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HEAD COACH 2019-20 UNI Alma Mater: ...... North Dakota, ‘94 Career Record: ...... 266-168 (13 Years) Men’s Basketball Record at UNI: ...... Same Office Phone:...... 319-273-7609

ASSISTANT COACHES Kyle Green: ...... 15th Season (St. Thomas, ‘99) PJ Hogan: ...... 16th Season (UNI, ‘08) Erik Crawford: ...... 8th Season (Iowa State, ‘11)

SUPPORT STAFF Seth Tuttle...... Graduate Manager Don Bishop ...... Director of Athletic Training (19th season)

TEAM HISTORY First Year of Basketball : ...... 1900-01 SEASON PROSPECTUS All-Time Record: ...... 1,316-1,156 (117 seasons) Division I Record: ...... 623-562 University of Northern Iowa head coach Ben Jacobson personifies class and dignity on and NCAA Tournament Appearances: ...... 8 off the floor as the leader of the Panther men’s basketball team. As the UNI men’s basketball NIT Tournament Appearances ...... 1 program’s all-time wins leader, he boasts an overall record of 266-168 (.613 winning percentage) At-Large NCAA Tournament Bids: ...... 1 through 12 seasons. Jacobson has averaged 20.4 wins per season at UNI. Last Postseason Appearances: ...... 2016 (NCAA/2nd Rd) Jacobson has guided the Panthers to four NCAA Tournament appearances and four NCAA victories. Jacobson is a three-time MVC Coach of the Year and ranks fifth all-time in the MVC VENUE INFORMATION coaching victories with 266. He also ranks fifth in the league record book for MVC-only wins with Name: ...... McLeod Center 141 triumphs. Jacobson is the only coach in the history of the Missouri Valley Conference to have Arena Opened: ...... 2006 recorded two wins over two different No. 1-ranked teams (Kansas, North Carolina). Capacity: ...... 6,650 Largest Crowd: ...... 7,018 (North Carolina, 11/21/15) The Panthers return four starters from last season’s squad, including 3rd team All-MVC selection and Freshman of the Year AJ Green, All-Defensive Team member Isiah Brown, Most Improved Team member Luke McDonnell and the Co-Sixth Man of the Year Spencer Haldeman. 2018 All-Freshman team member Tywhon Pickford returns for his junior season as does the multi- UNIVERSITY INFORMATION talented Trae Berhow. Redshirt sophomore Austin Phyfe returns after illness forced him off the Location: ...... Cedar Falls, Iowa (41,390) court for the 2018-19 season. Founded: ...... 1876 Enrollment: ...... 10,600 The 2019 team looks to improve on its 16-18 finish from a year ago. While the Panthers Colors: ...... Purple & Old Gold struggled in the early portion of the season, the team rallied to win six of their last nine games Nickname: ...... Panthers and advanced to the MVC Championship game. Mascot: ...... TK Fight Song: ...... “UNI Fight” The 2018-19 season saw multiple UNI team records broken including team scoring (11th), field Affiliation: ...... NCAA Div. I goals attempted (5th), three point field goals made (3rd), three point field goals attempted (2nd), Conference: ...... Missouri Valley and percentage (8th). AJ Green’s season ended with his name added to the record President: ...... Dr. Mark Nook book in three separate categories, field goals attempted (T-5th), three point field goals attempted Athletic Director: ...... David Harris (T-6th), and free throw percentage (5th). Senior Women’s Administrator:...... Christina Roybal Sports Information Director...... Nick Harvey The Panthers bring in six talented freshman that are expected to raise the level of play. Antwan Kimmons is the lone out of state signee in his recruiting class, coming from Tartan High School in Minnesota. Cole Henry came by way of Oskaloosa High school where he led his team to a state runner-up finish. Freshman Logan Wolf will play in front of a home crowd, coming from Cedar Falls High School. Wolf is a two sport athlete at UNI, playing both football and basketball. Evan Gauger will add depth at guard, the Indianola High School graduate earned second team all-state honors his senior season. Derek Krogman and James Betz will each add competition to the field of forwards on the roster. Freshman Noah Carter showed off his athletic ability on the team’s trip to Italy this summer and will also add depth at a talented forward position.

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2018-19 MEN’S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Prev. School 1 Cole Henry F 6-9 215 Fr. Oskaloosa, Iowa / Oskaloosa No. Name 3 Tywhon Pickford G 6-4 202 Jr. Minneapolis, Minn. / Maple Grove 11 Berhow, Trae 4 AJ Green G 6-4 175 So. Cedar Falls, Iowa / Cedar Falls 32 Betz, James 10 Logan Wolf G 6-4 220 Fr. Cedar Falls, Iowa / Cedar Falls 24 Brown, Isaiah 11 Trae Berhow G 6-5 195 Jr. Mayer, Minn. / Watertown-Mayer 35 Carter, Noah 12 Lincoln Conrey F 6-5 203 R-Sr. Waterloo, Iowa / Waterloo West 12 Conrey, Lincoln 13 Evan Gauger G 6-2 175 Fr. Indianola, Iowa / Indianola 15 Dahl, Justin 15 Justin Dahl C 7-0 261 R-Sr. Carver, Minn. / Holy Family 13 Gauger, Evan 20 Shandon Goldman F 6-10 220 Sr. Evansville, Ark. / Lincoln 20 Goldman, Shandon 22 Antwan Kimmons G 5-10 185 Fr. Oakdale, Minn. / Tartan 4 Green, AJ 23 Derek Krogmann F 6-7 230 Fr. West Delaware, Iowa / Delaware 30 Haldeman, Spencer 24 Isaiah Brown G 6-7 180 Sr. Flower Mound, Texas / Flower Mound 1 Henry, Cole 30 Spencer Haldeman G 6-1 175 R-Sr. Peosta, Iowa / Western Dubuque 22 Kimmons, Antwan 32 James Betz F 6-6 215 Fr. Ventura, Iowa / Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 34 McDonnell, Luke 34 Luke McDonnell F 6-9 212 R-Sr. Dubuque, Iowa / Dubuque Senior 50 Phyfe, Austin 35 Noah Carter F 6-6 230 Fr. Dubuque, Iowa / Dubuque Senior 3 Pickford, Tywhon 50 Austin Phyfe F 6-9 235 Jr. Waverly, Iowa / Waverly-Shell Rock 10 Wolf, Logan

COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF Head Coach:Ben Jacobson (North Dakota 94’) Associate Head Coach: Kyle Green (Hamline, 92’) Assistant Coach: P.J. Hogan (Morningside, ‘99) Assistant Coach: Erik Crawford (UNI, ‘07) Athletic Trainer: Don Bishop (Upper Iowa, ‘92)

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STARTERS RETURNING (4) HT CL POS GP/GS PPG RPG APG MPG AJ Green 6-4 So. G 34/34 15.0 3.0 2.2 29.9 Isaiah Brown 6-7 Sr. F 34/31 7.3 3.8 1.6 28.3 Luke McDonnell 6-9 R-Sr. F 34/34 7.5 4.4 1.9 22.9 Trae Berhow 6-5 Jr. G 34/33 7.7 6.1 0.5 26.5 OTHERS RETURNING (6) HT CL POS GP/GS PPG RPG APG MPG Spencer Haldeman 6-1 R-Sr. G 34/0 7.5 2.0 1.1 21.7 Austin Phyfe 6-9 R-So. F 7/0 2.6 1.6 0.2 9.6 Lincoln Conrey 6-5 R-Sr. F 7/0 1.4 0.3 0.1 2.1 Justin Dahl 7-0 R-Sr. C 27/0 2.5 2.4 0.4 9.3 Tywhon Pickford 6-4 Jr. G 29/4 4.0 3.7 0.8 20.0 Shandon Goldman 6-10 Sr. F 20/0 3.5 3.2 0.6 13.8 LETTERWINNERS LOST (2) HT CL POS GP/GS PPG RPG APG MPG Wyatt Lohaus 6-2 Sr. G 34/28 10.3 2.5 2.2 29.4 Miles Wentzien 6-3 Sr. G 14/6 3.7 2.4 0.8 14.6 NEWCOMERS (6) POS HT YR HOMETOWN/PREV SCHOOL 1 Cole Henry F 6-9 Fr. Oskaloosa, Iowa/ Oskaloosa 10 Logan Wolf G 6-4 Fr. Cedar Falls, Iowa/ Cedar Falls 13 Evan Gauger G 6-2 Fr. Indianola, Iowa/ Indianola 22 Antwan Kimmons G 5-10 Fr. Oakdale, Minn,/ Tartan 23 Derek Krogmann F 6-7 Fr. West Delaware, Iowa / Delaware 32 James Betz F 6-6 Fr. Ventura, Iowa/ Garner-Hayfield-Ventura

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The Automated ScoreBook UNI Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 10, 2019) All games

Overall record: 16-18 Conf: 9-9 Home: 9-5 Away: 3-9 Neutral: 4-4

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 04 Green, AJ 34-34 101 29.9184-449 . 4 1 71-204 . 3 4 70-81 . 8 6 13 90 103 3.0 69 1 77 94 2 21 509 15.0 22 Lohaus, Wyatt 34-28 100 29.4128-308 . 4 1 45-129 . 3 4 50-64 . 7 8 12 73 85 2.5 42 0 51 43 1 23 351 10.3 11 Berhow, Trae 34-33 900 26.5 88-210 . 4 1 49-122 . 4 0 38-50 . 7 6 36 171 207 6.1 89 2 19 38 4 13 263 7.7 34 McDonnell, Luke 34-34 780 22.9 90-176 . 5 1 16-38 . 4 2 59-93 . 6 3 64 85 149 4.4 99 2 63 46 18 22 255 7.5 30 Haldeman, Spenc 34-0 737 21.7 73-199 . 3 6 51-144 . 3 5 58-67 . 8 6 4 63 67 2.0 52 1 38 30 5 25 255 7.5 24 Brown, Isaiah 34-31 962 28.3 86-219 . 3 9 27-89 . 3 0 49-60 . 8 1 11 118 129 3.8 86 2 55 53 14 35 248 7.3 03 Pickford, Tywhon 29-4 581 20.0 43-100 . 4 3 3-12 . 2 5 28-42 . 6 6 32 75 107 3.7 20 0 25 23 4 8 117 4.0 10 Wentzien, Miles 14-6 205 14.6 15-35 . 4 2 4-14 . 2 8 18-26 . 6 9 11 22 33 2.4 10 0 12 12 1 3 52 3.7 20 Goldman, Shando 20-0 275 13.8 22-65 . 3 3 9-31 . 2 9 16-29 . 5 5 17 46 63 3.2 37 1 12 17 9 2 69 3.5 50 Phyfe, Austin 7-0 67 9.6 8-15 . 5 3 0-2 . 0 0 2-5 . 4 0 5 6 11 1.6 16 0 6 7 0 2 18 2.6 15 Dahl, Justin 27-0 250 9.3 29-57 . 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 10-16 . 6 2 15 51 66 2.4 31 0 11 20 17 10 68 2.5 12 Conrey, Lincoln 7-0 15 2.1 3-7 . 4 2 1-3 . 3 3 3-4 . 7 5 1 1 2 0.3 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 1.4 05 Haynes, Malik 4-0 4 1.0 0-4 . 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 1 0 1 0.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 02 Holterhaus, Donov 3-0 7 2.3 0-3 . 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 3 1 4 1.3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 Team 41 45 86 9 Total...... 34 6800 769-184 . 4 1 276-792 . 3 4 401-537 . 7 4 266 847 111 32.7 554 9 371 393 75165 221 65.1 Opponents...... 34 6798 793-180 . 4 4 233-691 . 3 3 411-571 . 7 2 247 868 111 32.8 546 - 388 412 82221 223 65.6

TEAM STATISTICS UNI OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2215 2230 11/02/18 BEMIDJI STATE W 97-51 3392 Points per game 65.1 65.6 11/10/18 at UT Arlington L 65-74 3789 Scoring margin -0.4 - 11/16/18 vs Penn Quakers L 71-78 0 FIELD GOALS-ATT 769-1847 793-1803 11/17/18 vs Eastern Kentucky W 90-85 1253 pct . 4 1 6 . 4 4 0 11/19/18 vs Old Dominion W 54-53 886 3 POINT FG-ATT 276-792 233-691 11/23/18 at Old Dominion L 65-72 5529 3-point FG pct . 3 4 8 . 3 3 7 11/28/18 at Utah State L 52-71 5134 3-pt FG made per gam 8.1 6.9 12/01/18 vs South Dakota St. L 50-82 3184 FREE THROWS-ATT 401-537 411-571 12/08/18 DUBUQUE W 75-67 3465 Free throw pct . 7 4 7 . 7 2 0 12/15/18 vs Iowa L 54-77 12236 F-Throws made per ga 11.8 12.1 12/19/18 GRAND CANYON L 62-73 3395 REBOUNDS 1113 1115 12/22/18 NORTH DAKOTA W 64-62 3627 Rebounds per game 32.7 32.8 12/19/18 STONY BROOK L 63-73 3416 Rebounding margin -0.1 - * 01-02-19 at Bradley W 65-47 5252 ASSISTS 371 388 * 01/05/19 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L 51-58 3815 Assists per game 10.9 11.4 * 01/08/19 at Illinois State L 69-70 4107 TURNOVERS 393 412 * 01/13/19 W 57-54 4361 Turnovers per game 11.6 12.1 * 01/16/19 INDIANA STATE W 69-64 3697 Turnover margin +0.6 - * 01/19/19 at Valparaiso L 66-75 3160 /turnover ratio 0.9 0.9 * 1/23/19 at Southern Illinois L 62-70 4419 STEALS 165 221 * 01/26/19 EVANSVILLE W 81-74 3923 Steals per game 4.9 6.5 * 01/30/19 at Loyola Chicago L 60-61 3011 BLOCKS 75 82 * 02/02/19 MISSOURI STATE W 64-59 4178 Blocks per game 2.2 2.4 * 02/06/19 BRADLEY L 71-79 3841 ATTENDANCE 53924 98183 * 02-09-19 at Drake University L 77-83 5632 Home games-Avg/Gam 14-3852 12-4725 * 2/13/19 ILLINOIS STATE W 77-64 3710 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 8-5186 * 2/17/19 at Evansville W 73-58 6148 * 02/20/19 at Missouri State W 63-43 6751 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals * 02/23/19 VALPARAISO W 64-53 4058 UNI 10531162 2215 * 02/27/19 LOYOLA CHICAGO L 55-56 5046 Opponents 10191211 2230 * 03/02/19 at Indiana St. L 54-71 3764 3/8/19 vs Southern Illinois W 61-58 7936 3/9/19 vs Drake W 60-58 7884 3/10/19 vs Bradley L 54-57 8108

* = Conference game

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The Automated ScoreBook UNI Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 10, 2019) Conference games only

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 9-9 6-3 3-6 0-0 CONFERENCE 9-9 6-3 3-6 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 04 Green, AJ 18-18 542 30.1103-239 . 4 3 36-100 . 3 6 33-38 . 8 6 3 43 46 2.6 26 0 39 50 0 9 275 15.3 30 Haldeman, Spenc 18-0 439 24.4 52-120 . 4 3 36-85 . 4 2 45-50 . 9 0 1 38 39 2.2 29 0 19 20 2 16 185 10.3 22 Lohaus, Wyatt 18-15 533 29.6 57-150 . 3 8 22-63 . 3 4 26-33 . 7 8 8 37 45 2.5 22 0 24 23 0 8 162 9.0 24 Brown, Isaiah 18-18 550 30.6 55-126 . 4 3 15-47 . 3 1 21-24 . 8 7 7 63 70 3.9 47 1 29 30 11 27 146 8.1 34 McDonnell, Luke 18-18 469 26.1 50-103 . 4 8 9-24 . 3 7 34-52 . 6 5 34 48 82 4.6 61 2 44 25 11 14 143 7.9 11 Berhow, Trae 18-17 486 27.0 45-105 . 4 2 26-59 . 4 4 17-22 . 7 7 23 91 114 6.3 47 2 8 15 3 7 133 7.4 03 Pickford, Tywhon 14-1 292 20.9 21-38 . 5 5 1-1 1.000 22-33 . 6 6 19 38 57 4.1 15 0 14 8 1 5 65 4.6 10 Wentzien, Miles 3-3 64 21.3 4-11 . 3 6 1-4 . 2 5 2-6 . 3 3 8 7 15 5.0 2 0 5 3 0 0 11 3.7 15 Dahl, Justin 18-0 170 9.4 21-35 . 6 0 0-0 . 0 0 6-11 . 5 4 5 36 41 2.3 22 0 6 17 13 8 48 2.7 20 Goldman, Shando 7-0 55 7.9 4-14 . 2 8 2-9 . 2 2 0-0 . 0 0 3 9 12 1.7 11 0 4 2 0 0 10 1.4 12 Conrey, Lincoln 2-0 0 0.0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 02 Holterhaus, Donov 1-0 0 0.0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 05 Haynes, Malik 2-0 0 0.0 0-1 . 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 15 20 35 4 Total...... 18 3600 412-942 . 4 3 148-393 . 3 7 206-269 . 7 6 126 431 557 30.9 282 5 192 197 41 94 117 65.4 Opponents...... 18 3600 408-911 . 4 4 118-333 . 3 5 205-287 . 7 1 126 435 561 31.2 271 - 185 219 45119 113 63.3

TEAM STATISTICS UNI OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1178 1139 * 01-02-19 at Bradley W 65-47 5252 Points per game 65.4 63.3 * 01/05/19 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L 51-58 3815 Scoring margin +2.2 - * 01/08/19 at Illinois State L 69-70 4107 FIELD GOALS-ATT 412-942 408-911 * 01/13/19 DRAKE UNIVERSITY W 57-54 4361 Field goal pct . 4 3 7 . 4 4 8 * 01/16/19 INDIANA STATE W 69-64 3697 3 POINT FG-ATT 148-393 118-333 * 01/19/19 at Valparaiso L 66-75 3160 3-point FG pct . 3 7 7 . 3 5 4 * 1/23/19 at Southern Illinois L 62-70 4419 3-pt FG made per gam 8.2 6.6 * 01/26/19 EVANSVILLE W 81-74 3923 FREE THROWS-ATT 206-269 205-287 * 01/30/19 at Loyola Chicago L 60-61 3011 Free throw pct . 7 6 6 . 7 1 4 * 02/02/19 MISSOURI STATE W 64-59 4178 F-Throws made per ga 11.4 11.4 * 02/06/19 BRADLEY L 71-79 3841 REBOUNDS 557 561 * 02-09-19 at Drake University L 77-83 5632 Rebounds per game 30.9 31.2 * 2/13/19 ILLINOIS STATE W 77-64 3710 Rebounding margin -0.2 - * 2/17/19 at Evansville W 73-58 6148 ASSISTS 192 185 * 02/20/19 at Missouri State W 63-43 6751 Assists per game 10.7 10.3 * 02/23/19 VALPARAISO W 64-53 4058 TURNOVERS 197 219 * 02/27/19 LOYOLA CHICAGO L 55-56 5046 Turnovers per game 10.9 12.2 * 03/02/19 at Indiana St. L 54-71 3764 Turnover margin +1.2 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.0 0.8 * = Conference game STEALS 94 119 Steals per game 5.2 6.6 BLOCKS 41 45 Blocks per game 2.3 2.5 ATTENDANCE 36629 42244 Home games-Avg/Gam 9-4070 9-4694 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals UNI 549 629 1178 Opponents 520 619 1139

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DATE OPPONENT LOCATION Nov 5 (Tue) vs. Old Dominion University Cedar Falls, Iowa Nov 9 (Sat) @ Northern Illinois University Dekalb, Il Nov 13 (Wed) vs. UC Bakersfield Cedar Falls, IA Cancun Challenge Nov 16 (Sat) vs. University of Northern Colorado Cedar Falls, IA Nov 19 (Tue) vs. University of Tennessee at Martin Cedar Falls, IA Nov 20 (Wed) vs. Cornell College Cedar Falls, IA Cancun Challenge Nov 26 (Tue) vs. West Virginia University Cancun, Mexico Nov 27 (Wed) TBA Cancun, Mexico Dec 2 (Mon) vs. Luther College Cedar Falls, IA Dec 10 (Tue) @ University of Colorado Boulder, CO Dec 12 (Thu) @ Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ Dec 22 (Sun) vs. Marshall University Cedar Falls, IA Dec 31 (Tue) @ Illinois State University Normal, IL Jan 4 (Sat) vs. Cedar Falls, IA Jan 7 (Tue) vs. Cedar Falls, IA Jan 11 (Sat) @ Missouri State University Springfield, MO Jan 15 (Wed) vs. Cedar Falls, IA Jan 18 (Sat) @ Bradley University Peoria, IL Jan 22 (Wed) @ Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL Jan 26 (Sun) vs. Loyola University - Chicago Cedar Falls, IA Jan 29 (Wed) vs. Missouri State University Cedar Falls, IA Feb 1 (Sat) @ Evansville, IN Feb 5 (Wed) @ Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN Feb 8 (Sat) vs. Drake University Cedar Falls, IA Feb 12 (Wed) vs. Illinois State University Cedar Falls, IA Feb 15 (Sat) @ Loyola University - Chicago Chicago, IL Feb 20 (Thu) @ Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN Feb 23 (Sun) vs. Southern Illinois University Cedar Falls, IA Feb 26 (Wed) vs. University of Evansville Cedar Falls, IA Feb 29 (Sat) @ Drake University Des Moines, IA State Farm MVC Tournament Mar 5-8 TBA St. Louis, MO

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The 2009-10 UNI Men’s Basketball team is the most successful team in program history with the deepest run into the NCAA Tournament, but most Panther fans define that team by the upset over Overall No. 1 seed Kansas in the second round of March Madness.

The Panthers went 30-5 overall in the season, including a 15-game win streak, and a 15-3 record in Missouri Valley Conference play to run away with the regular-season title. UNI captured wins over Old Dominion, Boston College, Iowa State and Iowa in the regular season and rolled through the MVC tournament, winning by at least 15 points in each game.

The Panthers earned the No. 9 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA tournament and opened with a 69-66 win over UNLV in the in Oklahoma City. The Panthers faced the heavily favored Jayhawks in the second round but didn’t back down. UNI controlled the game from the opening tip, building an early 10-2 lead. KU couldn’t muster a response until the final minutes. When they did climb back into the game, their hopes were dashed by Ali Farokhmanesh and one of the gutsiest shots in NCAA tournament history, a dagger three-pointer with 30 seconds left on the shot clock and just 37 seconds to play. The win propelled UNI to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history where they fell to Michigan State in a hard-fought battle.

Adam Koch was named the Missouri Valley Larry Bird Trophy (MVP) winner and the Eagle Bank & Trust Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Lucas O’Rear earned the Sixth-Man Award and coach Ben Jacobson was named the MVC Coach of the Year. Koch was named to the MVC First Team and Jordan Eglseder was named to the Second Team. Kwadzo Ahelegbe was named to the All-Defensive Team

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