UPPER IOWA PEACOCK MEN’S BASKETBALL A Proud Member of NCAA Division II and the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 2019-20 SCHEDULE NSIC/SANFORD HEALTH MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ROUND ONE (18-10, 15-7 NSIC) UPPER IOWA VS. UMARY | 2/26/20 | 7:30 PM | DORMAN MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM Central Region Challange 11/8 @Pittsburg State W, 73-62 11/9 @Lincoln L, 61-59 Fairfield Inn Classic 11/16 @Central Missouri L, 70-65 THIS WEEKEND IN PEACOCKS MEN’S BASKETBALL… Upper Iowa, the NSIC South 11/17 @ Central Oklahoma W, 83-70 second seed, will host the NSIC North seventh-seeded University of Mary in the first round of the NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. 11/19 Iowa Wesleyan W, 93-69 Live stats and a webcast will be available at UIUPeacocks.com/LIVE. The game will also stream live on the NSIC app through Roku and Fire devices as well as Apple and 11/23 #7 Missouri Southern L, 98-73 Android TVs. Additionally, Wednesday’s action can be viewed locally on KCRG TV 9.3. 11/30 Winona State* W, 84-79 NSIC/SANFORD HEALTH TOURNAMENT HISTORY… The Peacocks have had back-to-back first round exits in the NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament during the last two seasons. In 12/6 @Wayne State* L, 88-69 2016-17, Upper Iowa made it all the way to the finals where they fell 71-58 to Southwest 12/7 @Augustana* L, 86-59 Minnesota State University. A trio of quarterfinal round exits preceded the finals appearance. In the inaugural tournament during the 2012-13 season, Upper Iowa made 12/13 Concordia-St.Paul* W, 104-92 a run to the semifinals before suffering a narrow loss to Bemidji State University (64-61). 12/14 Minnesota State* W OT, 92-88 SEASON-ENDING SPLIT… Upper Iowa picked up an 89-81 win over Minnesota State University, Mankato on Friday night before suffering a 93-61 loss against Concordia 12/21 @Winona State* L OT, 85-80 University, St. Paul on Saturday. The Peacocks’ win over the Mavericks gives UIU a 2-0 record against MSU this season. The Peacocks’ 32-point loss against the 1/3 @Northern State* W, 95-86 Golden Bears was UIU’s largest margin of defeat this season. Upper Iowa scored 104 points against CSP in their first matchup of the season, but accumulated just 61 1/4 @MSU Moorhead* L, 98-84 on Saturday night in St.Paul. The split resulted in a 15-7 NSIC record for the Peacocks, 1/10 Augustana* W OT, 110-100 which was good enough for a second place finish in the NSIC South Division. 1/11 Wayne State* W, 80-73 On Friday, Minnesota State used a pair of runs to acquire a 23-point lead by halftime. Upper Iowa then out scored MSU 38-10 in a 9:06 span (16:26 - 7:20) 1/17 Bemidji State* W 2OT, 105-93 to begin the second half and take a 74-61 lead. The Mavericks retaliated with a 9-2 run but the Peacocks would lead by at least five points for the rest of the game 1/18 Minnesota Crookston* W, 102-94 resulting in the 89-81 UIU victory. Upper Iowa was deadly from deep as Jake Hilmer, Joe Smoldt and Jackson Joens went a combined 14-20 (70.0%) from long range. 1/24 @Sioux Falls* W, 68-60 Concordia-St.Paul led wire-to-wire on Saturday night. A 15-2 stretch to begin 1/25 @Southwest Minnesota* W, 80-77 the game set the tone for the Golden Bears. CSP led by double figures for the 1/31 St. Cloud State* L, 79-62 remainder of the night, extending their lead to as high as 40 points before ending the game on a 93-61 advantage. The Peacocks starting unit got some rest heading 2/1 Minnesota Duluth* W, 84-79 into post-season play as the Upper Iowa reserves scored 48 of UIU’s 61 points. 2/7 @UMary* L, 85-71 PRIDE OF THE PEACOCKS… Lucas Duax’s consistent play over the weekend earned him a spot on the NSIC week 15 top performer’s list. Duax averaged 12 2/8 @Minot State* W, 94-71 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.0 assists per game in the Peacocks weekend split. He also matched a career-high five steals in Friday night’s win over the 2/14 Southwest Minnesota* W, 63-55 Mavericks. Duax leads the NSIC with 59 steals on the year and 2.1 per game. 2/15 Sioux Falls* W, 75-69 Hilmer and Smoldt posted a pair of impressive performances for the Peacocks on Friday 2/21 @Minnesota State* W, 89-81 night. Hilmer scored 21 points, went 5-6 (83.3%) from three, dished out seven assists and snatched two steals while Smoldt also scored 21, went 5-8 (62.5%) from downtown 2/22 @Concordia-St. Paul* L, 93-61 and came down with four boards. The duo combines for nearly 25 points per game. Hilmer tallied 130 assists during the regular season, the third highest mark in the NSIC. 2/26 UMary 7:30 p.m. SCOUTING THE MARAUDERS… The Marauders claimed the first matchup of the *Northern Sun Conference Game season by an 85-71 count on their home court. Upper Iowa led just once in the - NSIC Tournament Quarterfinals contest. UMary used a 17-4 run to end the first half ahead 45-31. The Marauders never looked back leading by double-digits for the remainder of the night. Twitter: #FeathersUp @UIUPeacocks Upper Iowa holds a 10-8 advantage in the career series against UMary. The Marauders @PeacockHoops finished the regular season with a 12-16 record and a 7-15 mark in NSIC play. UMary ended a four-game skid in their final game of the regular season with a 75-69 win over Facebook: UIU Peacocks the University of Minnesota Moorhead. The Marauders are led by Matthew Kreklow (14.5) and Jaylan White (11.8). The duo combines for over 25 points per contest. Krelow ranks among the top 10 in the NSIC in rebounds per game with 8.2, blocks per game Online: UIUPEACOCKS.COM offers the with 2.0, and field goal percentage as he connects on 55.9% of his attempts. White ranks most complete and comprehensive cov- in the top 10 of the assists category with 3.6 per contest. As a team, UMary has a +3.9 erage of the Peacocks. margin from the free throw line. 2019-20 NSIC STANDINGS NORTH CONF PCT O’ALL PCT DIV PCT STK 2019-20 BY THE NUMBERS... Northern State $ 18-4 0.818 22-6 0.786 12-2 0.857 W5 TEAM STATISTICS UIU OPP Minnesota Duluth 15-7 0.682 20-8 0.714 11-3 0.786 L1 SCORING 2257 2240 MSU Moorhead 13-9 0.591 17-11 0.607 7-7 0.500 L1 Points per game 80.6 80.0 Bemidji State 11-11 0.500 14-12 0.538 7-7 0.500 W4 Scoring margin +0.6 - St. Cloud State 11-11 0.500 14-14 0.500 6-8 0.429 W1 FIELD GOALS-ATT 798-1771 822-1734 Minnesota Crookston 7-15 0.318 11-17 0.393 6-8 0.429 L2 Field goal pct .451 .474 UMary 7-15 0.318 12-16 0.429 5-9 0.357 W1 Minot State 4-18 0.182 10-18 0.357 2-12 0.143 L7 3 POINT FG-ATT 277-743 231-608 3-point FG pct .373 .380 SOUTH CONF PCT O’ALL PCT DIV PCT STK 3-pt FG made per game 9.9 8.3 Sioux Falls 17-5 0.773 21-7 0.750 11-3 0.786 W1 F R E E T H ROW S - AT T 384-520 365-496 Upper Iowa 15-7 0.682 18-10 0.643 10-4 0.714 L1 Free throw pct .738 .736 Winona State 14-8 0.636 17-11 0.607 8-6 0.571 W3 Augustana 13-9 0.591 18-10 0.643 10-4 0.714 W5 F-Throws made per game 13.7 13.0 Minnesota State 12-10 0.545 14-14 0.500 6-8 0.429 L2 REBOUNDS 911 1076 Wayne State 7-15 0.318 10-21 0.323 5-9 0.357 L6 Rebounds per game 32.5 38.4 Concordia-St. Paul 7-15 0.318 9-17 0.346 4-10 0.286 W1 Rebounding margin -5.9 - SMSU 5-17 0.227 8-20 0.286 2-12 0.143 L1 ASSISTS 385 367 Assists per game 13.8 13.1 UPPER IOWA PEACOCKS TURNOVERS 311 418 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Turnovers per game 11.1 14.9 0 Quinn Killerlain G 5-10 Fr. Marshall, Wis. 1 Sam Allen G 6-3 R-So. Grinnell, Iowa Turnover margin +3.8 - 2 Lucas Duax G 6-3 R-Fr. Dubuque, Iowa Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 0.9 3 Chris Olson G 6-1 R-Jr. Braham, Minn. 5 Jareese Williams G 6-2 R-Jr. Mason City, Iowa STEALS 219 159 10 Max Duax G 6-2 Fr. Dubuque, Iowa 11 Sean Biernacki G 6-0 Jr. Camberwell, Australia Steals per game 7.8 5.7 12 Anthony Williams G 6-5 R-Jr.