St. Louis – UNI women's basketball was picked third in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll and senior guard Karli Rucker was selected to the preseason All-MVC team released Tuesday by the league.
Rucker enters the season on track to finish in the top-10 for UNI career points and assists. She currently has 1,030 points and 287 assists. She has a career field goal percentage of .423 and a three-point percentage of .379.
She scored 495 points her sophomore season and 398 in the shortened junior campaign. She earned All-Conference honors each of the last two seasons.