UNI Men’s Basketball in Valparaiso
- 6:00 PM CT | January 4, 2023
- Valparaiso, Indiana | Athletics Recreation Center (5,000)
- ESPN+ (Todd Ikcow: Commentary / Jamie Stangel: Analyst)
- Panther Sports Radio Network (JW Cox: Play-by-play)
Cedar Falls, Iowa — UNI Men’s Basketball will be looking for a second consecutive conference road win Wednesday night as the Panthers travel to northwest Indiana to face the Valparaiso Beacons. The Panthers look to continue to gain momentum following his 66-60 win in Illinois on New Year’s Eve, while the Beacons are on the mend following his 68-50 loss at home to Indiana on Sunday. , aiming to start the league match at 0-4.
After splitting the regular season series last winter, the Panthers are 29-5 against Valparaiso and 7-3 against the Beacons since joining the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) in 2017. Athletics Recreation Center is always on.
Uni-Panthers
UNI’s defense gave Illinois State a season-high 20 turnovers, giving the Panther offense plenty of opportunity in Saturday’s road win at CEFCU Arena. The Panthers started the second half with his 10–0 run, stopping the Redbirds’ late rally by as much as 15 points, earning their first true public road victory of the season.
Bowen Bourne The afternoon ended with a game-high 25 points, shooting 7/13 from the field and 5/7 from three-point range. Titan Anderson He scored 16 points with a game-high nine rebounds and a career-high six steals. cole henry Recorded 8 points and 7 boards in victory. Trey Campbell He finished with 7 points and scored on a string of 5 critical free throws.
UNI leads the nation with in-state players scoring 67.4 points per game. Youngstown State ranked him second with Ohio natives scoring his 58.2 points, and Eastern Michigan ranked third with his 55.2 points per game by Michigan product. I was.
Born leads MVC with an average of 19.9 points per game. His career-best scoring seven games were in the last ten.
- 30 Points vs. Northern Illinois (Nov. 26)
- 29 Points vs. Evansville (Dec. 3)
- 27 Points vs. Towson (Dec. 17)
- 27 Points vs. Toledo (6 Dec)
- 25 Points in Illinois (Dec 31)
- 23 Points vs. Missouri (Dec. 28)
- 22 points at Bradley (30 Nov)
In addition to leading MVC in five double-doubles and ranking 30th in the nation, Anderson leads MVC in rebounds per game (9.0) and defensive rebounds per game (6.7). I’m here. He sits on his 4 too.th (2.2) at the Meeting of the Attack Board for each Contest.
The Panthers average a low MVC of 14.7 personal fouls per game. As a result, UNI is averaging his 18.1 free throw attempts per game, his third-most in the conference.
head coach Ben Jacobson He also continues his march towards MVC history, passing former Clayton coach Dana Altman for third place on the conference’s all-time winning list. Jacobson has his 327 wins since his first year as head coach for the Panthers in the 2006-07 season, and Altman has his 327 wins in Omaha from 1994 to his 2010 season. .
Valparaiso Beacon
The Beacons played early in their New Year’s Day game against Indiana State University, but lost 68-50 to MVC’s last undefeated team in the league, losing two costly games late in the first half and early in the second period. I gave up on scoring runs. Valparaiso closed the lead over Sycamore to within his three points before Indiana State scored his first ten points of the second half after he conceded 8-0 in the final minutes of the opening stanza. to give him a 22-point lead.
Valparaiso held 29.5% of their shots from the field and were rebounded 8-4 by Sycamore on the offensive board. Preseason First Team All-His MVC forward Ben Cricke led the Beacons with his 16 points. Third Team his guard Kobe King scored his 13th as Quinton Green scored seven total, his seven rebounds, a team-high, and Nick Edwards recorded his five assists.
Under the leadership of 7th-year head coach Matt Lottich, the Beacons were voted 9th in this year’s MVC preseason voting. Valparaiso, who made his MVC Tournament his championship game in 2020, dropped his six of his nine games in the first, including his MVC opening his games against Belmont and Murray State. I had a hard time. The Beacons have split their last six games, most recently in a 77-67 win over Stonehill on December 21st.
Cricke leads MVC with a 53.1% field goal shooting percentage, and has a team-best 17.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. King posted 17.1 points per game, while Edwards led the conference in total assists (69) and ranked second with 4.6 assists per contest. , with a league-worst 29% 3-point distance.