University of Northern Iowa Athletics
Friday, January 24
Peoria, Ill.
7 p.m.
University of Northern Iowa
at
Bradley
UNI Travels to Bradley, Illinois State
1/23/2020 7:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball
UNI travels to Bradley and Illinois State for a pair of MVC road games. The Panthers enter the weekend with a 3-2 league mark and meet the league-leading Braves Friday with their 5-0 MVC record. Illinois State enters the weekend with a 2-3 MVC mark and face Drake Friday night. Â
• UNI is coming off of a 2-0 home weekend with big wins over Evansville and Indiana State. Karli Rucker tied her career high with 28 points against Evansville and Cynthia Wolf had a career-high 14 points and a career-high 13 rebounds against Indiana State for her first-career double-double.Â
• Bradley is 14-2 on the season and 7-0 at home. Their only losses came against Michigan and Liberty. They opened conference play with five consecutive wins, but enter a stretch that sees them meet the three teams in the league that were picked to finish first second and third, starting with UNI Friday. The Braves currently sit 75th in the NCAA RPI while UNI is 51st. Lasha Petree leads the Braves with 18.5 points per game. Two other Bradley players average double figures. Chelsea Brackmann tallies a team-high 8.3 rebounds per game.Â
• UNI closed non-conference with the most non-conference wins in school history (8), three wins over Power-Five Schools and an undefeated home record.Â
• Karli Rucker leads UNI at 13.3 points per game and Kam Finley is second for UNI with 10.6 PPG. Bre Gunnels leads with the team with 5.6 rebounds per game and Cynthia Wolf and Kristina Cavey average 4.6 RPG.Â
• The Panthers are ranked eighth in the NCAA in free-throw percentage at 77.7%. UNI is also 16th in the NCAA with 8.8 three-pointers made per game.Â
• UNI has played in the postseason in nine of the last 10 seasons, including an appearance in the WNIT in 2019 where the Panthers met Minnesota in the first round.
• UNI played five games against Power-Five Opponents, the most among Missouri Valley Conference teams. The Panthers went 3-2 with wins over Iowa, Iowa State and Missouri.
• UNI is coming off of a 2-0 home weekend with big wins over Evansville and Indiana State. Karli Rucker tied her career high with 28 points against Evansville and Cynthia Wolf had a career-high 14 points and a career-high 13 rebounds against Indiana State for her first-career double-double.Â
• Bradley is 14-2 on the season and 7-0 at home. Their only losses came against Michigan and Liberty. They opened conference play with five consecutive wins, but enter a stretch that sees them meet the three teams in the league that were picked to finish first second and third, starting with UNI Friday. The Braves currently sit 75th in the NCAA RPI while UNI is 51st. Lasha Petree leads the Braves with 18.5 points per game. Two other Bradley players average double figures. Chelsea Brackmann tallies a team-high 8.3 rebounds per game.Â
• UNI closed non-conference with the most non-conference wins in school history (8), three wins over Power-Five Schools and an undefeated home record.Â
• Karli Rucker leads UNI at 13.3 points per game and Kam Finley is second for UNI with 10.6 PPG. Bre Gunnels leads with the team with 5.6 rebounds per game and Cynthia Wolf and Kristina Cavey average 4.6 RPG.Â
• The Panthers are ranked eighth in the NCAA in free-throw percentage at 77.7%. UNI is also 16th in the NCAA with 8.8 three-pointers made per game.Â
• UNI has played in the postseason in nine of the last 10 seasons, including an appearance in the WNIT in 2019 where the Panthers met Minnesota in the first round.
• UNI played five games against Power-Five Opponents, the most among Missouri Valley Conference teams. The Panthers went 3-2 with wins over Iowa, Iowa State and Missouri.
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