… It was Born’s 27th game this year in double figures. UNI PLAYER PLAUDITS -Sophomore guard Bowen Born, a second team All-MVC selection, paced the Panthers with a career-high 34 points, including 27 in the second half … It marked his second straight 20+ point performance in the MVC Tournament, following a 23-point effort in the opening win against Illinois State … Born has 1,075 career points, which ranks No. UNI fell to 4-14 this season when trailing at half. Northern Iowa suffered its third straight loss to Bradley this year, and trails the all-time series, 39-36. 1 seed in the MVC Tournament, having done so previously vs. The Panthers were attempting to knock off their third No. Bradley and 11-12 all-time in quarterfinal action. UNI falls to 28-25 all-time in MVC Tournament action, 3-4 vs. UNI NOTES - Northern Iowa closed the season with a 14-18 record. He is now 7-0 as a player in Arch Madness. He also added eight rebounds, just one shy of his season-high. Graduate guard Ja’Shon Henry added 12 points, reaching double digits in points for the 15th time this season. He’s the first player in MVC history to have 50 blocks and 50 steals in the same season. He also had three blocks in the game, pushing him to 52 on the season. Senior forward Malevy Leons reached double digits in points for the 19th time this season, scoring 10 points with five rebounds. He also had a game-high nine rebounds, missing his ninth double-double by one board. He reached the double-figure mark in points in 25 of his 26 games played this season with his team-high 30 points today, including 20 in the first half. It was his second 20-plus scoring game of the year. The last two times Bradley has made it to the semifinals, they won the championship.īRADLEY PLAYER PLAUDITS - Junior forward Rienk Mast scored a career-high 30 points, including 20 in the first half. Coming into today’s action, the two players had combined for 32% of BU’s points. Bradley’s Mast and Leons combined for 40 of the team’s 72 points. Bradley is 39-39 in MVC Tournament history, including a 12-3 record as a No. Bradley is 3-0 against the Panthers this season, and 4-3 against UNI in MVC Tourney history. Following a Northern Iowa timeout, the Panthers answered with a bucket, and Haiby left the game with a lower leg injury.MVC TOURNAMENT NOTES - This marked the first time in tournament history there were two 30-plus point scorers in same game: Bowen Born, UNI and Rienk Mast, Bradley,īRADLEY NOTES - The Braves extend their season winning-streak to 11 games, while improving their season record to 24-8. UNI jumped to a 16-8 lead in the first eight minutes, before Nebraska responded with a 13-1 spurt to take a 21-17 lead early in the second quarter. The rest of the Panthers combined for just eight points against a stingy Nebraska defense. Grace Boffeli just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds, while a fourth starter, Rachael Heittola, contributed nine points. Maya McDermott led three Panthers in double figures with 19 points, while Emerson Green added 11 points. Northern Iowa had its season come to an end with a 23-10 record that included a 16-4 mark in the Missouri Valley Conference. The last time Nebraska won two games in the same postseason tournament came in 2013, when the Huskers advanced to their second NCAA Sweet Sixteen with wins over Chattanooga and Texas A&M in College Station. pt.2 /tLQLufk8oF- Nebraska WBB March 19, 2023 It also represented the first time NU advanced to the third round of the Postseason WNIT since 2006, when the Huskers defeated Drake at the Devaney Center before knocking off Wyoming in Laramie. Nebraska’s victory marked the first time in school history that the Huskers won a pair of home postseason games in the same tournament (NCAA or WNIT). Haiby, who played just eight minutes in the game, finished with five points, two rebounds, two assists and three steals. Maddie Krull put four Huskers in double figures with 10 points, while sophomore Kendall Moriarty contributed eight big points - all in the third quarter - after graduate guard Sam Haiby left the game with a lower leg injury early in the second period. Jaz Shelley added a big game of her own with 16 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, three steals and a blocked shot, while Alexis Markowski added 11 points. Bourne helped send the Big Red faithful home happy with team highs of 17 points and 11 rebounds. The Huskers, who improved to 18-14 overall, attracted their third-largest home crowd of the season with 6,478 fans while becoming the first team nationally to advance to the Postseason WNIT Super 16. #GBR /CZPFQJ9uCC- Nebraska WBB March 19, 2023
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