Articles Tagged: UNI women’s basketball

Panthers start hot, but can’t match Cornhuskers’ size; but future looks brite in Cedar Falls

Northern Iowa ran past Colorado State, 88-76, in a first-round WNIT game Thursday night at McLeod Center.

An encouraging, yet bittersweet, part of the UNI women’s basketball season was being able to look back on a schedule that proved equipped to have provided an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

Along with its depth, UNI women’s basketball has been able to attribute much of its success this season to a new offense.

In a fight for first place in the Missouri Valley Conference women’s basketball race, Illinois State edged Northern Iowa, 72-70, at McLeod Center Thursday night.

UNI guard Maya McDermott — who made a game-winning floater against the Bulldogs at Knapp Center on January 11 — once again sent the Bulldogs home with a loss with another floater at the buzzer for a 49-47 win.

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.

Hawkeyes beat Panthers 88-74

Women’s basketball: Kate Martin is available for Iowa’s game Sunday vs. UNI; Caitlin Clark and Monika Czinano are closing in on 2,000 career points.

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.

No. 7 Iowa State survived a nail-biting women’s basketball upset bid at McLeod Center Wednesday night, squeaking its way past Northern Iowa, 88-85.

Cyclones win in-state battle, 88-85

Each of the Iowa State women’s basketball team’s past eight meetings with UNI have been decided by single digits, so the tense nature of this in-state matchup isn’t confined to the most recent games.

Northern Iowa women’s basketball is eager to see the 2022-23 version of itself.