GAME SIX	GAME SEVEN
AT QUINCY	VS TRUMAN STATE
PEPSI ARENA	DORMAN GYM
QUINCY, ILL.	FAYETTE, IOWA
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 || 7:30 PM	SATURDAY, NOV. 21 || 7 PM
WEBCAST || LIVE STATS	WEBCAST || LIVE STATS

WEEKLY NOTES

UPPER IOWA || QUINCY || TRUMAN STATE || NORTHERN SUN
 

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THIS WEEKEND IN MEN'S BASKETBALL
 
The Peacocks will play a pair of games against GLVC opponents this week, including the home opener over the weekend. UIU starts the week on the road with a matchup at Quincy University on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Quincy, Ill. Upper Iowa then plays in Dorman Gymnasium for the first time in 2015 when they host Truman State on Saturday at 7 p.m.
 
NOTES FROM LAST WEEKEND
 
UIU swept the weekend at the Hillyard Tip-Off Classic, defeating #14 Northwest Missouri State 76-72 and Missouri Western State 86-78. It was Upper Iowa's first win over a ranked opponent since the Peacocks beat #18 Augustana on Jan. 15, 2010.
 
KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER
 
1       A CENTURY IN THE MAKING: Upper Iowa enters its 100th year of men's basketball with the start of the 2015-16 season and third year under the tutelage of Brooks McKowen. The Fairbank, Iowa native was named the 18th head coach in Peacock men's basketball history prior to the 2013-14 season and holds a 35-30 record at UIU.  
 
2       NOT JOSHING AROUND: Junior forward Josh Weeber has been on fire to start the year for the Peacocks. The Dubuque native has hit 58.3% (14-24) of his threes and is shooting 53.5% (23-43) from the floor overall, while knocking down free throws at an 87% (20-23) clip.
 
3       COACHING CONNECTION: Peacock Head Coach Brooks McKowen and Truman State Head Coach Chris Foster played together at Northern Iowa. Foster was a Panther from 2000-2005, overlapping with McKowen for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Foster was also a GA and director of basketball ops for UNI while McKowen was a player.
 
4       SAY HAY KID: Senior Jordan Hay has started the year strong, scoring 19 points in just 25 minutes over two games. Hay is a perfect 7-for-7 from the field and has gone 5-8 from the free throw line.
 
THE SERIES
 
vs QUINCY: This will be the first time the Peacocks have played the Hawks.
 
vs TRUMAN STATE: The Bulldogs lead the series against UIU with a 4-2 record, including a 2-1 mark in Fayette. The teams last met in 2012 when the Peacocks won in Kirksville, 70-67. Upper Iowa also won the last meeting in Fayette, beating TSU 75-68 in 2011.
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
 
QUINCY: The Hawks opened the regular season with two games in the GLVC/GLIAC Challenge, losing to Grand Valley State 76-67 and to Ferris State 91-68. Quincy was picked to finish third in the Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division in the preseason coaches' poll and finished in fifth place in the West last season, going 13-16 overall with a 7-10 mark in conference play. QU earned the No. 10 seed in the GLVC Tournament, falling in the first round to Truman State.
 
TRUMAN STATE: The Bulldogs went 1-1 in St. Louis on opening weekend, as Truman beat Trevecca Nazarene 97-66 in the season-opener on Friday, Nov. 13, before falling at the buzzer against Ohio Dominican, 64-62, on Saturday, Nov. 14. Five Bulldogs averaged double-figures offensively in the two games, led by junior Kyle Kanaskie's 15.0 ppg. Truman shot 48% from the floor, hit 20 three-pointers, and converted at an 84% clip from the foul line.