG Made • Grabbed two rebounds and blocked a shot at North Carolina (11/10) Career 6 vs. Loyola (1/18/17) Season 2, three times

3FG Made Career 2 at Bradley (1/11/17) Season none

FT Made Career 4 vs. Evansville (1/25/17) Season none

FT Att. Career 6 vs. Evansville (1/25/17) Season 2 vs. Chicago St. (11/18/17)

McDonnell’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game Rebounds DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Career 12 vs. Evansville (1/25/17) 11/10 at North Carolina 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 Season 3 vs. Dubuque (12/10/17) 11/13 Alcorn State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 11/15 Wartburg 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 1 2 0 1 3 1 6 Assists 11/18 Chicago State 2-2 0-0 0-2 0-2-2 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 Career 2 vs. Drake (1/15/17) 11/22 vs. SMU DNP Season 1, two times 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. DNP 11/24 vs. Villanova DNP Steals 11/29 UNLV 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 Career 2 vs. South Dakota St. (12/7/16) 12/7 UT Arlington DNP Season 1, three times 12/10 Dubuque 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0 2 0 0 1 0 8 12/16 vs. Iowa State DNP Blocks 12/22 Xavier DNP Career 3 vs. Wartburg (11/15/17) 12/28 Southern Illinois DNP Season 3 vs. Wartburg (11/15/17) 12/31 at Bradley DNP 1/4 at Missouri State 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Minutes 1/7 Loyola DNP Career 20, two times 1/10 at Indiana State DNP Season 15 vs. Bradley (2/7/18) 1/13 Valparaiso DNP 1/16 Drake DNP 1/21 at Southern Illinois DNP 1/24 Illinois State DNP 1/28 at Loyola 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1/31 at Evansville DNP 2/3 Indiana State DNP 2/7 Bradley 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 3 4 1 1 1 1 15 2/10 at Drake 2-3 0-1 0-1 0-1-1 0 4 0 0 1 0 5 2/13 Evansville DNP 2/17 at Illinois State DNP

McDonnell’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2015-16 Redshirted 2016-17 23-0 26-54 .481 8-23 .348 15-22 .682 51-2.2 25 4 18 10 6 75-3.3 2017-18 10-0 8-15 .533 0-4 .000 0-3 .000 13-1.3 6 2 3 7 3 16-1.6 Totals 33-0 34-69 .493 8-27 .296 15-24 .625 64-21.9 31 6 21 17 9 91-2.8 30 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL Austin Phyfe 6-9, 235, Fr., Forward #50 Waverly, Iowa (Waverly-Shell Rock)

• Shooting 19-of-29 (65.5 percent) from the field in MVC games Phyfe’s Career/Season Highs • Had a streak of 14 consecutive free throws made snapped vs. Indiana State (2/3) Points • Poured in 20 pts and 8 rbs in his first career start in an 81-76 win over Valparaiso (1/13) Career 20 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Went 6-of-7 from the field and 8-of-8 at the free throw line vs. the Crusaders Season 20 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Scored 6 pts and added 3 rbs at Indiana State (1/10) FG Made • Earned his first career steal vs. Iowa State (12/16) Career 6 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Scored 8 pts and grabbed 5 rbs in an 80-47 victory over Dubuque (12/10) Season 6 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) • Collected his first collegiate rebound in a 64-60 win over NC State (11/23) • Scored 2 pts and fouled out after 12 minutes of action at North Carolina (11/10) 3FG Made • Scored 7 pts, grabbed 5 rbs in a 72-66 exhibition win over UNC Pembroke Career none • No. 2 recruit in the state of Iowa - according to IowaPreps.com Season none • First-team all-state after leading the state in rebounding (337) FT Made • Father, Steve, played at basketball UNI from 1987-1990 Career 8 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) Season 8 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18)

FT Att. Career 8 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) Season 8 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) Phyfe’s 2017-18 Game-by-Game DATE OPPONENT FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-T PF PTS A TO B S MIN Rebounds 11/10 at North Carolina 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 5 2 0 1 0 0 12 Career 8 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) 11/13 Alcorn State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Season 8 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) 11/15 Wartburg DNP 11/18 Chicago State DNP Assists 11/22 vs. SMU 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 Career 1 vs. UT Arlington (12/7/17) 11/23 vs. North Carolina St. 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 3 2 0 0 0 0 11 Season 1 vs. UT Arlington (12/7/17) 11/24 vs. Villanova 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 11/29 UNLV 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 Steals 12/7 UT Arlington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 Career 1 vs. Iowa State (12/16/17) 12/10 Dubuque 4-5 0-0 0-0 2-3-5 2 8 0 2 0 0 16 Season 1 vs. Iowa State (12/16/17) 12/16 vs. Iowa State 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 3 2 0 1 0 1 7 12/22 Xavier 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Blocks 12/28 Southern Illinois 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 Career none 12/31 at Bradley 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-3-3 0 3 1 0 0 0 14 Season none 1/4 at Missouri State 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1/7 Loyola DNP Minutes 1/10 at Indiana State 2-2 0-0 2-3 2-1-3 3 6 0 0 0 0 11 Career 23 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) 1/13 Valparaiso* 6-7 0-0 8-8 4-4-8 4 20 0 3 0 0 23 Season 23 vs. Valparaiso (1/13/18) 1/16 Drake* 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 2 1 2 0 0 4 1/21 at Southern Illinois* 1-1 0-0 2-2 0-2-2 2 4 0 1 0 0 14 1/24 Illinois State* 3-3 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 3 6 0 1 0 0 12 1/28 at Loyola* 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 1 2 1 1 2 0 17 1/31 at Evansville* 0-1 0-0 2-2 2-0-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 2/3 Indiana State* 2-4 0-0 2-3 1-0-1 0 6 0 0 0 0 15 2/7 Bradley* 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2/10 at Drake* 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2/13 Evansville 1-2 0-0 4-6 1-2-3 1 6 1 0 0 0 10 2/17 at Illinois State 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

Phyfe’s Career Statistics Year G-GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Reb.-Avg. PF A TO B S Pts.-Avg. 2017-18 25-8 27-43 .628 0-1 .000 21-28 .750 43-1.7 38 5 12 2 1 75-3.0 31 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                           

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                           

     

                                                                   

          32 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

    

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                              

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics  UT Arlington vs UNI  12/07/17 7:07 p.m. at Cedar Falls, Iowa (McLeod Center)   UT Arlington 58 • 7-2    Total 3-Ptr Rebounds                ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min                                 01 Neal,Erick * 4-12 2-8 4-5 055114720135                 03 Hawkins,Nathan * 1-5 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 32                 05 Wilson,Kaelon * 3-7 2-4 2-2 0 3 3 3 10 2 2 0 0 29                                13 Hamilton,Johnny * 2-8 0-0 1-2 4 11 15 1 5 2 1 3 0 26                25 Hervey,Kevin * 7-19 3-10 0-0 055017120333                02 Bryant, DJ 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 6                04 Turner, Davion 3-3 2-2 0-0 0002 8000212                               15 Muirhead, Scott 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+                20 Harris,Julian 1-1 0-0 0-0 0112 20100 9                22 Kabadyundi,Link 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4                               23 Clarke, Mairega 0-0 0-0 0-0 0111 0010114                Team 3 1 4                Totals 21-56 9-28 7-9 8 27 35 14 58 12 13 3 10 200                  FG % 1st Half: 8-26 30.8% 2nd half: 13-30 43.3% Game: 21-56 37.5% Deadball               3FG % 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd half: 6-16 37.5% Game: 9-28 32.1% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 7-9 77.8% 2                               UNI 62 • 7-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds     ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min                02 Carlson, Klint * 8-13 6-8 2-2 033424140028                 04 Pickford, Tywhon * 2-5 0-2 2-2 0 7 7 0 6 3 0 0 2 35                 13 McCloud, Juwan * 3-8 2-5 0-2 0 2 2 2 8 2 3 0 1 31                                 24 Brown, Isaiah * 3-6 1-3 2-2 0 3 3 1 9 3 2 0 2 28                 25 Koch, Bennett * 1-6 0-0 1-2 1 6 7 1 3 0 2 0 0 37                03 Friedman, Ted 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+                21 Rhodes, Hunter 0-0 0-0 0-0 0001 0000110                               30 Haldeman, Spencer 4-7 2-4 0-2 1 1 2 1 10 2 0 0 1 17                33 Lohaus, Wyatt 1-3 0-2 0-0 0220 2010111                50 Phyfe, Austin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3                Team 0 3 3                               Totals 22-48 11-24 7-12 2 27 29 10 62 12 12 0 8 200                               FG % 1st Half: 12-24 50.0% 2nd half: 10-24 41.7% Game: 22-48 45.8% Deadball    3FG % 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd half: 6-13 46.2% Game: 11-24 45.8% Rebounds               FT % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 7-12 58.3% 2           Officials: Mike Stuart, Don Daily, K.B. Burdett Jr.           Technical fouls: UT Arlington-None. UNI-None.           Attendance: 3630  Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast   UT Arlington 25 33 58 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UTA 22 13 9 8 10 UNI 29 33 62 UNI 12 15 3 2 12                   Last FG - UTA 2nd-00:50, UNI 2nd-00:25. Score tied - 4 times.           Largest lead - UTA by 7 2nd-09:11, UNI by 9 1st-10:53. Lead changed - 7 times.       UTA led for 09:02. UNI led for 28:36. Game was tied for 02:22.      34 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                             

     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                             

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                           

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                           

     

                                                                   

         

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   37 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                

                                                                           

    

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            38 • UNI MEN’S BASKETBALL      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                           

                                                                             

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                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                        

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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