UNI Sets School Record With 20 Threes vs. Jacks

Wednesday, December 7

Cedar Falls, Iowa

7 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

4-4

South Dakota State (Poster signing)

4-7

South Dakota State

UNI

Photo by: Mike Dunlop

UNI Sets School Record With 20 Threes vs. Jacks

12/7/2016 9:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The University of Northern Iowa men's basketball team set a school record with 20 made three-pointers and tied the Missouri Valley Conference mark in an 86-58 victory over the South Dakota State Jackrabbits Wednesday in the McLeod Center.

UNI (4-4 overall) snapped a four-game losing skid as the Panthers made 20-of-37 three-pointers against the Jackrabbits (4-7 overall). UNI junior Hunter Rhodes buried six three-pointers and scored a career-high 20 points off the bench.

Senior Jeremy Morgan tallied 17 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, two steals and a blocked shot in the victory. Morgan drained five first-half three-pointers en route to leading UNI to a 49-25 lead at the break.

SDSU and UNI were tied 9-9 before the Panthers used a 12-0 to take a 21-9 lead. The Panthers kept the run going and extended the lead to 28-11, which concluded UNI's 19-2 spurt. At the half, UNI had buried 13-of-23 shots from 3-point land and was shooting 55.2 percent from the field overall.

UNI took its largest lead of the contest at 59-31 following a pair of free throw makes from Ted Friedman. SDSU whittled the lead down to 17 after a 13-2 run, but UNI's Jordan Ashton hit a floater in the lane and Morgan sank a wide open jump shot from the elbow to push the lead back to 21 with 11:57 left in the game.

SDSU's Mike Daum came into the game averaging 20.2 points per game and the Panthers limited Daum to 15 points on 3-of-9 shooting from the field.

UNI will stay home and take on the University of North Dakota Saturday at 7 p.m. in the McLeod Center.

NOTES: UNI's 20 three-pointers ties the MVC record for triples in a game with Creighton (vs. Chattanooga, Feb. 19, 2005) and Bradley (vs. Florida A&M, Nov. 21, 2006) ... UNI's previous school record for 3-pointers in a game came when the Panthers made 17 against Evansville in the McLeod Center on Jan. 29, 2014 ... Rhodes became the third Panther to score 20 or more in a game this season for the Panthers ... UNI improved to 43-6 under coach Ben Jacobson when scoring 80 or more points ... Morgan set a career-high with seven assists ... Morgan also tallied a career-high five 3-pointers made ... UNI has made at least one 3-pointers in 539 straight games - the longest active streak in the MVC.