UPPER IOWA PEACOCK MEN’S BASKETBALL Contact Information: Sam Whipple, Sports Communication Graduate Assistant [email protected]@uiu.edu 2018-19 SCHEDULE GAMES 19 & 20 | VS. SIOUX FALLS(8-4) FRI 7:30PM | VS. SW MINNESOTA (5-7) SAT 5:30PM (6-12, 3-9 NSIC) Hillyard Tip-Off Classic 11/9 #5 Northwest Missouri St L 59-76 11/10 @Missouri Western State L67-75 11/16 Quincy W 104-92 Drury Thanksgiving Tournament 11/23 @Drury University W 83-78 This Week In Peacocks Basketball... After suffering a pair of setbacks last weekend 11/24 Missouri S&T W 91-87 to Bemidji State and UM Crookston, the Upper Iowa men’s basketball team returns home to Dorman Gym to square off against the Sioux Falls Cougars and Southwest 12/1 @Winona State* L 50-72 Minnesota State Mustangs. The Peacocks will tip off against the Cougars on Friday night at 7:30pm followed by the Mustangs on Saturday at 5:30pm. 12/7 Wayne State* L 56-83 Friday night is Throwback Night in Dorman; fans are encouraged to dress up from 12/8 Augustana* L 76-91 their favorite decade while the Peacocks host the Cougars. This weekend also marks the UIU Basketball Reunion Weekend. Former Peacock hoopsters are invited to the 12/14 @Concordia-St. Paul* W 89-73 games as well as pregame shoot-arounds on Saturday. Watch the games from the 12/15 @Minnesota State* W 80-74 VIP Suite with complimentary food and cash bar. At halftime of each game, alumni basketball players will be recognized. 12/19 @ #15 Missouri Southern L 90-105 It’s a Slam Dunk… Don’t Drive Drunk… The NSIC and Upper Iowa have designated 12/30 Winona State* W 82-76 this weekend as our It’s a Slam Dunk… Don’t Drive Drunk weekend to raise awareness about drunk driving. The Upper Iowa Student-Athlete Advisory Committee members 1/4 Northern State* L 73-102 will be collecting signatures from fans pledging not to drive drunk. This campaign started in 2013 to commemorate Drake Bigler, the five-month-old son of Southwest 1/5 Minnesota Moorhead* L 95-99 Minnesota State University Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Bigler, who was killed by a drunk driver. Please help UIU and the NSIC and pledge not to drive drunk. 1/11 @Augustana* L 85-94 Moving Up the Ranks… After knocking down 15 three-pointers against Bemidji 1/12 @Wayne State* L 81-84 State and 11 against Minnesota Crookston, the Peacocks move into NCAA Division II’s fourth-ranked position for made three-pointers. In their 18 games this season, 1/18 @Bemidji State* L 90-93 UIU has connected on 212 of their 521 long-range attempts. Upper Iowa trails the national leader, UC San Diego, by only 17 three-pointers. The team is led by Jareese 1/19 @Minnesota Crookston* L 69-100 Williams (51-106) and Joe Smoldt (44-130) in made three-pointers, while Chris 1/25 Sioux Falls* 7:30 p Olson (31-58) leads the team in three-point percentage at 53.4%. Both Kyle Haber and Jackson Joens have knocked down 27 trifectas apiece. 1/26 Southwest Minnesota* 5:30 p Picking Up the Slack… In the games where the Peacocks have been below their 2/1 @St. Cloud State* 7:30 p season average of 11.8 three-pointers a game, Munachiso Okonkwo has been there to pick up his teammates. UIU has been short of the double-digit mark for three- 2/2 @Minnesota Duluth* 5:30 p pointers in just eight games. In those games, Okonkwo has dominated the paint, averaging 13.9 points including a 31-point explosion at Wayne State College. For the 2/8 UMary* 7:30 p year, the senior center is averaging 12 points a game, while against Northern Sun Conference opponents the average goes up nearly a point to 12.7. 2/9 Minot State* 5:30 p About the Opponents... 2/15 @Southwest Minnesota* 7:30 p Sioux Falls Cougars… The Cougars will come to Fayette with a 13-5 record overall and an 2/16 @Sioux Falls* 5:30 p 8-4 mark in the NSIC after winning five of their last six. Sioux Falls have benefited from the 2/22 Minnesota State* 7:30 p success of senior guard Trevon Evans. Evans is a two-time NSIC Player of the Week and his 433 points ranks third in the Northern Sun and sixth in Division II. The Cougars are also 2/23 Concordia-St. Paul* 5:30 p a force on the boards leading the NSIC in offensive rebounds per game (13.6), defensive rebounds per game (29.8), and rebounding margin (+11.4). Twitter: #FeathersUp Against the Cougars… The Peacocks hold a slight advantage over the Cougars in the all- @UIUPeacocks time series at 7-5. The Cougars have found success against UIU recently, sweeping last year’s series including a narrow 5-point victory in Dorman last January. @PeacockHoops Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs… Currently sitting in fifth place in the NSIC South Facebook: UIU Peacocks with a record of 10-8 and 5-7 in the NSIC. The Mustangs are led by senior guard Ryan Bruggeman, who leads the NSIC in both scoring (24.4) and steals (2.0). Bruggeman has been named the NSIC’s Player of the Week three times so far this season. Upper Iowa Online: UIUPEACOCKS.COM will also need to contain senior guard Taylor Schafer (12.5) and sophomore Kenny Byers UpperIowaAthletics.com offers the most (10.7) who join Bruggeman in double-figure scoring. complete and comprehensive coverage of the Against the Mustangs… In the 27 all-time meetings between the UIU and SMSU men’s Peacocks. basketball programs, the Mustangs hold the record 19-8. However, in the last ten match ups the Peacocks have gotten the best of the Mustangs, posting a 6-4 record. 2018-19 NSIC STANDINGS NORTH CONF PCT O’ALL PCT DIV PCT STK 2018-19 BY THE NUMBERS... Northern State 10-2 0.833 14-4 0.778 7-1 0.875 L1 TEAM STATISTICS UIU OPP MSU Moorhead 8-4 0.667 14-6 0.700 5-3 0.625 L1 SCORING 1420 1555 St. Cloud State 8-4 0.667 13-5 0.722 5-3 0.625 W1 Points per game 78.9 86.4 Minnesota Duluth 7-5 0.583 10-6 0.625 5-3 0.625 W3 Scoring margin -7.5 - Minnesota Crookston 6-6 0.500 13-8 0.619 4-4 0.500 W3 FIELD GOALS-ATT 494-1101 576-1226 U-Mary 4-8 0.333 7-11 0.389 4-4 0.500 L3 Field goal pct .449 .470 Minot State 3-9 0.250 8-13 0.381 1-7 0.125 W1 Bemidji State 2-10 0.167 5-11 0.313 1-7 0.125 L1 3 POINT FG-ATT 212-521 186-498 3-point FG pct .407 .373 SOUTH CONF PCT O’ALL PCT DIV PCT STK 3-pt FG made per game 11.8 10.3 Wayne State 9-3 0.750 14-4 0.778 6-2 0.750 W1 FREE THROWS-ATT 220-291 217-283 Sioux Falls 8-4 0.667 13-5 0.722 6-2 0.750 L1 Free throw pct .756 .767 Minnesota State 8-4 0.667 12-6 0.667 6-2 0.750 L2 F-Throws made per game 12.2 12.1 Augustana 8-4 0.667 12-6 0.667 5-3 0.625 W1 REBOUNDS 565 730 Southwest Minnesota St 5-7 0.417 10-8 0.556 2-6 0.250 W2 Rebounds per game 31.4 40.6 Winona State 4-8 0.333 7-11 0.389 3-5 0.375 W1 Concordia-St. Paul 3-9 0.250 8-10 0.444 1-7 0.125 L1 Rebounding margin -9.2 - Upper Iowa 3-9 0.250 6-12 0.333 3-5 0.375 L6 ASSISTS 258 278 Assists per game 14.3 15.4 USF COUGARS TURNOVERS 204 189 Turnovers per game 11.3 10.5 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown 4 Trevon Evans G 6-0 Sr. Wichita, Kan. Turnover margin -0.8 - 5 Teathloach Pal F 6-8 R-So. Fridley, Minn. Assist/turnover ratio 1.3 1.5 11 William Lybaek G 6-3 Jr. Trondheim, Norway STEALS 84 100 14 Chase Grinde G/F 6-4 R-Fr. Spring Grove, Minn. 15 Tanner Frick G 6-0 R-So. Yankton, SD Steals per game 4.7 5.6 22 Justin Taylor G/F 6-5 Sr. Chicago, Ill. BLOCKS 65 51 23 Drew Guebert F 6-9 Sr. Apple Valley, Minn. Blocks per game 3.6 2.8 32 Jacoby Odegaard G 6-0 Sr. Hartford, SD 33 Aaron Rothermund G 6-2 Sr. Papillion, NE 34 Troy Houghton G 6-4 Fr. Council Bluffs, Iowa 42 Wesley McCullough F 6-8 Fr. Raymore, MO UIU CATEGORY LEADERS... 44 Austin Slater F/C 6-9 R-So. Andover, Minn. SCORING G Pts Pts/G 50 Logan Dreier G 6-2 So. Mayer, Minn. Williams, Jareese 18 274 15.2 52 Ryan Wieneke F 6-5 Fr. Adrian, Minn. Smoldt,Joe 17 234 13.8 54 Devin Green F/C 6-7 Jr. Cascade, IA FIELD GOAL % Made Att FG % Okonkwo, Munachiso 88 151 .583 Chris Johnson Head Coach (11th Season) Williams, Jareese 93 184 .505 Jack Nelson Associate Head Coach Troy Odegaard Assistant Coach 3-POINT FG % Made Att 3FG % Tyler Vaughan Graduate Assistant Olson,Chris 31 58 .534 Williams, Jareese 51 106 .481 SMSU MUSTANGS FREE THROW % Made Att FT % No.