UPPER IOWA PEACOCK MEN’S BASKETBALL Contact Information: Zach Carlyle, Sports Communication Graduate Assistant || [email protected] || 563-425-5307 GAME 22 FRI, JAN. 19 - 8 P.M. 2017-18 SCHEDULE SIOUX FALLS, S.D. 10-11 (3-9 NSIC) Disney Tip-Off Classic Anaheim, Calif. 11/3 California State-San Bernardino W, 92-88 11/4 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 79-76 GAME 23 11/5 Humboldt State W, 60-55 AUGUSTANA SAT, JAN. 20 - 6 P.M. WAYNE STATE VIKINGS WILDCATS WAYNE, NEB. Hillyard Tip-Off Classic St. Joseph, Mo. THIS WEEK IN PEACOCK MEN’S BASKETBALL… 11/10 #1 Northwest Missouri State L, 89-65 Upper Iowa (10-11, 3-9 NSIC) will hit the road for the first time in the 2018 11/12 Missouri Western State L, 77-65 calendar year this weekend as they return to NSIC South division action. The Peacocks will head to Sioux Falls, S.D. to take on the Augustana Vikings on 11/15 Quincy W, 81-59 Friday, Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. before traveling to Wayne, Neb. to match up with the Wayne State Wildcats on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. Northwest Missouri State Tournament Maryville, Mo. PEACOCK STORYLINES... 11/17 Truman State W, 110-92 NSIC NORTH SPLIT: Last weekend in Fayette, the Peacocks split a pair of games 11/18 Metro State W, 68-64 against NSIC North division competition. UIU put together their best shooting effort of the season (58.8%) against St. Cloud State Friday night in an 84-74 11/25 *Winona State L, 90-80 victory, but then hit the other end of the spectrum in the loss to Minnesota 12/1 *Southwest Minnesota State L, 93-86 Duluth on Saturday. Upper Iowa shot just 38% from the floor in a 72-69 loss to UMD; the shooting percentage was the worst against NSIC competition this 12/2 *Sioux Falls L, 90-78 season for UIU. 12/8 *Concordia-St. Paul W, 85-75 12/9 *Minnesota State L, 86-83 CAREER NIGHTS: In the win over St. Cloud State, two Peacocks put together career nights in scoring. Freshman Joe Smoldt scored 26 points on 8-14 12/16 *Winona State L, 69-62 shooting from the field, including 6-11 from the three-point line. The Reinbeck, 12/19 Bethany Lutheran W, 94-89 Iowa native tallied his first 20-point effort of his young career, and has now 12/30 *Bemidji State W, 84-75 scored in double-figures in three straight games (14 vs. UMD Saturday). Smoldt 12/31 *Minnesota Crookston L, 98-79 has scored at least 10 points in 16 of the 21 games this season. Senior Mitch Eighme also put together a career night against SCSU, tallying 16 points on 1/5 *Sioux Falls L, 77-72 6-9 from the field. The Waterloo, Iowa native has now tallied five double-digit 1/6 *Southwest Minnesota State L, 86-84 scoring games in his career. 1/12 *St. Cloud State W, 84-74 1/13 *Minnesota Duluth L, 72-69 SO CLOSE: In the 2017-18 season, the Peacocks have been involved in 16 games decided by 10 points or less. UIU’s record in those games this year is 1/19 *Augustana 8 p.m. 9-7. In games decided by five points or less, the team is 5-4. The last three 1/20 *Wayne State 6 p.m. losses have been decided by a total of 10 points (5, 4, 3). UIU fell by just three 1/26 *UMary 8 p.m. points on Saturday to Minnesota Duluth. During the record-setting 2016-17 season, UIU was 14-6 in games decided by 10 points or less, and 9-3 in when 1/27 *(RV) Minot State 6 p.m. the difference is five or less. 2/2 *#6 Northern State 8 p.m. 2/3 *MSU Moorhead 6 p.m. HISTORY: Senior Carson Parker continues to add to his historic career at Upper 2/9 *Minnesota State 8 p.m. Iowa. CP3 has scored 1,280 points, which ranks 14th in program history. He needs just 15 points to pass former Peacock and current student assistant 2/10 *Concordia-St. Paul 6 p.m. coach Josh Weeber for 13th. Parker’s 531 rebounds rank 18th all time, and 2/16 *Wayne State 8 p.m. needs five to pass Mike King on the list. The senior has also tallied 420 career 2/17 *Augustana 6 p.m. assists. As a program, UIU is two wins away from 100 program wins in the Northern Sun Conference, a league they joined in 2006. BOLD = HOME || ITALICS = NEUTRAL SITE THE SERIES… *Northern Sun Conference Game vs. AUGUSTANA: The Vikings lead the all-time series 16-6 dating back to 1962. Twitter: #FeathersUp @UIUPeacocks Augustana won the first seven meetings, but the series has been much closer @PeacockHoops (7-5 AU) since 2012. Upper Iowa had dropped each of the last four games in the series before their 95-91 win on Jan. 20, 2017 in Fayette, but UIU then fell Facebook/Instagram: UIUPeacocks in overtime in the regular season finale, 92-87, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Snapchat: UIUPeacocks1 vs. WAYNE STATE: The Peacocks hold a 13-8 edge in the all-time series, but have dominated lately, picking up eight straight wins over the last four years Online: UIUPEACOCKS.COM and nine of the last ten overall. UIU topped WSC in Wayne, Neb. last season, UIUPeacocks.com offers the most complete 67-65. and comprehensive coverage of the Peacocks. 2017-18 NSIC MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS 2017-18 BY THE NUMBERS 2017 - 2018 PEACOCKS TV/RADIO ROSTER NORTH CONF OVERALL DIVISION STRK TEAM STATISTICS UIU OPP #6 Northern State 12-0 19-1 8-0 W18 SCORING 1657 1677 (RV) Minot State 10-2 16-2 6-2 W2 Points per game 78.9 79.9 St. Cloud State 7-4 11-6 6-1 L2 Scoring margin -1.0 - Minnesota Crookston 5-7 8-10 3-5 L4 FIELD GOALS-ATT 591-1255 598-1316 Minnesota Duluth 4-7 8-9 3-4 W2 Field goal pct .471 .454 Bemidji State 4-8 7-10 2-6 L1 3 POINT FG-ATT 168-452 178-484 MSU Moorhead 3-9 5-13 2-6 W1 3-point FG pct .372 .368 UMary 1-11 3-13 1-7 L2 3-pt FG made/game 8.0 8.5 SOUTH CONF OVERALL DIVISION STRK FREE THROWS-ATT 307-407 303-408 0 Minnesota State 9-2 13-4 7-0 W1 Free throw pct .754 .743 Southwest Minnesota State 9-3 13-5 5-3 W3 FT made per game 14.6 14.4 Sioux Falls 7-5 12-6 5-3 W2 REBOUNDS 706 763 Winona State 7-5 12-6 5-3 W4 Rebounds per game 33.6 36.3 Augustana 6-6 11-7 4-4 L1 Rebounding margin -2.7 - Wayne State 5-7 10-10 4-4 L3 ASSISTS 302 303 Upper Iowa 3-9 10-11 1-7 L1 Assists per game 14.4 14.4 Concordia-St. Paul 2-9 3-14 0-7 L1 TURNOVERS 265 260 Turnovers per game 12.6 12.4 Turnover margin -0.2 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 1.2 STEALS 124 120 AUGUSTANA VIKINGS Steals per game 5.9 5.7 5 NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN BLOCKS 65 57 1 Matt Cartwright G 6-4 Fr. Sioux Falls, S.D. Blocks per game 3.1 2.7 3 John Warren G 6-5 Jr. Hopkins, Minn. 4 Tayton Vincent G 6-3 Fr. Volga, S.D. 5 Levi Jansen G 6-2 So. Orange City, Iowa 10 Jameson Bryan G 5-10 Fr. Apple Valley, Minn. 11 Nolen Gerald G 6-3 Jr. Jamestown, N.C. 12 Andy Kerkman F 6-8 So. Clearwater, Neb. 21 Zac Stevenson G 6-4 So. Melbourne, Australia 23 Jordan Spencer G 6-2 Sr. Milton Keynes, England UIU STATISTICAL LEADERS 24 Steven Schaefer G 6-3 Sr. Rapid City, S.D. 30 Marcus Asmus F 6-7 Sr. Westminster, Colo. SCORING G Pts Pts/G 32 Bodey Behrends F 6-9 RFr. Lakefield, Minn. 35 Adam Dykman F 6-7 So. Fremont, Neb. Parker, Carson 21 347 16.5 Austin III, Dennis 20 260 13.0 23 Tom Billeter - Head Coach (15th Season) Smoldt, Joe 21 269 12.8 Collin Authier - Assistant Coach Chad Hettermann - Assistant Coach FIELD GOAL % Made Att FG % Cade Stackpool - Graduate Assistant Coach Okonkwo, Mu 81 127 .638 Austin III, Dennis 93 187 .497 Parker, Carson 116 236 .492 3-POINT FG % Made Att 3FG % WAYNE STATE WILDCATS Smoldt, Joe 60 140 .429 Parker, Carson 34 94 .362 NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN 1 Kendall Jacks G 6-4 Jr. Bettendorf, Iowa Blaue, Quentin 35 101 .347 2 Trevin Joseph Jr. G 6-3 Jr. McDonough, Ga. 3 Tyler Nagy G 5-10 Sr. Brookings, S.D. FREE THROW % Made Att FT % 5 Dovydas Burneika C 6-9 Sr. Klaipdea, Lithuania Parker, Carson 81 90 .900 10 Vance Janssen G 6-2 Jr. Blair, Neb. Smoldt, Joe 39 48 .813 11 Matt Thomas G 6-0 Sr. Elkhorn, Neb. 13 Austin Esters G 6-3 Sr. Bettendorf, Iowa Rowan, Kam 45 59 .763 15 Brian Goodwin G 6-5 Sr. Brooten, Minn. 20 Benjamin Dentlinger F 6-7 Fr. New London, Iowa REBOUNDS G Reb Reb/G 22 Jordan Cornelius F 6-7 Sr.