THIS WEEKEND IN PEACOCK BASKETBALL... The Peacocks are back home for their final four games of the regular season starting this weekend. Upper Iowa will host the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs on Friday at 6 p.m. and the St. Cloud State University Huskies on Saturday at 8 p.m. UIU currently stands in a tie for 6th place in the NSIC South, while UMD and SCSU are in 6th and 5th place, respectively. NSIC teams have two weekends left to solidify their seed in the NSIC/Sanford Health Basketball Tournament with first round games to be played on Feb. 26.

LAST WEEK FOR THE BULLDOGS... UMD suffered a pair of setbacks on the road, including a heartbreaker with free throws in the closing seconds that knocked off the Bulldogs Saturday night by MSU-Moorhead. Friday night, Northern State held the Bulldogs to just 32.4 percent shooting in the opening half to hold them off despite a hot-scoring second half (14-of-23 as a squad), led by Katrina Newman's 15 points. The senior forward led the Bulldogs on the weekend, averaging 23.5 points on 45.2 percent shooting. She was 5-of-9 from beyond the arc including a pair of key threes in Saturday's 67-70 defeat at the hands of MSU-Moorhead. Among other noteworthy weekends for the Bulldogs, senior center Hannah Rutten averaged nearly a double-double on the weekend with 9.5 points and 9.5 rebounds for UMD. Freshman forward Kenzie Kane had a career-high 10 points on Saturday against the Dragons, while sophomore forward put together another strong weekend in a pair of starts with 9.0 points per game.

LAST WEEK FOR THE HUSKIES... The Huskies first traveled to Minnesota State University Moorhead. St. Cloud State fell to the Dragons 62-74 in Friday night action. St. Cloud State senior guard Sam Price (Eau Claire, Wis.) led all players with 20 points. She scored 15 second-half points and her back to back three's drew the Huskies to within three points of the Dragons, 41-38 with less than 15 minutes remaining in the game. Senior forward Jessica Benson (Grand Meadow) also scored in double figures as she tallied 13 points and nine rebounds. The Huskies matched-up against Northern State on Saturday. The Wolves outscored St. Cloud State 50-77 at the final buzzer. Jessica Benson led the Huskies with 14 points on six of 10 shooting from the field. Benson grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. Rachael Moen (Savage) finished with eight points after hitting two shots from beyond the arc.

PLAY4KAY... I PLAY 4... The Peacocks are playing for Karla Gavin, Lynn Isvik, Louise Scott, Shelley O'Brien and the rest of the ladies in our UIU community. Lindsay Carroll is playing for her grandma Margaret Carroll and late great grandma Agnes Jurgensmeier. Olivia Meier is playing for her grandma Janis Meier. Emily Gustafson is playing for her Aunt Nancy Allen and late cousin Berni Gustafson-Klobucher. Whitney Kieffer is playing for her high school volleyball coach Angie Winter. Ashlee Bailey is playing for her Aunt Teresa Todd. Olivia Winkler is playing for her grandma Martha Winkler. Coach Russell is playing for her aunts Margaret (Midge) Minneci, Margaret Anderson, and Bert DeNigris.

SHOUT OUT... The Peacocks would like to thank Scott Pharmacy for their support in today's game and Palmer Lutheran for providing information on their services in regards to breast cancer awareness.