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Two Missouri Valley Conference rivals meet on the court Saturday when the Northern Iowa Panthers (12-15, 8-9 MVC) pay a visit to Springfield, Missouri and the Great Southern Bank Arena to play the Missouri State Bears (14-13, 10-7 MVC). Northern Iowa lost its sixth straight when falling to the Drake Bulldogs 82-74 on Wednesday. Missouri State had a two-game winning streak snapped when falling to Bradley 64-54 on Wednesday. Nate Heise is out for Northern Iowa. Bryan Trimble Jr is out for Missouri State.
Northern Iowa is scoring an average of 70.2 points per game which is 228th in the nation, while the Panthers are shooting 45.7% overall which is 109th and 34.3% from three point land which is 183rd. Northern Iowa's defense is allowing an average of 69.2 points per game which is 171st while the Panthers are allowing a field goal shooting percentage of 44.6% which is 250th and a three-point shooting percentage of 35.2% which is 281st.
Bowen Born is the leading scorer for Northern Iowa with an average of 17.9 points per game but is shooting only 42.0% overall and 37.6% from long distance. Tytan Anderson is the second leading scorer with an average of 12.6 points per game, while shooting 49.0% overall and 28.6% from behind the line. Four of Northern Iowa's top five scorers are shooting 49.0% or less. Born is th e leader in assists with an average of 2.7 dishes per contest. Northern Iowa averages 12.5 turnovers per contest. On the boards, Northern Iowa averages 33.0 rebounds, with Anderson the king of the boards with an average of 8.9 rebounds per game. Anderson is also the leader in steals with an average of 1.3 per game and the leader in blocked shots with an average of 0.4 per contest.
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