Articles Tagged: Ben Jacobson

Panthers go for run at end of first half, start of second to run away from Southern Illinois, 78-67

Anteaters roll to 80-60 win at McLeod Center, improving to 3-0 while dropping Panthers to 2-1

Coach Ben Jacobson put an emphasis on offense during this training period, but said other aspects will be focus of fall workouts

The UNI men’s basketball team has won eight of its last nine games and wants to keep pushing for more progress.

Northern Iowa outlasted Southern Illinois at McLeod Center Saturday night, 61-57, moving Coach Ben Jacobson past Naismith Hall of Fame coach Henry Iba of Oklahoma State with 188 Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball wins, the most in league history.

The UNI men’s basketball team ends its non-conference schedule on Thursday at Northern Illinois, hoping to keep momentum heading back into Missouri Valley Conference play.

Nate Heise scored 25 points — and grabbed 10 rebounds — as UNI dumped Prairie Viewe A&M on Tuesday night, 74-55.

Despite a 3-7 start, UNI men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson said there is time for the Panthers to get better.

The calendar has yet to turn to November, but Northern Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson knows he has a good team, and not because the Missouri Valley Conference’s preseason poll told him so.

Belmont outlasted Northern Iowa and spoiled the Panthers’ regular season men’s basketball home finale, 83-75, Sunday at McLeod Center.

An 18-4 first half scoring run proved too much to overcome as Northern Iowa suffered its third-straight loss, 77-69, to Bradley on Saturday at McLeod Center.

Northern Iowa senior center Austin Phyfe is still having issues with long COVID and may be done with basketball.

In the first league-wide news conference since the additions of Belmont, Illinois-Chicago and Murray State became official on July 1 and the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball coaches showered unanimous praise on second-year commissioner Jeff Jackson.

UNI men’s basketball won 15 of 19 down the stretch, captured the MVC regular-season title and is getting ready for an NIT bid.

MVC Coach of the Year Ben Jacobson still wants to see improvement on defense from his UNI men’s basketball team that enters the conference tournament this week as the No. 1 seed.