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Next: Northern Iowa (5-10, 0-4, RPI 167) at Bradley (7-10, 2-2, RPI 199) on Wednesday, January 11, 8:00 PM.
UNI has lost 6 games in a row, and are in danger of their first losing season since 2002-2003. This is Ben Jacobson's 11th season as Head Coach, and he has never had a losing season. UNI won 23 games last year (2015-16) and made it to the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament, and in 2014-15 they were 31-4 and made it to the 3rd round of the NCAA tournament.
The game will be televised on the MVC TV Network (Comcast SportsNet and FoxSports Midwest) and will also be streamed on ESPN3.com (subject to blackout in MVC areas).
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They are lead by the MVC Preseason Player of the Year, 6'5" senior guard Jeremy Morgan, who averages 16.6 ppg and a team-leading 6.7 rpg. He also leads UNI in assists with 3.1 apg, and he leads the MVC with 2.2 steals per game. They have 4 other players who average between 7.6 ppg and 8.8 ppg, and nobody else averages more than 4.7 ppg. They do not have a true point guard, and they are a distant 10th and last in the MVC in assists per game with just 10.5 apg.
But with their slow-down offense, they average just 11.7 turnovers per game. UNI also gets very little production from their bench.
UNI is the lowest scoring team in the MVC so far at 63.9 ppg, and Bradley ranks 9th at 66.8 ppg. UNI ranks 10th in shooting percentage (40.1%) and Bradley ranks 8th (43.3%). And in 3-point shooting, Bradley ranks 7th (35.5%) and UNI ranks 8th (34.9%). UNI also ranks 10th in rebounding in the MVC. They have a -7.3 rebounding margin. Bradley ranks 8th (-2.3 rpg margin).
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Bradley stats-
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It will be interesting to see if Bradley is favored in this game. There is no betting line posted yet.
Bradley has been the Vegas favorite in just 3 games all season (Delaware, SEMO, and Chicago State).
UNI has lost 6 games in a row, and are in danger of their first losing season since 2002-2003. This is Ben Jacobson's 11th season as Head Coach, and he has never had a losing season. UNI won 23 games last year (2015-16) and made it to the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament, and in 2014-15 they were 31-4 and made it to the 3rd round of the NCAA tournament.
The game will be televised on the MVC TV Network (Comcast SportsNet and FoxSports Midwest) and will also be streamed on ESPN3.com (subject to blackout in MVC areas).
MVC standings-
UNI website-
Schedule/results-
They are lead by the MVC Preseason Player of the Year, 6'5" senior guard Jeremy Morgan, who averages 16.6 ppg and a team-leading 6.7 rpg. He also leads UNI in assists with 3.1 apg, and he leads the MVC with 2.2 steals per game. They have 4 other players who average between 7.6 ppg and 8.8 ppg, and nobody else averages more than 4.7 ppg. They do not have a true point guard, and they are a distant 10th and last in the MVC in assists per game with just 10.5 apg.
But with their slow-down offense, they average just 11.7 turnovers per game. UNI also gets very little production from their bench.
UNI is the lowest scoring team in the MVC so far at 63.9 ppg, and Bradley ranks 9th at 66.8 ppg. UNI ranks 10th in shooting percentage (40.1%) and Bradley ranks 8th (43.3%). And in 3-point shooting, Bradley ranks 7th (35.5%) and UNI ranks 8th (34.9%). UNI also ranks 10th in rebounding in the MVC. They have a -7.3 rebounding margin. Bradley ranks 8th (-2.3 rpg margin).
UNI Stats-
Bradley stats-
MVC stats-
It will be interesting to see if Bradley is favored in this game. There is no betting line posted yet.
Bradley has been the Vegas favorite in just 3 games all season (Delaware, SEMO, and Chicago State).
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