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Next game: Bradley (9-18, 4-10, tie for 8th place) at UNI (13-12, 8-6, 3rd place) Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7:00 PM
The game will be on ESPN3.com
UNI lost their first 5 MVC games, including a loss at Bradley on January 11, 72-61. Since then they have won 8 of their last 9 MVC games to improve to 8-6, and 13-12 overall, and pull into 3rd place in the MVC.
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.
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They are lead by the MVC Preseason Player of the Year, 6'5" senior guard Jeremy Morgan, who averages 15.4 ppg and a team-leading 6.1 rpg. He also leads UNI in assists with 2.8 apg, and he is 2nd in the MVC with 2.0 steals per game. They have 4 other players who average between 7.9 ppg and 10.5 ppg, and nobody else averages more than 4.5 ppg. They do not have a true point guard, and they are a distant 10th in the MVC in assists per game with just 9.1 apg in MVC games.
They play low-scoring games and average just 12.1 turnovers per game, compared to Bradley's 16.6 turnovers per game in MVC games.
UNI also gets the lowest production from their bench of any MVC team.
UNI ranks 9th in scoring in MVC games at 62.6 ppg, and Bradley ranks 10th at 61.6 ppg.
UNI ranks 10th in 3-point shooting percentage (30.1%) and Bradley ranks 5th (36.7%). A
UNI ranks 9th in rebounding in the MVC. They have a -4.8 rebounding margin. Bradley ranks 6th (-2.1 rpg margin).
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The game will be on ESPN3.com
UNI lost their first 5 MVC games, including a loss at Bradley on January 11, 72-61. Since then they have won 8 of their last 9 MVC games to improve to 8-6, and 13-12 overall, and pull into 3rd place in the MVC.
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.
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 15.4 ppg and a team-leading 6.1 rpg. He also leads UNI in assists with 2.8 apg, and he is 2nd in the MVC with 2.0 steals per game. They have 4 other players who average between 7.9 ppg and 10.5 ppg, and nobody else averages more than 4.5 ppg. They do not have a true point guard, and they are a distant 10th in the MVC in assists per game with just 9.1 apg in MVC games.
They play low-scoring games and average just 12.1 turnovers per game, compared to Bradley's 16.6 turnovers per game in MVC games.
UNI also gets the lowest production from their bench of any MVC team.
UNI ranks 9th in scoring in MVC games at 62.6 ppg, and Bradley ranks 10th at 61.6 ppg.
UNI ranks 10th in 3-point shooting percentage (30.1%) and Bradley ranks 5th (36.7%). A
UNI ranks 9th in rebounding in the MVC. They have a -4.8 rebounding margin. Bradley ranks 6th (-2.1 rpg margin).
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