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A pair of Missouri Valley Conference rivals meet on the court Wednesday when the Northern Iowa Panthers (6-7, 0-2 MVC) pay a visit to Springfield, Missouri and the Great Southern Bank Arena to face the Missouri State Bears (9-4, 1-1 MVC). Northern Iowa defeated Northern Illinois 76-63 a week ago this past Thursday and has not played since. The Panthers have won three straight. Missouri State defeated St Mary's 69-64 a week ago this past Saturday and has not played since. The Bears have won two straight. Northern Iowa does not have any players listed on its injury report. Missouri States G Matthew Lee is listed as questionable.
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The Northern Iowa Panthers are scoring an average of 77.8 (118th) points per game while shooting 47.9% (50th) overall and 37.7% (37th) from 3-point land. The Panthers are shooting 70.5% (197th) from the charity stripe. Nate Heise is the leading scorer for Northern Iowa with an average of 15.2 points per game, while Bowen Born is second with an average of 13.5 points per game. Heise is the leader in assists with an average of 2.8 per game. Northern Iowa averages 14.5 assists and 11.5 turnovers per game.
Northern Iowa is allowing an average of 73.8 (254th) points per game while opponents are shooting 44.1% (250th) overall and 36.0% (321st) from 3-point land. Northern Iowa averages 34.7 rebounds per game led by Tytan Anderson with an average of 6.5 boards per contest. Born is the leader in steals with an average of 1. 1 per game, while Heise is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 0.7 blocks per game.
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