UNI travels to Las Vegas for two games at the South Point Shootout, playing Alabama Friday at 10 p.m. CT and Ohio State Saturday at 7:45 p.m. Both games will be played at the South Point Arena on the south end of the strip in Vegas. The Panthers are 5-0 and off to the best start since the 1998-99 season with a pair of wins over Power-Five teams for the first time since the 2017-18 season. Alabama enters the weekend 4-1 while Ohio State is 3-2 with a game against South Dakota on Friday.
• Friday's meeting is the second meeting all-time for UNI and Alabama.