Panthers Return Home for Sunday Tilt

UNI GAME NOTES

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – After nearly a month away from the McLeod Center, the University of Northern Iowa women's basketball team (2-6) returns home to face Wisconsin Parkside (4-8) Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.

Sunday's game against the Rangers will kickoff a two-game home stretch, with the Panthers hosting Iowa next Sunday at 2 p.m. CT.

HOW TO TUNE IN
The battle against UW-Parkside will be televised on ESPN3, those wishing to view the game can go here. 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.

PROMOTIONS
Fans will receive a $1 ticket to Sunday's game against UW-Parkside with a toy donation.

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 returns home after nearly a month away from the McLeod Center.
The Panthers are in search of some "home cooking" as UNI seeks to snap its four-game losing skid.
Sunday's game will mark the second game all-time against UW-Parkside, with the Panthers owning a 1-0 mark after scoring a 72-57 victory against the Div. II foe.
This season, UNI has held five teams under 60 points.
Sophomore Megan Maahs tops the MVC in rebounds per game (10.8), while ranking 24th in the NCAA.
The sophomore's 8.0 defensive rebounds per game ranks first in the MVC and is 10th in the NCAA.
Sophomore Rose Simon-Ressler earned a career-high 18 points last time out in her first start as a Panther.

SERIES WITH UW-PARKSIDE

The Panthers and Rangers have met only one time on the hardwood, with UNI taking a 72-57 decision over UW-Parkside last season at home

SCOUTING THE RANGERS

UW-Parkside finished last season with a 10-17 mark under head coach Jacob Yorg.
This season, the Rangers are off to a sluggish 4-8 start, but have won three out of their last four games to gain momentum heading into December.
The Panthers will be UW-Parkside's first Div. I opponent of the season.
Ali Bettencourt leads the Rangers with 14.5 points per game this season, while averaging 4.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists a contest.
Bettencourt earned a season-high 23 points against Cedarville (Ohio) on Nov. 11 after shooting 7-of-17 from the floor and 6-of-11 from 3-point range.

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 51-of-181 (28.2%) from 3-point land this season.
The Panthers are averaging 6.4 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 nine shots from beyond-the-arc.

UNI CONTROLS THE GLASS

This season, the Panthers rank third in the MVC with 2.4 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 39.4 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 10.5 points and 10.8 rebounds per game for the Panthers.
Maahs is the only Panther to record a double-double for UNI this season, logging three on the year.
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 tied for 10th in the nation with 8.0 defensive rebounds per game, while ranking 24th in the NCAA for total rebounds per contest at 10.8.
In the MVC, Maahs tops the league this season in rebounds per game (10.8), defensive rebounds per game (8.0) 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.

RUCKER'S BREAKOUT

In the absence of Ellie Howell and Kennedy Kirkpatrick in UNI's exhibition contest against Sioux Falls, freshman Karli Rucker scored 15 points while adding six rebounds and six assists.
The freshman only scored one point in her first two regular season games, but had a breakout performance against Creighton with seven points on 3-of-6 shooting.
Rucker's latest breakthrough was against UNO as the freshman scored 13 points against the Mavs after shooting 5-of-10 from the floor.

SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on the UNI women's basketball program, follow the Panthers on Twitter at "@UNIWBB" and on Facebook at "UNI Women's Basketball."

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