FAYETTE, Iowa - Peacock men's basketball (1-0) hosts Illinois Springfield (1-0), Wisconsin-Parkside (0-0) and Roosevelt (Ill.) (1-0) for the Upper Iowa Crossover this weekend. UIU plays UWP on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and RU on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
LIVE OPTIONS
Fans unable to attend the games this weekend can stay connected with a pair of live options available at UIUPeacocks.com/Live, featuring access to live stats and a pay-per-view webcast through GLVCSN. Fans can also refer to the links attached to this story for all live options.
In addition to GLVCSN.com, viewers can catch the Peacocks on the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile app, as well as the GLVCSN app on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets for all Peacock home events can be purchased digitally at tickets.uiu.edu. Single game tickets are available online and at the ticket booth on gameday. If you want to pay in person, both Harms-Eischeid Stadium and Dorman Memorial Gymnasium are now accepting all major credit cards, checks and cash.
DIGITAL GAMEDAY PROGRAMS
Fans can access the interactive and digital gameday program any time at UIUPeacocks.com/Programs. The digital programs are available to fans at our games and to those watching at home. QR Codes will be located around the stadium to scan with your cell phone's camera, which will link you directly to that game's specific digital gameday programs.
LAST TIME OUT
The Peacocks defeated Sioux Falls (S.D.) (0-1), 94-91 in overtime to begin the season.
USF took an 83-81 lead over UIU after finishing a driving layup with 12 seconds left in the second half. The Peacocks then committed a turnover with four seconds left, but on the following out-of-bounds play the Cougars hit the low Dorman ceiling, giving Upper Iowa the ball back. Cael Reichter converted a hook shot on UIU's inbounds play to send the game into overtime.
Upper Iowa scored the last six points of overtime to win the game, 94-91. The points came off driving layups by Ben Bockman and Eric Kenesie, along with a pair of free throws by Ty Pflughaupt.
Tate Petersen led the team with 19 points, shooting 6-for-9 (66.7%) from the field and 2-for-5 (40%) from three. He added four assists, two rebounds and a steal. Jack Miller mustered 15 points, going 5-for-12 (41.7%) from the floor and 3-for-6 (50%) from deep. The junior also had three rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal.
Kenesie totaled 14 points, two rebounds, a block and a team-high five assists. Bockman recorded 13 points, three rebounds, an assist and a steal.
Cael Reichter posted 10 points, a steal and team-best eight rebounds. Pflughaupt had 10 points and three assists. He also recorded a team-high two blocks and team-high four offensive rebounds.
Anton Fontin finished with six points, two rebounds, three assists, a block and team-best two steals. Braden McGlothlin mustered five points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal. Jonah Funk had two points and two rebounds.
UIU shot 32-of-66 (48.5%) from the field, 10-of-24 (41.7%) from beyond the arc and 20-of-30 (66.7%) from the charity stripe. The Peacocks posted 19 assists and 38 points.
ABOUT THE RANGERS
Wisconsin-Parkside finished 10th in last year's Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) standings after recording a 6-14 record in conference. UWP posted an overall record of 11-16.
Upper Iowa beat Parkside, 78-69, in last season's contest. Kyle Hrnicr recorded 16 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the 2025-26 season. Petersen posted 15 points and four rebounds. Former Ranger Luka Mateski scored 20 points.
UWP returns six of its players from the 2025-26 roster. Logan Zahour returns as the leading scorer, while Luka Mateski returns as the team's leading assister, averaging 1.5 assists per game
Kyle Blackborn is entering his first season as the head coach at Parkside after serving as Rockhurst's (Mo.) (1-0) head coach for two seasons. During his tenure, he led the Hawks to 40 wins and 19 losses.
Blackburn also brought three former players with him, including Micah Deaver, Dillon Mong and Brian Hawthorne. Deaver averaged 7.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, while Mong contributed 6.1 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, along with nearly one assist per contest.
Hawthorne last played at Rokhurst during the 2024-25 season before spending last season at South Alabama. He averaged 2.7 points per game, going 33.3% from 3-point range and 1.5 rebounds per game in 2025-26.
ABOUT THE LAKERS
Roosevelt began the 2026-27 season with a 75-50 victory over Maryville (Mo.). Zander Woodruff ended the game with 22 points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals. Deante Luster had 16 points, seven rebounds, an assist and a steal.
The Lakers finished 11th last season with an overall record of 4-23. The team posted a 3-17 record in the GLIAC.
Last season, UIU and RU split the season series 1-1. Upper Iowa won the first game 88-76, while Roosevelt won the second game 83-80. Hrncir averaged a double-double through both contests wth 17.5 points and 12.5 rebounds. The Lakers' Jalen Windham averaged 22.5 points per game.
Head Coach Dee Brown is in his fifth season with the Lakers. He has an overall record of 58-58.
UP NEXT
Upper Iowa heads to Winona, Minnesota, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, to face Winona State (1-2) at 7 p.m. UIU then plays Purdue Northwest (Ind.) (1-0) on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 3:30 p.m. in Dorman Memorial Gymnasium.
