Articles Tagged: UNI men’s basketball

Without second-leading scorer Bowen Born (illness), Northern Iowa fell short to Drake in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball game at Knapp Center Saturday night, 77-63.

Clutch free throw shooting helped send Northern Iowa past Evansville at McLeod Center Tuesday night, 70-63.

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.

After a slow start to its season, the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team has played like the team its Missouri Valley Conference peers anticipated over the past month.

Northern Iowa got its fifth win in its last six games Wednesday night at McLeod Center, outlasting Illinois-Chicago, 67-59, in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball contest.

Getting back to work has been Northern Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson’s message since his team’s 77-66 home loss on Sunday to first-place Indiana State.

Indiana State played like the first-place team it is in a 77-66 Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball win over Northern Iowa inside the McLeod Center on Sunday.

Despite having won three straight games before heading home for the holidays, UNI men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson knew it was the right time to continue applying pressure on his team to improve.

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.

A strong second half sent Northern Iowa past Richmond Wednesday night at McLeod Center, 78-73.

A 17-4 deficit less than five minutes into the game proved too much to overcome as Northern Iowa fell short in its Missouri Valley Conference opener against Belmont Wednesday night, 90-70.

Northern Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson spoke optimistically Monday about his team’s 1-3 southern swing last week.