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Panther men’s basketball seeks fourth straight win against Sycamores
2/10/2025 10:59:00 AM | Men's Basketball
UNI hosts Indiana State on Tuesday night amid a three-game win streak. Tickets available for purchase.
UNI men's basketball (16-9 / 10-4 MVC) vs. Indiana State (12-13 / 6-8 MVC)
- 7 p.m. CT | Feb. 11, 2025
- McLeod Center (6,650) | Cedar Falls, Iowa
- ESPN+ (Brad Wells: Play-by-Play / Kevin Lehman: Analyst)
- Panther Sports Radio Network (J.W. Cox: Play-by-Play / Kevin Boyle: Analyst)
- LIVE STATS
- TICKETS
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- The UNI men's basketball team will look to stretch its win streak to a season-best four games on Tuesday night when the Panthers host the Indiana State Sycamores in Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) action inside the McLeod Center.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT with live coverage available on ESPN+. Fans can also catch the radio call of the game with J.W. Cox and Kevin Boyle on the Panther Sports Radio Network.
Tickets for Saturday's game can be purchased online through the UNI Ticket Office, by calling 319-273-4849, or through email at tickets@uni.edu. Fans are encouraged to wear black for the Panthers' annual Black Out Game.
The Panthers will celebrate Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night on Tuesday, as well as Teacher Appreciation Night and their annual Student Scholarship Drawing. Eligibility for UNI students to win $1,000 in scholarship funds can be found HERE.
Indiana State holds a 37-32 lead in the all-time series against Northern Iowa with the Panthers looking to complete the regular season sweep of the Sycamores for the first time in three years. UNI bested Indiana State back on Jan. 25 in Terre Haute with a 74-56 road win. The Panthers are 12-2 at home this season, the most wins for the program inside the McLeod Center since going 16-0 during the 2019-20 season.
The Panthers enter the week tied with Bradley for second place in the MVC standings and two games behind league leading Drake with a 10-4 conference record after a thrilling 68-65 come-from-behind home victory on Saturday against Illinois State. Despite giving up 11 three pointers to the Redbirds, Northern Iowa outscored Illinois State 46-22 in the paint, grabbing the lead for good on a Tytan Anderson hook shot in the final minute of action.
Anderson led the way in the UNI comeback with a game-high 18 points on a season-best nine made baskets, along with eight rebounds. Trey Campbell tallied 12 points and four assists in the win with Jacob Hutson posting 11 points and five boards. Will Hornseth produced an efficient 11 points in nine minutes off the bench as Ben Schwieger posted nine points and nine rebounds.
Northern Iowa continues to maintain a hot shooting hand this season, ranking seventh in all of Division I with a 49.5% shooting clip, shooting over 50% in 11 of its 25 games this year. UNI is also 24th nationally in effective field goal percentage (56%).
Anderson, the MVC's leader in made free throws (109) and attempts (153) who also looks to continue climbing the program's top-ten all-time steals list, leads UNI with 14.5 points per game and a team-high 6.6 rebounds a game on 56.2% shooting. Anderson is also just one assist away from becoming the fourth player in program history to record 1,000 points, 700 rebounds and 200 assists in a UNI career, looking to join Seth Tuttle (2011-15), Eric Coleman (2004-08) and Don Lemons (1975-79) in an elite club of Panther players.
Hutson has notched 12 points and four rebounds, while Campbell has posted 111 points and a team-high 75 assists. Schwieger has put up 9.5 points and 4.6 boards per game as a starter in the Panther lineup in the last 17 contests. Hornseth, meanwhile,is shooting at a high percentage in his freshman season, posting a 71.3% clip on 57-of-80 shooting, currently on pace to set a new single-season field goal percentage record.
From beyond the arc, Cael Schmitt, who has appeared in seven games since his UNI and Division I debut at Southern Illinois last month, has steadily increased his minutes on the floor each game while shooting seven-for-22 from range. Max Weisbrod has also been a spark for Northern Iowa's three-point shooting having started the last four games and trailing on Campbell for the team lead with 32 made three pointers on 40%.
SCOUTING INDIANA STATE
The Sycamores have gone 3-1 since last meeting the Panthers inside the Hulman Center last month, with their lone loss coming in a hotly contested overtime loss at Drake, 85-81.
Markus Harting scored 16 points with eight rebounds for Indiana State in its last meeting with the Panthers, while Aaron Gray posted 11 points. Jaden Daughtry added ten points in the Sycamore loss.
Indiana State continues to be among the nation's top three-point shooting teams, ranking 15th in Division I with 29.4 attempts from beyond the arc. The Sycamores are 26th nationally in made three-pointers per game (10), and lead the MVC in bench points (29.7), fastbreak points (12.2) and defensive rebounds per game (26.7).
Samage Teel is second in the league in total points scored (471) while averaging a team-high 16.7 points a game along with 4.8 assists. Daughtry has averaged 12.7 points as Gray has posted 10.3 points a team-high 5.9 rebounds per game.
UNI men's basketball action can be followed all season long on social media on Facebook (UNI Men's Basketball), X (@UNImbb) and on Instagram (@uni_basketball). The full 2024-25 schedule and roster, along with the latest Panther news and information can be found online at UNIpanthers.com.
