Panthers Fall Short Against Sycamores

Sunday, February 12

Terre Haute, Ind.

1:00 PM

University of Northern Iowa

Indiana State

Panthers Fall Short Against Sycamores

2/12/2006 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

By: UNI Athletics Communications

Feb. 12, 2006

Box Score

Terre Haute, Ind. -

University of Northern Iowa women's basketball fell to the Indiana State Sycamores 53-41 this afternoon at the Hulman Center. Indiana State broke UNI's six-game win streak, while extending its own to 18 games and improving to 12-0 in conference play.

Senior center Cassie Hager led the Panthers with 11 points and junior guard Jessie Biggs added 10. UNI was outrebounded 41-23 with the Sycamores grabbing 19 offensive boards. Neither team shot above 40 percent as UNI made 37.2 percent of its attempts from the field and ISU was limited to a conference-game low at 32.7 percent. Senior guard Melanie Boeglin led the field with 28 points and 10 rebounds.

The Panthers took a 26-22 lead into halftime, shooting 45.8 percent (11-of-24) to the Sycamores' 26.7 field goal percentage (8-of-30) in the first half. The lead changed four times and there were five ties in the first stanza. The Panthers went up by as many as six on a Hager three-pointer with 9:23 remaining in the first half. Junior forward Rachel Maenpaa tied the game at 20-20 with 4:02 remaining and then UNI ended the half with a 6-2 run.

The Panthers held the lead until 12:22 remained in the game when senior guard Stephanie Lisch hit back-to-back shots to give the home team a 33-32 advantage. Junior guard Sarah Larsen tied it up at 35-all with a three-pointer and then ISU took the lead and kept it on a Lisch free throw. The Sycamores ended the game with an 11-4 run as Boeglin hit a trey and six consecutive shots from the charity stripe.

ISU improves to 20-2, 12-0 in the MVC. UNI is now 15-7, 9-4 in the Valley and tied for second place in the Valley with Evansville. The Panthers play at Bradley Friday, Feb. 17^th.