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Nov. 7, 2009

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Sun., Nov. 8   Winona State (Exh.)       McLeod Center

        The University of Northern Iowa women’s basketball team will host Winona State in an exhibition contest on Sunday at 3 p.m. The game is a final tune-up for the Panthers, who open the season on Nov. 13 against North Dakota State.

        The University of Northern Iowa women’s basketball team will have a wealth of experience at its disposal as it attempts to move from the middle of the pack to the top of the Missouri Valley Conference standings in 2009-10.

        UNI brings back 13 letterwinners, all its starters and 96 percent of its offense from a team that finished 11-19 overall and 9-9 in league play last season. Leading that group is senior forward Kim Wypiszynski, who averaged 14.8 points per game in conference action to earn MVC Newcomer of the Year and honorable mention all-conference honors in 2009. UNI also brings back junior center Lizzie Boeck, who finished with 10.4 points per game in 2009. Senior guard Nicole Clausen returns as one of the top three-point shooters in the Valley, averaging two per contest a year ago and averaging 10.1 points per game.

        Sophomore guards K.K. Armstrong and Katelin Oney return following freshmen campaigns that saw each player spending time in the starting lineup. Armstrong finished with 8.7 points per contest, and Oney averaged 4.2 for UNI. Danielle Wubbens returns to resume her role as a team captain. The senior sparkplug averaged 13 minutes per game for UNI a year ago.

        Junior Erin Brocka comes back as a forward after a season where she scored 3.9 points and averaged 4.2 rebounds despite battling injuries. Senior Lindsey Swanson and sophomore Rachel Madrigal will both earn some minutes as guards. Each saw time in the starting lineup a year ago.

        The Panthers also welcome back sophomore guard Jacqui Kalin, who sat out the 2008-09 season with an injury. Kalin led UNI with 13.3 points per game to be tabbed second-team all-conference and MVC Freshman of the Year in 2008. UNI will also add four freshmen to its roster in Amber Kirschbaum, Jessica McDowell, Mercedees Morgan and Tiffanie Porter.

         The Panthers will be led by third-year head coach Tanya Warren.

PANTHERS PICKED FOURTH

     UNI was selected to finish fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference by the league’s coaches, sports information directors and members of the media.

UNI GAMEDAY ONLINE

       All of UNI’s home regular-season women’s basketball games can be viewed and listened to on the World Wide Web by going to www.unipanthers.com.  UNI has partnered with Stretch Internet to provide live video and audio streaming of Panther basketball via “UNI GameDay Online.”  In addition to video from most home women’s basketball contests, and audio from every home and most road games, this subscription-based service also provides video and audio of a number of other UNI sports.  In addition, all Panther home women’s basketball games have free live stats courtesy of GameTracker.

PANTHERS ON THE RADIO

UNI women’s basketball is broadcast on KWLO 1330 AM. Eric Braley and Brad Wells, hosts of Panther Sports Talk, handle play-by-play duties. Available Panther games also will be streamed on UNI’s athletics web site, www.unipanthers.com.

PRESS LUNCHEON

Each Monday, UNI’s in-season coaches speak at noon in the back room of Pepper’s

Sports Bar and Grill, located on 18th Street in Cedar Falls. The public and

media are invited to attend and hear what Tanya Warren and the other coaches

have to say about their teams.