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Lucas Duax Gearing Up on D vs WSU
67
Upper Iowa UIU 10-6,8-4 NSIC
90
Winner Winona St. WSU 7-6,5-5 NSIC
Upper Iowa UIU
10-6,8-4 NSIC
67
Final
90
Winona St. WSU
7-6,5-5 NSIC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Upper Iowa UIU 29 38 67
Winona St. WSU 43 47 90

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

Peacocks Drop Season Finale on the Road to the Warriors

Upper Iowa fell to Winona State University in its regular season finale on Saturday afternoon by a 90-67 count. The loss was the Peacocks’ first in nearly a month. UIU still has a chance at first place in the NSIC South should Wayne State College drop their game Sunday, Feb. 21 versus Augustana University. Following the game, the Peacocks moved to 10-6 on the season, 8-4 in the NSIC while Winona State finished 7-6 overall, 5-5 in conference play.

Upper Iowa fell to Winona State University in its regular season finale on Saturday afternoon by a 90-67 count. The loss was the Peacocks' first in nearly a month. UIU still has a chance at first place in the NSIC South should Wayne State College drop their game Sunday, Feb. 21 versus Augustana University. Following the game, the Peacocks moved to 10-6 on the season, 8-4 in the NSIC while Winona State finished 7-6 overall, 5-5 in conference play.

Winona State used an 18-5 run to gain an early double-digit advantage. Andrea Lo Biondo led the Warriors amid the stretch with seven points putting WSU ahead 22-11 with 10:53 to play. Winona pushed out again on a 12-4 advantage, extending their lead to 39-22 at the 3:35 mark, WSU's largest of the period. The Warriors remained ahead at the break, 43-29.

Joe Smoldt led the Peacocks with 11 first-points, all of which came in the first 6:36 of play.  Turnovers, interior defense and perimeter defense hurt UIU in the first half. Upper Iowa committed 10 turnovers, allowed a 17-31 (54.8%) rate from the field, and gave up 24 points in the paint during the first frame.

Winona State scored 12 unanswered to push their lead to 27 with 13:51 to go. The Warriors converted 5-6 (83.3%) of their attempts from the field amid the stretch while the Peacocks went 0-6 from the floor. A 10-3 stretch highlighted by a pair of trifectas from Jackson Joens cut the Peacocks' deficit to 20 with 10:26 left to play. That was as close as UIU would get as Winona State carried the lead to a 90-67 victory.

STATS OF THE GAME… 

  • Winona State was more efficient from all three scoring levels: 35-66 (53%) to 24-63 (38.1%) from the floor, 9-23 (39.1%) to 11-35 (31.4%) from beyond the arc, and 11-13 (84.6%) to 8-11 (72.7%) from the charity stripe.

  • The Warriors held the advantage on the glass 43-30.

  • WSU's bench outscored UIU's reserves 42-16.

PEACOCKS OF THE GAME… 

  • Lucas Duax held the team-highs in points with 19, rebounds with eight, and assists with four.

  • Jareese Williams tallied 16 points and four boards.

  • Smoldt finished with 13 points and a pair of assists.

UP NEXT… The Peacocks will head to the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. to compete in the NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament on Feb. 26-28.


 

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