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Northern Iowa women’s basketball is readying for its annual trip to Knapp Center in Des Moines to take on Missouri Valley Conference rival Drake Wednesday night.

Northern Iowa nearly overcame an afternoon of cold shooting, but ultimately was dealt its first women’s basketball Missouri Valley Conference loss of the season, 67-61, by Belmont on Sunday at McLeod Center.

Clutch plays late sent Northern Iowa past Southern Illinois, 69-57, Saturday afternoon at McLeod Center, snapping the Salukis’ seven-game winning streak.

Two straight road wins in conference play is always an accomplishment, and Northern Iowa has done just that. Inexperienced Iowa natives like Michael Duax and Cole Henry have played big roles.

Northern Iowa’s young men’s basketball team got an unkind re-welcome to Missouri Valley Conference play Wednesday night, as Missouri State out-muscled the Panthers for a 79-67 win.

Northern Iowa forward Austin Phyfe said life on the sidelines as a player/coach is enjoyable, but bittersweet. The sixth-year senior remains sidelined with blood clotting issues that zapped his cardiovascular strength a season ago, but he remains focused on returning to the court at some point.

Northern Iowa edges past St. Bonaventure in a back-and-forth game Wednesday night at McLeod Center, 62-52.

Panthers men’s basketball coach thinks team will only get better despite 4-7 start to the season

Panthers hit just 16 of 55 shots, including 7 straight in the final minute of 52-49 loss

Toledo’s high-powered offense proved to be a bit too much for Northern Iowa Tuesday night as the Rockets scored an 83-75 men’s basketball win at McLeod Center.

For the 24th time in program history Northern Iowa volleyball is an NCAA tournament qualifier. Meanwhile, Iowa State earned its 15th NCAA bid.

Since kickoff of its regular-season finale at South Dakota a week-and-a-half ago, it’s been a non-stop range of emotions for Mark Farley’s Northern Iowa football team and its fans.

A second-half comeback and career-high 30 points from Bowen Born gave Northern Iowa its first Division-I men’s basketball win of the season Saturday at McLeod Center, 83-76, over Northern Illinois.

A tough first quarter proved to be a sign of things to come as the UNI women’s basketball team shot just 29 percent from the field and committed seven turnovers in the game’s first 10 minutes of an 89-66 loss to No. 20 Creighton.

Any chance Northern Iowa might have to earn an at-large berth into the FCS playoffs comes with the assumption of a win Saturday at South Dakota. Here are three keys to the game and a prediction, plus how to watch.