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THIS WEEK IN PEACOCK BASKETBALL... Upper Iowa has a busy week scheduled with three games in a span of six days.  The Peacocks will host the #2 Flyers of Lewis University, who reached the Elite Eight of the 2014-15 NCAA DII Championships, on Tuesday and the Tritons of the University of Missouri-St. Louis on Friday before taking off for Liberty, Missouri for a game at William Jewell College on Sunday.
 
LEWIS IS FLYING HIGH...  The Flyers of Lewis University will come to Fayette as the #2 team in the nation.  Lewis is 2-0 this season after wins over Saginaw Valley State University and Northwood University.  The Flyers were led by Jamie Johnson, who averaged 22 points, 4.5 assists and 2 rebounds in the wins.  Mariyah Brawner-Henley added 19 points and 12 rebounds per game, while Jessica Kelliher scored 12 points and pulled in 6.5 boards.  Lewis went 31-3 in 2014-15 including a 101-62 victory over Upper Iowa in Romeoville.
 
TRITONS SWIMMING IN SUCCESS... The University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons opened the season with a win over Georgetown College will take on Lindenwood University on Tuesday night.  In their opener, the Tritons forced 24 turnovers recording 17 steals to claim a 35-8 advantage in points off turnovers.  Three players scored in double figures, including junior Robneisha Lee (15), senior Kelly Kunkel (14) and junior Shea O'Brien(14), while Sydney Bloch paced the attack with 5 assists. 
 
CAGEY CARDINALS... The Cardinals of William Jewell College opened the season early with a trip to the CCA Division II Tip-Off Classic in Anaheim, California.  The team went 1-2 at the Halloween weekend tourney with a win over the New York Institute of Technology.  Upon returning to Missouri, the Cardinals lost a pair of games over the weekend to Northern Sun Conference members at a tournament at Wayne State College.  William Jewell lost to Northern State University and Wayne State.  Blair Klostermann leads the team in scoring at 9.4 points per game followed by Maddie Nelson, who averages 8.8 points.  Nelson is pulling down 6 rebounds a game, while Klostermann is grabbing 5.2.
 
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN… It may have taken an extra year due to injury, but Whitney Kieffer has reached the top of the all-time scoring list at Upper Iowa.  Kieffer led the Peacocks over the weekend averaging 19.5 points and 9 rebounds including 29 points against Missouri Western State University.  Midway through her scoring binge on Saturday, the senior from Scales Mound, Ill. broke the all-time scoring mark at Upper Iowa.  UIU Hall of Famer Vicky (Ringeberg) Rarick (1995-99) held the record with 1,431 points and fellow Hall of Famer Walida (Hawkins) Hewitt (1993-97) was in second with 1,424.  Entering the game on Saturday, Kieffer needed just 13 points to tie the all-time mark.  UIU's four-year starter has now scored 1,447 points just two games into her final season.
 
COMEBACK CARLY… Junior center Carly Pagel is also coming back from a redshirt season due to injury.  The Sumner, Iowa product started the season off right at the Applebee Classic hosted by Southwest Minnesota State University.  Pagel averaged 16 points and 5 rebounds while knocking down 14 of her 19 shots from the floor for a 73.7% clip.
 
ALL-AROUND PLAYER… Senior Aleesha Cleaver averaged 10 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game for Upper Iowa. After playing point guard for much of last season, Cleaver will share some time at point, but also be able to use her athleticism to make plays from the wing with the additions of redshirt freshman Brooklyn Schamens and transfer Sam Ofstad at point.
 
OPENING WEEKEND RECAP… Upper Iowa lost a pair of games at the Applebee Classic in Marshall, Minnesota over the weekend, but the team played well defensively and held the lead in the second half in both games.  UIU led #10 Fort Hays State University by one heading into the fourth quarter, but a scoring drought over the final five minutes led to their 74-62 loss.  On Saturday, the Peacocks took a slim lead into the locker room at halftime over Missouri Western State University, but the Griffons controlled the third quarter and the Peacocks couldn't recover losing 89-80.  UIU shot 46.5% from the floor in the two games, but 54 turnovers limited the teams' scoring opportunities.  The Peacocks outscored their opponents 70-63 in the first half, but lost the second halves 100-72 over the weekend.