Panther Women Take on Drake in Des Moines, Wednesday

The Panthers come off of two road victories and travel to Des Moines on Wednesday, Jan. 26 to challenge Drake in the next MVC matchup. This is the only conference matchup that both games will not be played back-to-back.

• The UNI women's basketball team earned an MVC series sweep against Indiana State on Jan. 22 and 23. UNI topped the Sycamores 95-69 and 88-53 ending the series with a 35 point lead.

• With 8:42 left in the game on Jan. 22, Megan Maahs entered the 1,000 Point Club. She is now the 26th member with 1,013 points. She needs three more rebounds to move into the second spot on the All-Time Rebounding list.

• With the first win of the series against Indiana State on Jan. 22, Tanya Warren claimed her 250th career win. She is the fourth coach in Missouri Valley Conference history to achieve this milestone.

• The Drake women's basketball team last played against Missouri State on Jan. 22 and 23. The Bulldogs could not stop the Lady Bears and lost both games.

• Grace Berg scored a game-high 25 points against the Lady Bears on Jan. 22 but the Bulldogs lost by one-point. Sarah Beth Gueldner recorded 11 points on Jan. 23 and Berg recorded nine.

• The Bulldogs' bench scored 35 of the team's 63 points in the second matchup against Missouri State.

• Maya McDermott was named MVC Newcomer of the Week after scoring a career-high 20 points and going perfect from the field, free-throw line and downtown on Friday Jan. 22, and recording seven assists on Saturday, Jan. 23.

• Karli Rucker claimed the No. 13 spot on the All-Time Scoring list with 1,244 points. After the two games against Indiana State, she is only 10 points away from claiming Tara King's No. 12 spot. King has 1,253 career-points.

• UNI is ranked 51 among all NCAA Division I women's basketball teams for free throw percentage. Bre Gunnels is ranked No. 45 for free throws made and No. 50 for free throws attempted.

• Drake records three conference losses as they enter the series. These losses were against Bradley and Missouri State.

• UNI, Illinois State and Drake are all tied in the MVC Standings. They each have recorded five MVC wins and three MVC losses. UNI and Drake have both lost to Missouri State but Illinois State has not yet played the Lady Bears.

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