CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The UNI men's basketball team fell to Valparaiso on Saturday night, 70-57 inside the McLeod Center. The Panthers now fall to 6-14 overall and 4-10 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Panthers struggled early in the first half, through the first twelve minutes the Panthers made just 5 of their 22 shots from the field and went just 1-10 from beyond the three point arc. Valparaiso managed to go 9-17 from the field with 5 made threes in the opening 12 minutes.
Valparaiso led by as many as 16 late in the first half before Bowen Born fired off 7 straight points.