THIS WEEKEND IN PEACOCK MEN'S BASKETBALL…
The Peacocks will bring their six-game winning streak back to Fayette to take on the Winona State Warriors for the first of two straight meetings. UIU will host WSU on Saturday, Dec. 17 before heading up to Winona, Minn. on Monday, Dec. 19 to do battle with the Warriors again. Both games are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Upper Iowa is currently 7-3 on the season, and 4-0 in the NSIC. Saturday's game in Dorman Gymnasium will be available online on UIU TV, and will be broadcast in eastern Iowa on KCRG TV 9.2. Monday night's game in McCown Gymnasium will be available via live audio and will have a live video option as well.
 

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GAME ELEVEN	GAME TWELVE
VS WINONA STATE	AT WINONA STATE
DORMAN GYMNASIUM	MCCOWN GYMNASIUM
FAYETTE, IOWA	WINONA, MINN.
SATURDAY, DEC. 17 || 6 PM || KCRG TV 9.2	MONDAY, DEC. 19 || 6 PM

 

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PEACOCK STORYLINES...

RE-WRITING HISTORY: Upper Iowa re-wrote multiple school records as a member of NCAA Division II over the weekend. UIU swept Concordia-St. Paul and Minnesota State on the road to improve to 4-0 in the NSIC, which is the best start in league play since joining the Northern Sun in 2006. The team's current six-game winning streak is the longest such streak since the 1998-99 season when UIU went 23-5 under Head Coach Stu Engen. Upper Iowa also connected on a new Division II program-record 71.4% (15-21) from the three-point line and scored a season-high 92 points on Friday at Concordia-St. Paul. UIU picked up just their second ever win against MSU on Saturday, outscoring the Mavericks 52-18 in the paint.

NSIC SOUTH PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Redshirt senior Jordan Hay led the way for Upper Iowa  last weekend averaging 17 points a game en route to NSIC South Player of the Week. Hay scored a career-high 23 points on Friday at CSP, and led the team in rebounding with 6 boards in each of the games as well. The Stanwood, Iowa native converted 72.2% (13-17) from the field in the two games and knocked down his first three-pointer of the season. The forward rounded out his stat line with 4 blocks and 5 assists in the pair of NSIC road games.

NINTH IN THE REGION: Upper Iowa is currently ranked ninth in the latest Division II Central Region Poll Sponsored by D2SIDA. The Peacocks are one of four NSIC teams in the poll, behind MSU Moorhead (2), Augustana (3), and Southwest Minnesota State (4).

BALANCED ATTACK: Opposing head coaches are having trouble game planning for the Peacock offense as of late. In both games over the weekend, UIU had five different players score at least 10 points in both games over the weekend. Jordan Hay and Luke Lenhart have put up double-figures in each of the last five games, while Dennis Austin III and Josh Weeber have put up 10 or more in the last three games. Carson Parker has scored in double-digits in the last two ballgames.

50/5-0 SITUATION: Upper Iowa is currently 5-0 on the season when they shoot 50% or more from the field. All five of those games have come during the current-six game winning streak. The red-hot shooting Peacocks are averaging 49.5% from the field including a pair of games this season converting at least half of their three-point tries. UIU is converting 38.9% of their shots from behind the arc on the year.
 

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THE SERIES WITH THE WARRIORS…
Upper Iowa trails the all-time series 21-4 after splitting a pair of matchups last season. The home team has now won each of the last four games in the series.
 

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ABOUT WINONA STATE…
The Warriors (4-4, 1-3 NSIC) split a pair of games against Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul last weekend. WSU shot 72% from the field in the win over MSU, the highest for the Warriors since joining the NSIC, and the highest known percentage in school history. The shooting performance was the highest in the NSIC dating back to the 1998-99 season.