Panthers Travel East for Indiana

UNI GAME NOTES

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Seeking its first season sweep in Missouri Valley Conference play, the University of Northern Iowa women's basketball team (11-11, 7-4 MVC) travels to Indiana State (8-13, 6-4 MVC) and Evansville (3-18, 0-10 MVC) on Friday and Sunday.

The Panthers and Sycamores will tip off at 6 p.m. CT, while Sunday's game against the Purple Aces will tip off at 1 p.m. CT.

HOW TO TUNE IN
Both games will be 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 (11-11, 7-4 MVC) continues the MVC slate on the road, as the Panthers travel to Indiana State and Evansville over the weekend.
The Panthers are seeking their first conference sweep of the season, after defeating the Sycamores and Purple Aces earlier this year.
UNI's 4.6 rebounding margin this season ranks first in the conference. In MVC play, the Panthers own a 6.7 rebounding margin.
The Panthers rank second in the MVC this season for scoring defense, only allowing 59.0 points per game.
Under head coach Tanya Warren, UNI is a perfect 69-0 when holding opponents to 50 points or less.
Junior Ellie Howell earned her team-high 13th game in double figures, with nine coming in MVC play.

SERIES WITH INDIANA STATE/EVANSVILLE

UNI has won seven-straight over Indiana State and eight-straight versus Evansville, including two earlier wins this season.
The Panthers have not lost to the Sycamores since March 8, 2014, while UNI has not dropped a contest to the Purple Aces since Feb. 8, 2014.
Overall, the Panthers have won 19 of the last 20 games against Evansville.
UNI trails the all-time series against INS, 31-41, while leading Evansville, 33-19.

SCOUTING THE SYCAMORES/PURPLE ACES

Indiana State is 8-13 overall and 6-4 in conference play this season. The Sycamore's last lost came against the Panthers, with INS winning its last five games.
Evansville enters the weekend with a 3-18 record overall and winless in MVC action. The Purple Aces are on a 12-game losing streak overall, with their last win coming on Dec. 14.

DEFENDERS OF WARREN

UNI is 140-22 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 8-5.

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 69-0 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 5-0 when holding an opponent to 50 points or less.

PANTHER SHARP SHOOTERS

UNI has knocked down 164-of-529 (31.0%) from 3-point land this season.
The 164 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 32 made 3-pointers this season.

UNI CONTROLS THE GLASS

This season, the Panthers rank first in the MVC with a 4.6 rebounding margin over foes.
UNI has outrebounded 16 foes this season, with the highest margin of 18 coming against Wyoming earlier in November.
When outrebounding teams this season, UNI is 10-6 on the season.
The Panthers are averaging 40.1 rebounds per contest, which ranks second in the MVC.

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Sophomore Megan Maahs leads the MVC with eight double-doubles this season.
That total is the most in a season for UNI since Lizzie Boeck earned eight in 2010-11.
Maahs ranks 25th in the NCAA for total rebounds per contest at 10.1.
In the MVC, Maahs tops the league this season in rebounds per game (10.1), defensive rebounds per game (7.0) and most double-doubles (8).
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 a team-high 13 times, with nine of those coming in conference play.
Howell scored a season-high 21 points against Loyola.
During MVC play, Howell is averaging a team-best 11.9 points per outing.

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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