Panthers Host Bulldogs for Annual #Play4Kay Game

UNI GAME NOTES

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa women's basketball team (13-11, 9-4 MVC) will take on Drake (18-7, 13-0 MVC) on Friday, with the contest marking the annual Play 4 Kay cancer awareness game.

The Panthers and Bulldogs will tip off at 7 p.m. CT, with Drake putting its undefeated conference streak on the line.

Head coach Tanya Warren will be donating $25 for every made UNI 3-pointer on Friday night, with all funds going to a cancer foundation of her choice.

HOW TO TUNE IN
Friday's game will be televised on ESPN3. Fans can also listen in on 1540 KXEL or www.Panthers.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 (13-11, 9-4 MVC) hosts Drake (18-7, 13-0 MVC) on Friday night, with the Bulldogs owning a 35-game winning streak in regular-season MVC contests.
Drake's last regular-season loss in the MVC came at the hands of UNI on Feb. 19. 2016 after the Panthers defeated the Bulldogs 85-74 at home.
Friday's matchup features the MVC's top-rebounding squads, with UNI (40.0) ranking first, and Drake (39.7) not far behind at second overall in the conference.
The Panthers rank second in the MVC this season for scoring defense, only allowing 58.5 points per game. During conference play, UNI has allowed just 53.5 points per league contest.
Under head coach Tanya Warren, UNI is a perfect 71-0 when holding opponents to 50 points or less.
Junior Ellie Howell owns a team-high 15 games in double figures, with 11 coming in MVC play.
Sophomore Megan Maahs ranks sixth all-time at UNI in total rebounds in a season, after hauling in 241 this season. Maahs is also 10th for most defensive rebounds (168) in a season at UNI.

SERIES WITH DRAKE

UNI has lost its last four games against Drake, with the Panthers dropping this season's earlier contest against the Bulldogs, 81-64, in Des Moines.
The Panthers have not beat the Bulldogs since March 19, 2016, as UNI earned a 64-58 victory at home in the 2016 NIT against Drake.
Overall, UNI trails the all-time series 24-60 and is 16-22 overall against Drake at home.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS

Drake is 18-7 overall and a perfect 13-0 in conference action.
The Bulldogs have not lost since Dec. 21, 2017, which was a 79-66 defeat at the hands of Iowa on the road.
Drake has won its last 35 regular-season games in MVC action, with its last loss coming against the Panthers on Feb. 19, 2016.
Sarah Rhine leads Drake with 15.8 points per game this season, while averaging 6.4 rebounds a contest.

50-POINT CLUB GROWS

Under head coach Tanya Warren, the Panthers are undefeated when holding an opponent to 50 points or less.
Over her 11-year career at the helm, Tanya Warren has earned a 71-0 record against foes when holding them to 50 points or less.
Warren's highest total for a season was in 2015-16, when the Panthers held 12 foes to 50 points or less.
This season, the Panthers are 6-0 when holding an opponent to 50 points or less.

PANTHER SHARP SHOOTERS

UNI has knocked down 179-of-578 (31.0%) from 3-point land this season.
The 179 made 3-pointers this season rank as the third-most in the MVC.
The Panthers are averaging 7.5 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 35 made 3-pointers this season.

UNI CONTROLS THE GLASS

This season, the Panthers rank second in the MVC with a 5.2 rebounding margin over foes.
UNI has outrebounded 18 foes this season, with the highest margin of 18 coming against Wyoming earlier in November.
When outrebounding teams this season, UNI is 12-6 on the season.
The Panthers are averaging 40.0 rebounds per contest, which ranks first in the MVC.

MAAHS CLIMBS UP THE RECORD BOOK

Sophomore Megan Maahs has had a sensational season rebounding the ball in 2017-18.
Maahs currently sits sixth all-time for most rebounds in a season (241) at UNI, while ranking 10th all-time for most defensive rebounds in a season (168).
If the season ended today, her 10.0 rebounds per game would rank fourth all-time at UNI in a single season.

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Sophomore Megan Maahs leads the MVC with nine double-doubles this season.
That total is the most in a season for UNI since Alex Cook earned 10 in 2004-05.
Maahs ranks 27th in the NCAA for total rebounds per contest at 10.0.
In the MVC, Maahs tops the league this season in rebounds per game (10.0), defensive rebounds per game (7.0) and most double-doubles (9).
Only two other Panthers have earned double-doubles with Ellie Howell and Rose Simon-Ressler each earning their career-firsts this season.
Howell's came against Indiana State (1/14) after scoring 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Simon-Ressler's came against Evansville (2/11) after posting 10 points and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds.
The double-doubles for Maahs and Howell against Indiana State (1/14) 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).

WARREN IN THE VALLEY

Head coach Tanya Warren is fifth all-time wins in the Missouri Valley Conference, with 127 league victories under her belt. Warren is behind Creighton's Jim Flanery (2003-13) who owns 131 wins.
Overall, Warren's 199 wins also rank fifth overall, placing behind Barbara Hilke (1983-92) of Eastern Illinois' 231.

HOWELL HEATS UP IN LEAGUE PLAY

This season, redshirt junior Ellie Howell has scored in double figures a team-high 15 times, with 11 of those coming in conference play.
Howell scored a season-high 21 points against Loyola.
During MVC play, Howell is averaging a team-best 12.2 points per outing.

SOCIAL MEDIA
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