Upper Iowa's Jake Hilmer is this week's NSIC Men's Basketball South Division Player of the Week after leading the Peacocks to three wins including a Northern Sun Conference road game at Winona State University. Hilmer is the fourth NSIC Player of the Week award winner this year for Upper Iowa. Eric Faught of the wrestling team was named last week's NSIC Wrestler of the Week, while Lydia Haack from the Peacock women's basketball team was named the NSIC South Division Player of the Week two weeks ago and Jamie Kerkvliet was named the NSIC Goalkeeper of the Week earlier this fall.
 
Hilmer led a pair of impressive comebacks in the final minute at Winona State and against Elizabeth City State this past week to bring UIU's record back above .500. Upper Iowa's point guard averaged 27.7 points, 6.3 assists, and 4.0 rebounds for the week including 34 points in the final game of the Bahama House Shootout against ECSU. Hilmer hit a game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer to push the Peacocks to an 82-81 win at Winona State on Tuesday. UIU erased a nine-point deficit over the final 41 seconds against the Warriors thanks to a 13-3 run. On Saturday, Upper Iowa wiped out a 12-point margin in the final three minutes to force overtime, where the team won 87-79 over the Vikings of ECSU. 

The North Linn prep is averaging 22.6 points, 5.4 assists, and 3.7 rebounds through the first seven games of the season, which have all come away from Prochaska Court in Dorman Memorial Gymnasium. 

Upper Iowa will finally take the court in Dorman for a game on Thursday, Dec. 1 when they host the Golden Bears of Concordia University, St. Paul following the women's game at approximately 7:30 p.m.