UNI Women's Hoops Opens With Exhibition Against Upper Iowa

Sunday, November 4

Cedar Falls, Iowa

2 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

Upper Iowa University - Exhibition

UNI Women's Hoops Opens With Exhibition Against Upper Iowa

11/3/2018 10:13:00 AM | Women's Basketball

GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS

THE GAME
UNI hosts Upper Iowa in the lone exhibition game of the 2017-18 season. The Panthers return four starters and 83 percent of its scoring from last year's MVC runner-up season.

Ellie Howell and Preseason All-Conference honoree Megan Maahs lead the way for the Panthers. Howell scored 10.9 PPG while Maahs tallied 10.2 PPG and 10.3 RPG in the 2017-18 season.

UNI hosts an Upper Iowa team that was 2-27 in the 2017-18 season. The Peacocks are led by Blair Klostermann who averaged 12.3 points per game in her shortened 2017-18 season.

The game is scheduled for 2 p.m. No television broadcast or radio broadcast will be available. Live stats are available at unipanthers.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary.

NOTES
ABOUT LAST SEASON
The 2017-18 Panthers finished the season at 19-14 overall and 13-5 in Missouri Valley Conference action. UNI picked up the No. 3 seed for the MVC Championship with its third-place finish, and UNI defeated Illinois State and Missouri State before falling in the championship game against Drake. The Panthers hosted Milwaukee in the 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament but lost in their opening-round matchup to end the season.

PROGRAM BUILDING
Last year, UNI posted the program's 10th consecutive season at .500 or better in conference play, its ninth year in a row in the top half of the league standings and its ninth straight season with at least 17 wins. The Panthers have also played in the conference championship game in three consecutive years including matchups against Drake in back-to-back seasons.

AWARD SEASON
Ellie Howell, Kennedy Kirkpatrick, and Megan Maahs all received special recognition last year from the Missouri Valley Conference. Howell, a Preseason All-MVC pick, earned All-Tournament Team, Second Team Scholar-Athlete and Honorable Mention All-MVC honors. Kennedy Kirkpatrick joined Howell with Second Team Scholar-Athlete accolades. Maahs led the group in awards with First Team All-MVC, MVC All-Defensive Team and MVC All-Tournament Team recognition.

MORE ON MAAHS
Junior forward Megan Maahs grabbed a near-program-record 322 rebounds last year and helped UNI set a team record with 1,299 total rebounds in 2017-18. Maahs enters the 2018-19 campaign with 542 career boards along with 591 points. She is on pace to join Alex Cook (1,180 points, 1,049 rebounds) in UNI's exclusive Double Grand Club.

CLOSING IN ON 1,000
Redshirt senior guard Ellie Howell is the Panthers' active career leader in scoring at 975 total points. Howell needs to score 25 points this season to become the 24th member of UNI's 1,000-Point Club.

KEEP IT 100
Senior guard Mikaela Morgan, primarily a defensive standout in her three seasons as a Panther, is approaching the century mark in a pair of statistical categories. Morgan enters the 2018-19 campaign with 99 games played and 96 three-pointers made.

TREYS FOR DAYS
Uni enters the 2018-19 season with a 321-game three-pointer streak that started December 6, 2008 against Green Bay (6-of-19). The last Panther contest without a three-pointer occurred December 3, 2008 versus Northern Illinois (0-of-14).

WARREN ON THE CHARTS
Tanya Warren eclipsed Tony DiCecco as UNI's all-time wins leader with the Panthers' 65-64 win March 4, 2017 against Missouri State. Warren owns a career record of 205-153 at UNI along with a 131-73 record in MVC contests. She is tied with Creighton's Jim Flanery for fourth in MVC history for conference victories and will pass Flanery with her first MVC victory in the 2018-19 season.