University of Northern Iowa Athletics
Panther Women's Hoops Travels to Missouri Wednesday
11/11/2019 10:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball
UNI women's basketball travels to Columbia, Mo. to face Missouri for the third game of the season. The Panthers are 2-0 after picking up wins over North Dakota State and Wichita State. Missouri is 1-1 with two overtime games. They topped Western Illinois 97-89, but fell to Nebraska 90-85.
• Saturday's game is the 7th meeting for the two programs. Missouri has won every previous meeting.
• In the first road game of the season, UNI came from behind to topple Wichita State 61-50 spurred by Karli Rucker's 17 second-half points. The junior leads the Panthers at 20.0 PPG. Kam Finley and Megan Maahs also average double figures for UNI.
• Mizzou is led by Amber Smith who is averaging 23.5 PPG. Five total Missouri Players average double figures.
• UNI returns 2018-19 First-Team All-MVC honoree Karli Rucker and 2017-18 First-Team All-MVF honoree Megan Maahs to court. Maahs returns after missing most of the 2018-19 season with an injury.
• UNI has played in postseason play in nine of the last 10 seasons, including an appearance in the WNIT in 2019 where the Panthers met Minnesota in the first round.
• Karli Rucker is the leading returning scorer at 15.0 points per game for the 2018-19 season.
• The Panthers lost starters Mikaela Morgan, Ellie Howell and Taylor Hagen to graduation.
• UNI brought in three freshmen in Cailyn Morgan, Sara McCullough and Kaitlin Winston. Kristina Cavey joins the Panthers as a graduate transfer from Fresno State where she started 19 games for the Bulldogs.
• UNI plays games against five power- five conference teams, the most in the MVC. The Panthers play Iowa, Iowa State, Ohio State, Alabama and Missouri.
• Saturday's game is the 7th meeting for the two programs. Missouri has won every previous meeting.
• In the first road game of the season, UNI came from behind to topple Wichita State 61-50 spurred by Karli Rucker's 17 second-half points. The junior leads the Panthers at 20.0 PPG. Kam Finley and Megan Maahs also average double figures for UNI.
• Mizzou is led by Amber Smith who is averaging 23.5 PPG. Five total Missouri Players average double figures.
• UNI returns 2018-19 First-Team All-MVC honoree Karli Rucker and 2017-18 First-Team All-MVF honoree Megan Maahs to court. Maahs returns after missing most of the 2018-19 season with an injury.
• UNI has played in postseason play in nine of the last 10 seasons, including an appearance in the WNIT in 2019 where the Panthers met Minnesota in the first round.
• Karli Rucker is the leading returning scorer at 15.0 points per game for the 2018-19 season.
• The Panthers lost starters Mikaela Morgan, Ellie Howell and Taylor Hagen to graduation.
• UNI brought in three freshmen in Cailyn Morgan, Sara McCullough and Kaitlin Winston. Kristina Cavey joins the Panthers as a graduate transfer from Fresno State where she started 19 games for the Bulldogs.
• UNI plays games against five power- five conference teams, the most in the MVC. The Panthers play Iowa, Iowa State, Ohio State, Alabama and Missouri.
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