Men's Basketball Begins MVC Play at Bradley

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Wednesday, January 2 – Peoria, Illinois (Carver Arena)
UNI vs Bradley 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | Audio | Stats

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THE PANTHERS
• The Panthers move to 5-8 after falling to Stony Brook in the McLeod Center.
• The Panthers begin MVC play with a trip to Bradley. The two teams have played 61 times in program history with the Panthers holding a single game lead (31-30).
• Head Coach Ben Jacobson is 22-7 against the Braves.
• UNI has made at least one 3-Pointer in 607 straight games – the longest active streak in the Missouri Valley Conference.
• Senior Wyatt Lohaus is coming off his best performance of the year, going 9-15 from the field including 5-9 from beyond the arc for 23 total points.
• Freshman AJ Green ranks 6th in scoring in the MVC, averaging 15.2 points per game.
• The Panthers are heavy on three-point shooting this season, the Panthers' 342 three-point attempts rank second in the MVC, the Panthers have made 109 shots from beyond the arc so far this season.
• Four Panthers rank in the top 30 in the conference in three-pointers per game. Freshman AJ Green ranks 6th (2.3), Wyatt Lohaus ranks 16th (1.6), Trae Berhow ranks 27th (1.2), and Spencer Haldeman ranks 28th (1.1).
• The Panthers have been solid at the free throw line so far this season, going 175-243 from the charity stripe. The Panthers 0.720 free throw percentage ranks 4th in the league.
• Thirteen games in freshman guard, AJ Green, has gone 33-39 from the line for a .846 free throw percentage, the mark ranks third in the league behind Drake's Nick Norton and Indiana State's Jordan Barnes.
• The Panthers continue their effort to rebound. Collectively the Panthers rank 5th in the conference in rebounding, averaging 9.1 offensive rebounds and 25.7 defensive rebounds per game.
• Luke McDonnell ranks 5th in the league, bringing in 1.9 offensive rebounds per game while Trae Berhow hauls in 5.2 defensive rebounds per game, ranking him 6th in that category.

THE BRAVES
• Bradley is currently 8-5 on the season and is coming off a 63-60 win over Southeastern Louisiana.
• The Braves went 2-0 at the Cancun Challenge to start the year, defeating SMU 75-62 and defeated Penn State 59-56.
• The Braves offense runs through two capable players in junior guard Darrell Brown and sophomore Elijah Childs.
• Brown leads the Braves in scoring, averaging 15.1 points per game. Brown also leads the Braves in assists with 45 so far this season.
• Forward Elijah Childs has averaged 12.7 points per game and is a dominate force on the boards, hauling in 106 total rebounds, leading the MVC in total rebounds and second in offensive boards with 32.
• Brian Wardle is in his fourth year at the helm of the Bradley men's basketball program.
• Wardle enters the 2018-19 campaign ranked second among Division I coaches younger than 40 with 133 career victories.
• After completely overhauling the roster and featuring the youngest team in the nation, Bradley is one of just four schools in the country to improve its win total by at least five games in each of the last two seasons.
• Wardle led the Braves to their first 20-win campaign in nine years, while completing their highest finish in the Missouri Valley Conference standings and making its first semifinal appearance in the conference tournament since 2010.
• In 2018, the Braves landed two players on the All-Missouri Valley Conference Team for the first time since 2010 and their four total conference honorees mark the program's most since 2008.
• BU has had five rookies earn selection to the MVC All-Freshman Team in his three years – three more than any other team in the conference

THE STREAK
UNI has made at least one 3-Pointer in 607 straight games – the longest active streak in the Missouri Valley Conference. The last time UNI failed to make a 3-Point basket came Feb. 3, 2000, vs. Southern Illinois in a 72-58 Panther victory in the UNI-Dome. UNI went 0-for-4 from 3-Point land vs. the Salukis in that contest.

LOHAUS GOES OFF
Senior Wyatt Lohaus finished with 23 points against the Seawolves of Stony Brook on Saturday, December 29. The fifth-year senior went 9-15 from the field, consistently making crucial shots in the first half to keep the Panthers within striking distance. Lohaus continued to find the basket in the second half, scoring 14 second-half points and finishing with five made three-pointers.

GREENS HOT START
Freshman AJ Green has maintained an impressive run of scoring, averaging 15.2 points per game which ranks 6th in the MVC this season. Green's 15.2 points per game rank 9th all-time for a freshman in the Missouri Valley Conference.

FREE THROW EFFICIENCY
The Panthers have been solid at the free throw line so far this season, going 175-243 from the charity stripe. The Panthers .720 free throw percentage ranks 4th in the league. Thirteen games in, freshman guard AJ Green, has gone 33-39 from the line for a .846 free throw percentage, the mark ranks third in the league behind Drake's Nick Norton and Indiana State's Jordan Barnes.

MVC GAMES THIS WEEK
Wed, Jan 2
Illinois State vs Valparaiso
Drake vs Evansville
UNI vs Bradley
Missouri State vs Southern Illinois
Indiana State vs Loyola
Sat, Jan 5
Valparaiso vs Missouri State
Bradley vs Indiana State
Loyola vs Drake
Evansville vs Illinois State
Southern Illinois vs UNI

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