The Peacock women's basketball team opened the second half of their season tonight in Aberdeen, S.D. against the Wolves of Northern State University.  The Wolves posted a 77-49 victory at home to give their head coach, Curt Fredrickson, his 700th career win; the milestone win marks just the second time in NCAA Division II and 16th time across all divisions.  With the loss, UIU drops to 0-10 overall and 0-6 in the NSIC.

The home team raced out to a 7-0 lead, but the Peacocks rallied with a 12-0 run of their own to claim their largest lead of the night.  The two teams went back and forth over the next nine minutes locking up at 19-19 with 6:31 to play in the first half. 

Northern State stepped up their defense and forced Upper Iowa into five turnovers over the remaining minutes of the half to take a 32-21 lead into the halftime break.

UIU opened the second half well and closed the gap to six points, 37-31, just four minutes into the second stanza after outscoring their hosts 10-5.

The Wolves offense erupted over the next five minutes pushing their lead out to 24 points, 57-33, thanks to a 20-2 run.  Northern State hit 8 of 10 from the floor including a trio of triples from behind the arc.

Upper Iowa never recovered as Northern State cruised to the 77-49 victory.

The Peacocks shot nearly 42% from the floor, but 21 turnovers limited the UIU opportunities on the offensive end.