VALPARAISO, Indiana – After 19 days away from the court, the UNI women's basketball team wasn't able to get their first win of the conference season, falling to the Valparaiso Beacons 58-60.
A cold final frame and second-half rebounding struggles were too much for the Panthers to overcome in their first MVC game of the year against Valparaiso. Despite the struggles, freshman center Grace Boffeli had the first double-double of her collegiate career with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
The Panthers showed it'd be a three-point shooting kind of first half off the first basket as freshman guard Maya McDermott made a trey in the first 30 seconds of the game.