UNI Prepares for Road Tilt at Bradley, Illinois State

UNI GAME NOTES

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Continuing its three-game road swing in the Missouri Valley Conference, the University of Northern Iowa women's basketball team (8-10, 4-3 MVC) heads for a pair of weekend games against Bradley (10-8, 4-3 MVC) and Illinois State (8-10, 2-5 MVC) on Friday and Sunday.

The Panthers and Braves will tipoff at 7 p.m. CT on Friday, while Sunday's showdown against the Red Birds will begin at 2 p.m. CT.

HOW TO TUNE IN
Both games will be televised on ESPN3. 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 (8-10, 4-3 MVC) continues its road swing with a pair of games against Valley foes Bradley and Illinois State.
The Panthers have not won a road game in MVC play this season, going 0-3 so far.
On the year, UNI is 1-8 overall in road contests, with its only win coming over Kansas State on Dec. 21.
The Panthers knocked down 13 treys in their last outing, marking the fifth time this season that UNI has made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game.
UNI dropped its first game of the season when it makes 10 or more 3-pointers, falling to 4-1 on the year.
Sophomore Rose Simon-Ressler led the Panthers in scoring last time out, after earning a career-high 18 against Drake.
Junior Ellie Howell earned her ninth game in double figures, with five coming in MVC play.

SERIES WITH BRADLEY/ILLINOIS STATE

The Panthers have won 12-straight against the Braves, with UNI leading the overall series, 39-34. Dating back to 2010, the Panthers have won 18 out of the last 19 games against Bradley.
UNI has won the last eight games against Illinois State, but the Panthers trail the overall series, 33-41.

SCOUTING THE BRAVES/RED BIRDS

Bradley is 8-10 on the season, with a scored a season-high 117 against Evansville last time out, to break a three-game losing skid.
Shunseere Kent leads the Braves with 9.7 points per game this season.
Illinois State enters the weekend also with an 8-10 record, owning a 2-5 record in MVC play.

DEFENDERS OF WARREN

UNI is 138-21 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 6-4.

PANTHER SHARP SHOOTERS

UNI has knocked down 143-of-464 (30.8%) from 3-point land this season.
The 143 made 3-pointers this season rank as the second-most in the MVC.
The Panthers are averaging 7.9 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.
Senior Kennedy Kirkpatrick leads UNI with 26 made 3-pointers this season.

UNI CONTROLS THE GLASS

This season, the Panthers are tied for first in the MVC with a 4.0 rebounding margin over foes.
UNI has outrebounded 13 foes this season, with the highest margin of 18 coming against Wyoming earlier in November.
When outrebounding teams this season, UNI is 7-6 on the season.
The Panthers are averaging 40.1 rebounds per contest, which ranks second in the MVC.

LUCKY NO. 15

Sophomore Megan Maahs has scored exactly 15 points in four games this season.
Maahs is just behind senior Kennedy Kirkpatrick in games with 15 or more points, scoring four this season.
On the year, Kirkpatrick has logged eight games in double figures.

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Sophomore Megan Maahs leads the MVC with seven double-doubles this season.
The sophomore has earned eight double-doubles for her career at UNI.
Maahs ranks 20th in the NCAA for total rebounds per contest at 10.4.
In the MVC, Maahs tops the league this season in rebounds per game (10.4), defensive rebounds per game (7.3) and most double-doubles (7).
Ellie Howell earned her career-first double-double of the season, after earning 11 points and 10 rebounds against Indiana State (1/14).
The double-doubles for Maahs and Howell against Indiana State marked the first time UNI had two players record a double-double in the same game since Feb. 2, 2014 versus Drake (Stephanie Davison, Jen Keitel, Hannah Schonhardt).

HOWELL HEATS UP IN LEAGUE PLAY

This season, redshirt junior Ellie Howell has scored in double figures nine times, with five of those coming in conference play.
Howell scored a season-high 21 points against Loyola.
During MVC play, Howell is averaging a team-best 11.0 points per outing.

SOCIAL MEDIA
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