Just a week after Northern Iowa Coach Ben Jacobson shared some positive news regarding the health of his three-year backcourt starter, things have taken a turn for the worst.
After spending the last four weeks on the sideline with a hand/wrist injury, starting guard Nate Heise is expected to return next week for Coach Ben Jacobson and Northern Iowa.
In a game where Northern Iowa was favored by 15.5 at home, the Panthers lost their sixth game of the season to a team they paid to come to Cedar Falls.
In Northern Iowa's first home game of Missouri Valley Conference play, the Panthers came out and defeated the Purple Aces handily behind another scoring outburst by Bowen Born.
Northern Iowa played its first Missouri Valley Conference game of the 2022 season on Wednesday night, falling to the Bradley Braves in Peoria, Illinois.