UNI Caps Road Swing at UNO

UNI GAME NOTES

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa women's basketball team (2-5) travels west on Wednesday as the Panthers take on Nebraska Omaha (6-2) at 7 p.m. CT, to cap their six-game road swing.

Wednesday's game will mark the first meeting since 1982 between the Panthers and Mavericks. UNO leads the all-time series, 2-1.

HOW TO TUNE IN
Wednesday's game at UNO will be broadcast on Mavs All-Access. Fans can also listen in on 1540 KXEL or www.UNIPanthers.com as Chris Kleinhans-Schulz calls the action.

LIVE STATS
Live stats will be made available via the UNI athletics website (www.UNIPanthers.com). Fans and media can visit @UNIWBB on Twitter for links to the feed.

TICKETS
Fans can purchase season and single-game tickets to UNI women's basketball home games through UNITIX. Call 319-273-4849 or visit www.UNITIX.uni.edu.

NEED TO KNOW

UNI caps its six-game road swing against Nebraska Omaha on Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT.
The Panthers will seek to snap its current three-game losing skid, before UNI returns home on Sunday to face Wisconsin-Parkside.
Wednesday's game will mark the first meeting between UNI and UNO since 1982.
This season, UNI has held five teams under 60 points.
Sophomore Megan Maahs has earned the most double-doubles (3) in the Missouri Valley Conference and is tied for 41st in the NCAA.
Maahs also tops the MVC in rebounds per game (11.0), while ranking 20th in the NCAA.
The sophomore's 8.0 defensive rebounds per game ranks first in the MVC and is 14th in the NCAA.
Senior Kennedy Kirkpatrick scored a career-high 21 points in a losing effort to North Dakota last time out. The senior leads UNI with 13.4 points per contest.

SERIES WITH NEBRASKA OMAHA

UNI and UNO have met three times, with the Mavericks owning a slight 2-1 advantage.
The meeting will be this first between the two basketball programs since 1982.

SCOUTING THE MAVERICKS

UNO finished last season with a 16-15 mark and 8-8 in league play.
So far this season, the Mavericks are 6-2 and are riding a six-game winning streak.
UNO began the season with losses to Bradley and Kansas State on the road before reeling off six-straight wins.
The Mavericks have three players averaging double figures, with UNO scoring 71.0 a game.
Junior guard Jess Walter leads the Mavericks with 16.8 points per game.
Fellow junior guard Ellie Brecht is UNO's sharpshooter from beyond-the-arc, draining 28-of-65 3-pointers to average 13.5 points per contest.

DEFENDERS OF WARREN

UNI is 134-20 under the direction of head coach Tanya Warren when holding an opponent to 60 points or less.
Five of UNI's top-10 scoring defense averages in school history have come during the Warren era, while the Panthers ranked second in the Valley last season after holding opponents to 58.3 points per game.
UNI was 19-0 in 2016-17 when holding foes to 60 points or less, so far this season the Panthers are 2-3.

PANTHER SHARP SHOOTERS

UNI has knocked down 42-of-147 (28.6%) from 3-point land this season.
The Panthers are averaging 6.0 made 3-pointers a game.
Last season, the Panthers shot 250-848 (29.5%) from beyond the arc to average 7.6 made 3-pointers a game.
Kennedy Kirkpatrick leads UNI with the most made 3-pointers on the team this season, knocking down eight shots from beyond-the-arc.

UNI CONTROLS THE GLASS

This season, the Panthers rank third in the MVC with 3.1 rebounding margin over opponents.
UNI has out rebounded five foes this season, with the highest margin of 18 coming against Wyoming earlier in November.
The Panthers are averaging 40.7 rebounds per contest, which ranks second in the MVC.

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Sophomore Megan Maahs turned in quite the performance to open the season, as she averages 10.4 points and 11.0 rebounds per game for the Panthers.
Maahs has earned three double-doubles this season, which is tied for 41st in the NCAA.
For her career, Maahs has earned four double-doubles as a Panther. The sophomore has earned the last four double-doubles for UNI.
The sophomore is 14th in the nation for her 7.9 defensive rebounds per game, while ranking 20th in the NCAA for total rebounds per contest with 11.0.
In the MVC, Maahs tops the league this season in rebounds per game (11.0), defensive rebounds per game (7.9.) and most double-doubles (3).

KIRKPATRICK LOGS CAREER-HIGHS

Kennedy Kirkpatrick has scored in double-digits in five games this season.
The senior scored 21 against North Dakota in a losing effort, setting her latest career-high for points this season.
Kirkpatrick set previous career-highs in back-to-back games after scoring 15 in the season-opener and then 17 as a follow-up against Iowa State.
Against Creighton, Kirkpatrick set a career-high for assists after dishing out nine.

SOCIAL MEDIA
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