UNI women wallop Iowa
CEDAR FALLS — The Northern Iowa women’s basketball team led from wire-to-wire in an 88-66 win over visiting Iowa on Sunday at the McLeod Center.
Northern Iowa (4-0) led by as many as 30 points in the fourth quarter and was driven by a 52-point performance by its reserves. Kam Finley came off the bench to score a game-high 20 points to lead UNI to victory.
Abby Gerrits (15) and Kristina Cavey (14) added to the bench scoring for UNI. Nicole Kroeger started and scored 13 points.
The Panthers shot 10-for-26 from 3-point range.
Makenzie Meyer had 14 points as the only double-digit scorer for Iowa (2-1). Amanda Ollinger added eight points and a team-leading 10 rebounds.
UNI 88, IOWA 66
At Cedar Falls
IOWA (2-1) — Ollinger 4-9 0-0 8, Czinano 3-5 0-4 6, Doyle 3-14 2-5 9, Mak. Meyer 4-16 4-6 14, Sevillian 3-7 1-1 7, Cook 1-2 2-2 4, Valino Ramos 0-0 0-0 0, Marshall 1-3 0-0 3, Martin 1-4 6-9 8, Meg. Meyer 0-0 0-0 0, Taiwo 1-1 0-0 2, Warnock 2-4 0-0 5. TOTALS 23-65 15-27 66.
UNI (4-0) — Gunnels 1-3 4-6 7, Maahs 3-5 2-2 9, Kroeger 5-7 0-0 13, Rucker 0-4 0-0 0, Simon-Ressler 2-5 3-3 7, Barney 0-0 0-0 0, Cavey 6-7 1-2 14, Hillyard 0-2 0-0 0, McCullough 1-2 0-0 2, Wolf 0-2 1-2 1, Finley 8-13 3-3 20, Gerrits 5-7 2-2 15, Morgan 0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS 31-59 16-20 88.
Iowa 12 19 20 15 — 66
UNI 21 24 23 20 — 88
3-Point Goals–Iowa 5-16 (Ollinger 0-2, Doyle 1-4, Mak. Meyer 2-6, Sevillian 0-1, Marshall 1-2, Warnock 1-1), UNI 10-26 (Gunnels 1-3, Maahs 1-1, Kroeger 3-5, Rucker 0-1, Simon-Ressler 0-2, Cavey 1-2, Hillyard 0-2, McCullough 0-1, Wolf 0-1, Finley 1-4, Gerrits 3-4). Assists–Iowa 11 (Mak. Meyer 3), UNI 12 (Rucker 3). Fouled Out–Ollinger, Hillyard. Rebounds–Iowa 36 (Ollinger 10), UNI 39 (Gunnels 11). Total Fouls–Iowa 19, UNI 21. Technical Fouls–Finley 1. A–3,255.