CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern earned head coach Ben Jacobson his 200th career victory on Wednesday night in the McLeod Center
with a 83-63 triumph over the Dubuque Spartans.
Jacobson
becomes the ninth Missouri Valley Conference coach to post 200 wins as a
head coach in the league. He has posted a career mark
of 200-106 in his 10th year at UNI.
UNI
(3-1 overall) was led by Wes Washpun's 22 points, eight rebounds and
six assists. Jeremy Morgan added his first career double-double
with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Junior college transfer Aarias Austin
recorded season-highs with 12 points and five rebounds for the Panthers.
Dubuque fell to 2-2 on the year.
UNI led by eight points at 23-15 with 10:34 left in the half, only to see Dubuque come racing back and knot the game at 23-23 with 7:49 on
the clock. UNI used a 9-0 that was capped by a Wes Washpun dunk with 3:50
left before halftime. UNI extended the run to 15-2 to take a 38-25
advantage. But Dubuque came back again and scored the final six points
of the half to cut the lead to 38-31.
The
Panthers began the second half by stretching the lead to 12 at 46-34
but the Spartans would not yield and pulled to within six at 51-45.
UNI pushed it back to 12 at 57-45 with 10:49
left following a jumper from Jeremy Morgan. Dubuque fired in a pair of
3-pointers and cut the margin again to six at 57-51 with 9:20 remaining in the game. The Panthers pushed the lead back into double figures on
the strength of buckets from Bennett Koch and Washpun. Washpun's three-pointer with 5:51
left gave UNI a 69-56 lead. Wyatt Lohaus drained a pair of
three-pointer in the closing minutes to push the winning margin to 20
points at 83-63.
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