UPPER IOWA PEACOCK MEN’S BASKETBALL Contact Information: Zach Carlyle, Sports Communication Graduate Assistant || [email protected] || 563-425-5307 GAME 28 FRI, FEB. 9 - 8 P.M. 2017-18 SCHEDULE MANKATO, MINN. 14-13 (7-11 NSIC) Disney Tip-Off Classic Anaheim, Calif. 11/3 California State-San Bernardino W, 92-88 GAME 29 11/4 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 79-76 11/5 Humboldt State W, 60-55 (RV) MINNESOTA STATE SAT, FEB. 10 - 6 P.M. CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL ST. PAUL, MINN. MAVERICKS GOLDEN BEARS 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 (14-13, 7-11 NSIC) will return hit the road for the final time in 11/12 Missouri Western State L, 77-65 the regular season as they clash with a pair of NSIC South opponents. The Peacocks will meet the Mavericks of Minnesota State University on Friday, Feb. 11/15 Quincy W, 81-59 9 at 8 p.m. in Mankato, Minn. before heading to St. Paul to match up with the Golden Bears of Concordia University, St. Paul. Northwest Missouri State Tournament Maryville, Mo. PEACOCK STORYLINES... 11/17 Truman State W, 110-92 11/18 Metro State W, 68-64 FAYETTE SPLIT: The Peacocks picked up a big weekend split at home in Fayette last time out against the #14 Northern State Wolves and the MSU Moorhead 11/25 *Winona State L, 90-80 Dragons. After falling at the hands of NSU 93-80, Upper Iowa came back to top MSUM 91-78 to get back over .500 for the year. UIU put together its 12/1 *Southwest Minnesota State L, 93-86 biggest second half of the season in the win over the Dragons, scoring 58 in 20 12/2 *Sioux Falls L, 90-78 minutes on 71% shooting from the floor. 12/8 *Concordia-St. Paul W, 85-75 12/9 *Minnesota State L, 86-83 BROOKS BREAKING BARRIERS: With the win over MSU Moorhead, Head 12/16 *Winona State L, 69-62 Coach Brooks McKowen has now tallied 85 victories since becoming the Upper Iowa head man prior to the 2013 season. McKowen is two wins away 12/19 Bethany Lutheran W, 94-89 from tying legendary Peacock and Dorman Gymnasium namesake, John “Doc” 12/30 *Bemidji State W, 84-75 Dorman. Dorman, UIU’s first men’s basketball coach, won 87 games from 12/31 *Minnesota Crookston L, 98-79 1915-36. 1/5 *Sioux Falls L, 77-72 1/6 *Southwest Minnesota State L, 86-84 20-20 VISION: Freshman Joe Smoldt (#20) has now tallied more than 20 games this season with double-digit point totals. The Reinbeck, Iowa native 1/12 *St. Cloud State W, 84-74 has put together an impressive streak of nine straight games in double figures, 1/13 *Minnesota Duluth L, 72-69 including a 25-point night in the loss to Northern State Saturday. For the 1/19 *Augustana L, 86-69 season, Smoldt has tallied three 20-point performances, and is averaging 1/20 *Wayne State W, 84-76 13.9 points per game, good for second on the team. The three-point shot has 1/26 *UMary W, 92-86 (OT) played a big role, as Smoldt ranks second in the NSIC with a 44.3% shooting clip from outside. 1/27 *(RV) Minot State W, 98-88 2/2 *#14 Northern State L, 93-80 PLAYOFF POSITIONING: If the season ended today, Upper Iowa would finish in 2/3 *MSU Moorhead W, 91-78 the seventh spot of the NSIC South standings. However, the Peacocks are just 2/9 *(RV) Minnesota State 8 p.m. two games out of fifth in the division, and would then have a shot at a home 2/10 *Concordia-St. Paul 6 p.m. playoff game. With the new change to the format of the post-season, the seed with the better conference record would host in the first round of the 2018 2/16 *Wayne State 8 p.m. NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament. 2/17 *Augustana 6 p.m. 90 DEGREES: When the team heats up on offense and scores 90 points in a BOLD = HOME || ITALICS = NEUTRAL SITE game, good luck stopping the Peacocks. When Upper Iowa scores 90 points *Northern Sun Conference Game this season, UIU is a perfect 6-0, including wins in three of the last four games. Twitter: #FeathersUp @UIUPeacocks THE SERIES… @PeacockHoops vs. MINNESOTA STATE: The Peacocks trail the series 21-4, with three of the Facebook/Instagram: UIUPeacocks four wins coming last season. MSU topped UIU 86-83 in a thriller in Dorman Gym back on Dec. 9. Snapchat: UIUPeacocks1 Online: UIUPEACOCKS.COM vs. CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL: The series is tied all time 14-14, but the Peacocks UIUPeacocks.com offers the most complete have won six of the last seven games including a pair of wins last season and comprehensive coverage of the Peacocks. against the Golden Bears. Earlier this season, UIU topped CSP 85-75. 2017-18 NSIC MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS 2017-18 BY THE NUMBERS NORTH CONF OVERALL DIVISION STRK TEAM STATISTICS UIU OPP #12 Northern State 16-2 23-3 9-1 W2 SCORING 2172 2185 St. Cloud State 13-4 17-6 8-1 W6 Points per game 80.4 80.9 Minot State 11-7 17-7 7-3 L4 Scoring margin -0.5 - Bemidji State 7-11 10-13 3-7 L1 FIELD GOALS-ATT 780-1621 780-1711 Minnesota Crookston 6-12 9-15 3-7 L1 Field goal pct .481 .456 Minnesota Duluth 5-12 9-14 4-5 L5 3 POINT FG-ATT 217-570 234-629 MSU Moorhead 4-14 6-18 2-8 L3 3-point FG pct .381 .372 UMary 3-15 5-17 3-7 L4 3-pt FG made/game 8.0 8.7 SOUTH CONF OVERALL DIVISION STRK FREE THROWS-ATT 395-540 391-513 0 (RV) Minnesota State 15-3 19-5 10-0 L1 Free throw pct .731 .762 Southwest Minnesota State 13-5 17-7 6-4 W3 FT made per game 14.6 14.5 Sioux Falls 11-7 16-8 6-4 W3 REBOUNDS 905 985 Winona State 11-7 16-8 6-4 L1 Rebounds per game 33.5 36.5 Augustana 9-9 14-10 5-5 W1 Rebounding margin -3.0 - Wayne State 8-10 13-13 5-5 W1 ASSISTS 397 390 Upper Iowa 7-11 14-13 2-8 W1 Assists per game 14.7 14.4 Concordia-St. Paul 4-14 5-19 0-10 W1 TURNOVERS 330 326 Turnovers per game 12.2 12.1 Turnover margin -0.1 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 1.2 STEALS 159 148 (RV) MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS Steals per game 5.9 5.5 5 NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN BLOCKS 82 70 1 Jamal Nixon G 6-6 Fr. Oak Park, Ill. Blocks per game 3.0 2.6 2 Carlos Anderson G 6-4 Jr. Alton, Ill. 3 Frankie Mack G 6-3 Fr. Mount Prospect, Ill. 5 Carter Asche F 6-9 So. Raymond, Minn. 10 Cole Harper G 6-5 Jr. Springfield, Ill. 11 Charlie Brown G 6-1 Sr. Joplin, Mo. 13 Jay Knuth F 6-6 Jr. Johnston, Iowa 21 Cameron Kirksey F 6-6 So. Apple Valley, Minn. UIU STATISTICAL LEADERS 22 Karson Arrenholz G 6-1 Jr. Delavan, Ill. 25 Kevin Krieger G 6-6 So. Plainfield, Ill. SCORING G Pts Pts/G 32 Jake Guse F 6-8 Fr. Waseca, Minn. Parker, Carson 27 442 16.4 33 Chris Kendrix G 6-5 Sr. Springfield, Mo. Smoldt, Joe 27 375 13.9 34 Isaac Kreuer C 6-10 Sr. Harrisonville, Mo. 23 Austin III, Dennis 26 325 12.5 35 Noah Dendinger F 6-5 Fr. Somerset, Wis. Matt Margenthaler - Head Coach (17th Season) FIELD GOAL % Made Att FG % Mike Schott - Associate Head Coach Okonkwo, Mu 102 158 .646 Pat Garvin - Interim Assistant Coach Austin III, Dennis 119 237 .502 Parker, Carson 151 304 .497 3-POINT FG % Made Att 3FG % Smoldt, Joe 81 183 .443 CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL GOLDEN BEARS Parker, Carson 41 112 .366 NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN Blaue, Quentin 48 134 .358 0 Avan Ward G 6-0 So. Kansas City, Mo. 1 Brandon McRoy F 6-4 Jr. Chicago, Ill. FREE THROW % Made Att FT % 2 Ahmad Newsome G 6-2 Sr. East Lansing, Mich. Parker, Carson 99 113 .876 3 Elliot Kane G 6-2 Jr. Champlin, Minn. Smoldt, Joe 54 64 .844 4 Sam Siganos G 6-2 So. Sioux Falls, S.D. Rowan, Kam 66 89 .742 15 Kenny Holz G 6-2 Fr. Iola, Wis. 22 Evan Wesenberg F 6-6 Jr. Germantown, Wis. REBOUNDS G Reb Reb/G 23 Bryndan Matthews G 6-4 Jr. Eagan, Minn. Okonkwo, Mu 27 180 6.7 32 Max Keefe F 6-7 So. Germantown, Wis. Parker, Carson 27 162 6.0 33 Ted Brown C 6-10 So. West Des Moines, Iowa Austin III, Dennis 26 114 4.4 35 Cody Carlson F 6-9 Fr. Duluth, Minn. Joey James - Head Coach (4th Season) ASSISTS G Ast Ast/G Eric Johnson - Assistant Coach Parker, Carson 27 152 5.6 Roman Gentry - Assistant Coach Rowan, Kam 26 102 3.9 Alfred Jaryan - Assistant Coach Smoldt, Joe 27 57 2.1 2017 - 2018 PEACOCKS TV/RADIO ROSTER Parker Lange Sam Allen Trevor Wurzer Carson Parker Kam Rowan 0 G, 6-1, 175, Fr.