MOLINE, Ill. — An early three-point barrage set the tone for Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon, and the University of Evansville women's basketball team was unable to recover, falling 82-58 to the Panthers in the in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at the iWireless Center.
No. 2 seed UNI (24-7) hit five of its first six three-point attempts in the game to take hold early, and UE (14-17) could not mount a response on the other end. The result booked the Panthers a trip to Sunday's conference championship game against top-seeded Drake, which beat Wichita State earlier in the day in Moline.