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Upper Iowa Peacocks
Jake Hilmer Drives Past Husky Defender
Alec Schoof, UIU Student Photographer
84
St. Cloud St. SCSU 0-1,0-0 NSIC
107
Winner Upper Iowa UIU 1-0,0-0 NSIC
St. Cloud St. SCSU
0-1,0-0 NSIC
84
Final
107
Upper Iowa UIU
1-0,0-0 NSIC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. Cloud St. SCSU 41 43 84
Upper Iowa UIU 50 57 107

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Clint Cohen, Sports Communication GA

Peacock Hoops Begin 2021 With a Win

Upper Iowa men’s basketball picked up a commanding 107-84 victory over St. Cloud State University on Saturday afternoon. The Peacock starting five carried the scoring load as every starter finished in double-figures and combined for 72 of UIU’s 107 points. Saturday marks the first time that the Peacocks have scored in triple-digits since January 2020. Following the win, Upper Iowa improves to 1-0 while the Huskies fall to 0-1.

Upper Iowa men's basketball picked up a commanding 107-84 victory over St. Cloud State University on Saturday afternoon. The Peacock starting five carried the scoring load as every starter finished in double-figures and combined for 72 of UIU's 107 points. Saturday marks the first time that the Peacocks have scored in triple-digits since January 2020. Following the win, Upper Iowa improves to 1-0 while the Huskies fall to 0-1.

The Peacocks used a 16-5 run with 12:04 on the clock to propel ahead of St. Cloud 30-21. Joe Smoldt hit a pair of trifectas amid the stretch. Upper Iowa then held a 10-4 advantage sparked by a three-point play from Lucas Duax that gave UIU a 40-27 lead, their largest of the half. The two teams exchanged baskets for the remainder of the period, leaving the home team up 50-41 at the break. 

Duax led the Peacocks with 14 points on six out of eight attempts from the field, five rebounds, and a pair of steals in the first half of action. Jake Hilmer added nine points on a 75% rate from the floor and three assists. As a team, Upper Iowa outscored their opponents 12-2 off of turnovers in the first frame. Ilya Tyrtysnik and Caleb Donlensen went a combined 8-10 to account for 20 of St.Cloud's 41 first-half points.

UIU came out of halftime red hot with an immediate 15-4 run fueled by seven points from Dylan Jones that put the Peacocks ahead by 20. The Peacocks added a 10-0 stretch to go up 83-59 with 10:18 remaining. Upper Iowa reached the summit with 5:41 to go when Joe Smoldt sunk a three-pointer to put the blue and white up 94-67, the largest lead of the day. Upper Iowa's reserves closed out the contest and secured a 107-84 victory. Chris Olson, who missed the entire 2019-20 season due to injury, scored his first basket since February 2019. Sean Biernacki scored his first career points with Upper Iowa in the final minute of play.

STATS OF THE GAME… 

  • Upper Iowa outscored their opponents 24-5 off of turnovers.

  • The Peacocks held the lead for 82.9% of the game.

  • Upper Iowa forced 20 turnovers while committing just five making for a 4:1 turnover margin, a category the Peacocks led the NSIC in last season.

PEACOCKS OF THE GAME… 

  • Lucas Duax led the Peacocks in points with 17, rebounds with seven, and steals with two in addition to registering four assists and converting 7-13 (53.8%) field goal attempts

  • Smoldt matched Duax with 17 points and two steals, he also went 5-8 (62.5%) from beyond the arc

  • Hilmer added 16 points on a 6-12 mark from the floor, four boards, and a team-high seven assists

UP NEXT… Upper Iowa will face off against SCSU for a rematch on Sunday, January 3 at 2 p.m.


 
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