Upper Iowa University Athletics

Senior Joe Smoldt led Upper Iowa over the weekend with 21.5 points per game on a 14-31 (45.2%) rate from the field and a 9-16 (56.3%) mark from deep. UIU lost a pair of two-point heartbreakers to Winona State University in non-conference action. The guard added eight rebounds and six assists to his weekend totals. Smoldt's 16.0 points per game this season ranks 12th in the NSIC, while his 44% three-point percentage is the league's 6th-best rate and his 22 made trifectas leads the conference.