UNI Earns Jacobson's 200th Win vs. Dubuque

Wednesday, November 25

Cedar Falls, Iowa

7 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

3-1

Dubuque

2-2

Dubuque

UNI

UNI Earns Jacobson's 200th Win vs. Dubuque

11/25/2015 8:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern earned head coach Ben Jacobson his 200th career victory on Wednesday night in the McLeod Center with a 83-63 triumph over the Dubuque Spartans.

Jacobson becomes the ninth Missouri Valley Conference coach to post 200 wins as a head coach in the league. He has posted a career mark of 200-106 in his 10th year at UNI.

UNI (3-1 overall) was led by Wes Washpun's 22 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Jeremy Morgan added his first career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Junior college transfer Aarias Austin recorded season-highs with 12 points and five rebounds for the Panthers. Dubuque fell to 2-2 on the year.

UNI led by eight points at 23-15 with 10:34 left in the half, only to see Dubuque come racing back and knot the game at 23-23 with 7:49 on the clock. UNI used a 9-0 that was capped by a Wes Washpun dunk with 3:50 left before halftime. UNI extended the run to 15-2 to take a 38-25 advantage. But Dubuque came back again and scored the final six points of the half to cut the lead to 38-31.

The Panthers began the second half by stretching the lead to 12 at 46-34 but the Spartans would not yield and pulled to within six at 51-45. UNI pushed it back to 12 at 57-45 with 10:49 left following a jumper from Jeremy Morgan. Dubuque fired in a pair of 3-pointers and cut the margin again to six at 57-51 with 9:20 remaining in the game. The Panthers pushed the lead back into double figures on the strength of buckets from Bennett Koch and Washpun. Washpun's three-pointer with 5:51 left gave UNI a 69-56 lead. Wyatt Lohaus drained a pair of three-pointer in the closing minutes to push the winning margin to 20 points at 83-63.

UNI will be in action again Saturday at 2 p.m. in Grand Forks, N.D., taking on the University of North Dakota.

NOTES: Dubuque is coached by former UNI Panther Robbie Sieverding … Sieverding suited up for the Panthers from 1998-2002 and ranks No. 9 on UNI's all-time scoring list with 1,402 points … UNI moved to 10-5 all-time vs. Dubuque – tonight was the first meeting between the two since the 1975-76 season … UNI has made at least one 3-pointer in 499 consecutive games … UNI improved to 24-1 in the McLeod Center in the month of November … UNI moved to 54-10 vs. non-conference foes in the McLeod Center.