University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks Athletics Media Guides Athletics 1989 1988-89 Northern Iowa Basketball University of Northern Iowa Copyright ©1988-89 Athletics University of Northern Iowa Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/amg Part of the Higher Education Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Recommended Citation University of Northern Iowa, "1988-89 Northern Iowa Basketball" (1989). Athletics Media Guides. 151. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/amg/151 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Athletics at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Athletics Media Guides by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1988-89 Schedule Memorandum to Press UNI is lucky to be associated with an interested press that is DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME generous to the Panthers with its newspaper space, radio and Mon., Nov. 21 Yugoslavia (Exhib.) Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. Tue., Nov. 29 Augustana (SD) Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. television time and wire service coverage. We want to make the Fri., Dec. 2 Texas Wesleyan Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. reporters' visit to the UNI-Dome pleasant and productive. Our Tue., Dec. 6 at Iowa Iowa City, IA 7:00 p.m. press area in the UNI-Dome provides complete physical facilities Sat., Dec. 10 Jackson State (MS) Cedar Falls 2:30 p.m. for writers, broadcasters and photographers. Sat., Dec. 17 Youngstown State Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. Radio Broadcasts: Broadcasting rights to Northern Iowa Fri., Dec. 23 Dayton University Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. Wed. , Dec. 28 at Florida International Miami, FL 8:00 p.m. games are assigned by the Office of Sports Information. One free Fri., Dec. 30 at Southern Methodist Dallas, TX 7:30 p.m. reciprocal outlet is permitted opponent schools visiting Cedar Wed. , Jan. 4 at Iowa State Ames, IA 7:00 p.m. Falls. For permission to use the courtesy line, please contact Sat., Jan. 7 at Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, 7:30 p.m. Kelly Neff at KCFI Radio in Cedar Falls by phoning TX Tue. , Jan. 10 Wartburg Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. 319-277-1918. Additional stations must make line arrange­ Sat., Jan. 14 at Eastern Illinois* Charleston, IL 7:30 p.m. ments through the telephone company after receiving approval Mon ., Jan. 16 at Southwest Missouri Springfield, 7:05 p.m. from Sports Information. State* · MO · Telephones: One telephone is available on a first-come, first­ Wed. , Jan. 18 Northern Illinois Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. served basis at courtside, while others are available in the Sports Sat., Jan. 21 Cleveland State* Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. Mon. , Jan. 23 Valparaiso University* Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. Information office located on the West side of the UNI-Dome. Sat., Jan. 28 at Illinois at Chicago* Chicago, IL 2:30 p.m. Pay phones also are available in the concourses. Mon. , Jan. 30 at Wisconsin-Green Bay* Green Bay, WI 7:30 p.m. Press Requests: Requests for press accommodations should Sat., Feb. 4 Western Illinois* Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. be forwarded to the Sports Information Office well in advance of Tue., Feb. 7 Drake University Cedar "Falls 8:06 p.m. game dates. Press passes also serve as parking passes. Passes will Sat., Feb. 11 Eastern Illinois* Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. Tue., Feb. 14 Southwest Missouri State* Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. not be mailed, but will be left at the Northeast Entrance Will Sat., Feb. 18 at Cl eveland State* Cleveland, OH 7:30 p.m. Call window. Mon., Feb. 20 at Valparaiso University* Valparaiso, IN 7:30 p.m. Nancy Justis, Director Sat., Feb. 25 Illinois at Chicago* Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. Sports Information Mon., Feb. 27 Wisconsin-Green Bay* Cedar Falls 7:35 p.m. Sat., Mar. 4 at Western Illinois* Macomb, IL 7:30 p.m. UNI-Dome NW Upper Mon.-Wed. , at AMCU Tournament Springfield, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0314 Mar. 6-8 MO Office: (319) 273-6354 Home: (319) 277-3631 Kevin Kane, Assistant . .t "" JJ-;- Sports Information 1987-88 Results ;!~ · ~ · , " ,~Jt. Office: (319) 273-3642 .. ~ 1._• ~ Home: (319) 277-6828 Record: 10-18 Overall , 4-10 AMC U (tie-sixth place) 90 William Penn 62 (H) 126 Eastern Ill .• 40T 121 (H) 75 Iowa State 80 (H) 71 Western Ill.• 73 (H) Writers and broadcasters who cover Northern Iowa games at the 83 Dayton 88 (A) 82 Cl eveland St.• llO (A) UNI-Dome are invited to direct their requests for information to 93 Winona State 62 (H) 78 SW Missouri* 93 (H ) 71 Gonzaga (@) 67 (N) 81 Valparaiso• 77 (A) these fulltime publicity staff members: Nancy Justis and Kevin 77 Drake (@ ) 88 (A) 70 St. Louis 91 (H) Kane. Justis has been director since 1979. Kane was named 96 Mankato State 76 (H) 50 WI-Green Bay• 62 (H) 66 Northern Ill . 85 (A) 66 Eastern Ill.• 78 (A) assistant in June. 90 LSU (#) 80 (N) 63 Western Ill .* 66 (A) 56 Wisconsin (#) 64 (N) 81 Cleveland St.• OT 86 (H) 69 Ill -Chicago• OT 73 (A) 83 Northern Ill. 84 (H) 90 Morningside 74 (H) @-Heritage-Drake Classic, Des 67 SW Missouri* 75 (A) Moines, lA Editorial Staff 86 Valparaiso• 20T 80 (H) # -UNLV- Bud Light Classic, Las Nancy Justis, Kevin Kane 73 Evansville 88 (H) Vegas, NV 88 Ill -Chicago• 75 (H) *-AMC U Game Julie Schoeman, Secretary 51 WI-Green Bay• 69 (A) Published by the Department of Athletics University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0314 Cover/Contents The University of Northern Iowa is an equal opportunity edu­ cator and employer with a comprehensive plan for affirmative On the cover: Steve Phyfe was named to the AMCU All-New­ action. comer Team last season. 2 Outlook 35 From History 4 Staff 39 Yearly Review 6 Players 44 UNI-Dome Credits 18 Opponents 45 Management The University of Northern Iowa expresses appreciation for 29 Yearly Results 46 UNI Staff help in publishing this brochure to the staff at UNI Public with Opponents 48 AMCU Composite Relations, Don Honnold, Beth LaVelle, Bill Witt. Also to Dennis 30 1987-88 Results Schedule O'Grady of the Carroll (IA) Times Herald. Printed by J 'n' A Printing. Typesetting by Phototype America. UNI Facts Location: Cedar Falls, IA 50614 Founded: 1876 Enrollment: 11,500 Nickname: Panthers Colors: Purple and Old Gold Conference: Assoc. of Mid-Continent Univ. Affiliation: NCAA I President: Dr. Constantine Curris Dir. Athletics: Robert Bowlsby SID: Nancy Justis Assistant SID: Kevin Kane Trainer: Terry Noonan Basketball Facts Head Coach: Eldon Miller Assistant Coaches: Kevin Boyle, Kevin Lehman, Sam Skarich, Curt Gunnink Student Assistant: Mike Bailey 1987-88 Record: 10-18 AMCU Record: 4-10 (tie sixth) Starters Returning: 4 Lettermen Returning: 7 Arena: UNI-Dome Capacity: 10,000 The UNI Community UNI is an excellent choice for students who want the atmosphere of a smaller college but the faculty and resources of a larger university. UNI is student-oriented and makes you feel welcome and chal­ lenged while you earn your education with a minimum of hassle. Located in Cedar Falls, the campus has grown from a single building on a 40-acre site to more than 40 major buildings. Landmarks on the 723-acre campus include the Cam­ panile, the Education Center, Strayer­ Wood Theatre, Maucker University Union and the UNI-Dome. Special academic re­ sources include the 600,000-volume Uni­ versity Library, the Industrial Tech­ nology Center and the Communication Arts Center. The City of Cedar Falls is a pleasant and historic college town adja­ cent to Waterloo. Together, they are part of a major metropolitan area with a popu­ lation of more than 100,000. It is a center for manufacturing, finance, commerce and cultural activities in Northeast. Iowa . 1 Panther Outlook uperstitious folks like to say that played in only eight games, while pri­ progressed, winning a starting role over S" three's the charm". Northern marily running the scout team. McDermott at the latter part of the year. Iowa head coach Eldon Miller Eight lettermen are back for 1988-89, He sat out two years ago after transfer­ doesn 't seem much like the superstitious including Troy Muilenburg, a redshirt ring from Oral Roberts. He was named to type, but one of the things that excites last season who lettered the previous sea­ ' the league's all-Newcomer Team, tying him about the upcoming season is this, son. Included in those eight are four with Newby with a 9.4 scoring average. his third season at the helm with his third returning starters. Cox and Newby actually split starting recruiting class. In addition, five newcomers are vying time, with the former starting 13 games "A real plus for us this coming season for position, including one player who and Newby 12. is that six players will be eligible to play practiced with the Panthers last year, red­ The one other returning player is who weren't able to play last year, " Miller shirt freshman Nick Pace. sophomore forward Kent Pollpeter, who says. "Some of these young people will be "The combination of our frontline played in eight games a year ago. competing for playing time despite the players is a real strength for us and will Though Miller says he 'll probably fact we have a lot of veterans. We expect give us more depth than we 've ever had," redshirt several players, all may not nec­ to get help from our freshman class.