Opponent: Iowa at Northern Iowa
Records: Iowa 3-5, Northern Iowa 5-1
When: 7 p.m., Tuesday
Where: McLeod Center, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Series: Iowa 32-7
Quad-Cities TV: Mediacom 22
Quad-Cities radio: WOC (1420 AM), KROS (1340 AM), WMT (600 AM), WHO (1040 AM)
You need to know/Iowa
— The Hawkeyes open a series of three straight games against instate opponents with a road test at Northern Iowa, a team Iowa has beaten in each of the past two seasons. Iowa won at the McLeod Center 62-55 two years ago and defeated the Panthers 65-46 last season in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes shot 50 percent and committed a season-low five turnovers in last year’s game.
— Iowa’s 80-51 win over Prairie View A&M on Saturday was the Hawkeyes’ largest margin of victory since a 42-point win over Georgia State on Dec. 20, 2006, and the 80 points were the most scored by Iowa since an 81-78 win over Minneosta on Feb. 7, 2007.
— Forward Aaron Fuller showed up for practice Monday wearing a walking boot, but he is expected to be available against UNI as he continues to work his way back from an ankle sprain.
— Cully Payne left Saturday’s game with cramps, but is expected to play against the Panthers.
— The Hawkeyes’ five losses are to teams with a combined record of 30-6.
You need to know/Northern Iowa
— The Panthers have been idle since winning 63-60 at Iowa State last Wednesday.
— This will be UNI’s second home game of the year. The Panthers defeated Northern Illinois 52-45 in their only previous game at the McLeod Center.
— Northern Iowa will be looking to defeat Iowa and Iowa State in the same season for only the third time in school history. It happened previously in 1997-98 and 2006-07.
— Adam Koch and Jordan Eglseder each scored 20 points in the Panthers’ win over the Cyclones. Eglseder earned the third double-double of his season with a career-high 14 rebounds. The 7-footer from Bellevue Marquette leads the Missouri Valley in rebounding.
— UNI returns five starters, and nine of its top 10 scorers from a year ago and is the preseason favorite to defend the Missouri Valley title it won a year ago.
— Coach Ben Jacobson’s team has won four straight since losing to DePaul 60-52 in the opening round of the Paradise Jam. The Panthers followed with wins over East Carolina 74-68 and Boston College 81-69 in the Virgin Islands tourney.
Batterson’s call
Northern Iowa 64, Iowa 57
Probable lineups
Iowa
Matt Gatens, 6-5, soph., 10.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Eric May, 6-5, fr., 8.9, 5.1
Jarryd Cole, 6-7, jr., 9.3, 6.0
Cully Payne, 6-1, fr., 8.4, 3.1
Anthony Tucker, 6-4, soph., 12.1, 3.6
Northern Iowa
Johnny Moran, 6-1, soph., 2.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Adam Koch, 6-9, sr., 16.0, 4.8
Jordan Eglseder, 7-0, sr., 12.3, 9.3
Kwadzo Ahelegbe, 6-2, jr., 15.2, 3.2
Ali Farokhmanesh, 6-0, sr., 9.5, 1.7
Next tip
Iowa at Iowa State, 7 p.m., Friday
