Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Divisional Round
Two Missouri Valley Conference rivals meet on the court Saturday when the Northern Iowa Panthers (10-9, 6-3 MVC) visit Chicago and Credit Union 1 Arena to play the UIC Flames (9-11, 1-8 MVC). Northern Iowa defeated Illinois State 65-63 on Wednesday. Trey Campbell scored 20 points for the Panthers. Northern Iowa has won five of the last six. UIC was defeated by Valparaiso 76-66 on Tuesday night. The Flames have lost each of their last six and seven of the last eight. Northern Iowa will play without Nate Heise. UIC does not have any players listed on its injury report.
Northern Iowa is holding opponents to an average of 66.0 (88th) points per game. The Panthers are allowing a field goal shooting percentage of 43.5% (206th) and a three-point shooting percentage of 33.1% (171st). On offense, Northern Iowa is scoring an average of 69.7 (224th) points per game. The Panthers have a field goal shooting percentage of 45.6% (127th), and a three-point shooting percentage of 34.6% (157th).
Bowen Born is the leading scorer for Northern Iowa with an average of 18.8 points per game. The guard is shooting 44.8% overall and 40.7% from long distance. Tytan Anderson is the second leading scorer with an average of 13.2 points per game. The guard is shooting 48.4% overall and 33.3% from behind the line. The only other scorer averaging double figures is Nate Heise (12.0 ppg) but Heise is out i njured. Born is the leader in assists with an average of 2.8 dishes per game. On the boards, Northern Iowa averages 33.7 rebounds per game. Anderson is the king of the boards with an average of 9.4 rebounds per game. Anderson is also the leader in steals with an average of 1.7 per contest and the leader in blocked shots with an average of 0.6 per game.