CEDAR FALLS, Ia. — He caught fire in a matter of minutes — OK, seconds really. That’s all it takes for AJ Green to start splashing from anywhere.
And did Northern Iowa need that.
Green single-handedly erased a sluggish first half with a riveting second-half surge, draining shot after shot to squash a Valparaiso upset bid. The Panthers rode that stretch to Wednesday’s 88-78 win at the McLeod Center in front of another solid crowd of 4,057. Coupled with Saturday’s 80-57 rout at Missouri State, UNI (15-2, 4-1 Missouri Valley Conference) has scored 80-plus points in consecutive Valley games for the first time since February 2016.