UNI men's basketball returns home to host Richmond
12/3/2021 2:37:00 PM | Men's Basketball
UNI men's basketball vs. Richmond
- 1 p.m. CT |Â Nov. 27
- Cedar Falls, Iowa | McLeod Center (6,650)
- ESPN+
- 1540 KXEL: Panther Sports Radio Network
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- UNI men's basketball returns to action this weekend as they host the Richmond Spiders (4-4) at the McLeod Center.Â
UNI (2-4) returns home following a 71-69 loss on Wednesday night at Bradley in their Missouri Valley Conference opener.Â
Junior AJ Green posted 30 points against Bradley, his fourth career game of 30 or more points. Green, who ranks second in the MVC with three-point shooting percentage of 42.3%, hit five-of-nine shots from beyond the arc. Sophomore forward Noah Carter recorded a season-high 20 points for the Panthers against the Braves, hitting 50% of his shots from the floor.
Richmond comes to Cedar Falls following a 73-64 win at Wofford on Wednesday. The Spiders are led by junior forward Tyler Burton, who leads Richmond in scoring with 17.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Grant Golden leads the way with a team-high shooting percentage of 61.2% from the floor, while Jacob Gilyard leads the Spiders in steals.Â
Richmond has won two of the three meetings all-time. UNI took the first meeting during the 2014-15 season in a 55-50 home victory, while Richmond has clinched the last two matchups. The Spiders won last season's meeting at home, 78-68.
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PANTHER NOTES
• AJ Green moved up to No. 12 on the all-time scoring list with 1,295 points.Â
• Trae Berhow now has 1,280 career points between UNI and Pepperdine with 980 points as a Panther for 46th place in program history.Â
• Austin Phyfe (67th, 812 points) and Tywhon Pickford (84th, 669 points) are also ranked in the top 100.
 The Panthers lead the MVC and 18th in Division I for three-point field goals per game with an average of 10.8.
•AJ Green holds the top spot in the MVC for three-point field goals per game with 3.6 per game, which is tied for 14th in the nation. Trae Berhow sits fifth in the conference with 2.17.Â
•AJ Green sits second in the MVC and 75th in the nation with a three-point shooting percentage of 42.3%.
