A seesaw battle of the Missouri Valley Conference’s two hottest teams in a de facto winner-take-all regular-season championship game delivered Saturday night, as Northern Iowa outlasted Loyola-Chicago, 102-96, in overtime before a sellout crowd.
It all comes down to Saturday night. Northern Iowa and Loyola-Chicago meet at McLeod Center with the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball regular-season title on the line.
Tied for first in the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball standings with two games left, UNI is embracing conference title talk.
Northern Iowa recaptured first place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings Sunday, producing a season-high in points in a 95-75 win over Missouri State.
Photos: UNI Panthers basketball vs the Missouri State Bears
Anna Miller’s three-point play with 1:48 remaining proved to be the difference in a back-and-forth women’s basketball battle that sent Drake past Northern Iowa, 73-68.
UNI men’s basketball has to put a lopsided loss to Loyola Chicago in the rearview as the Panthers head to Illinois State on Tuesday for another MVC matchup.
In a game for first place in the Missouri Valley Conference, Loyola Chicago snapped UNI’s five-game winning streak with an 85-58 whipping.
Fifth-ranked Iowa State received a major decision from Yonger Bastida and a decision by Sam Schuyler to edge No. 18 UNI Friday night at the McCleod Center. The Cyclones snapped the Panthers’ six-dual win streak.
The Iowa State-Northern Iowa dual meet is once again a marquee matchup thanks to ISU’s steady and marked improvement.
AJ Green and formidable defense pushed UNI men’s basketball past Southern Illinois Wednesday night, 53-44.
UNI men’s basketball is playing better defense and finds itself in the mix for the MVC title.
The top-ranked pound-for-pound wrestler in the Class of 2002, Kylie Welker, was the first signee for the Iowa women’s wrestling program. Soon after, Bettendorf’s Ella Schmit and Wyoming Seminary Prep’s (Pa.) Reese Larramendy followed, showing the talent is already flocking to the Iowa program.
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