Upper Iowa University Athletics

The Peacocks dropped a pair of NSIC games on the road to open their 2014 slate. UIU lost to the University of Minnesota Crookston 80-69 on Friday and then were edged out by Bemidji State University 64-59 on Saturday. Whitney Kieffer led the offense with 18 points per game followed by Lauren Buck with 12.5 per game and Lindsay Carroll with 10 per contest. Sam Thrapp paced the offense with 4 assists a game, while Buck led UIU’s efforts on the glass with 8.5 rebounds per game and Kieffer added 7 boards an outing. Upper Iowa will return to the friendly confines of Dorman Gymnasium this weekend for a pair of NSIC cross-division games against Minot State University and the University of Mary on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 10-11.