Northern Iowa Panthers at Bradley Braves
· MVC Tournament - Semifinal
Northern Iowa upsets Bradley 73-69, will play UIC for MVC Tournament title
No. 6 seed Northern Iowa will play No. 5 seed UIC in the championship game on Sunday with an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament on the line. UIC beat No. 9 seed Drake 72-51 in an earlier semifinal.
Bond shot 7 of 8 from the field and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Panthers (22-12). Trey Campbell totaled 13 points, six assists and four steals. Ben Schwieger scored 10.
Timoty van der Knaap finished with 12 points and six rebounds for the Braves (21-12). Bradley also got 11 points and three steals from Corey Thomas. Ahmet Jonovic finished with 10 points.
Bond put up 13 points in the first half for Northern Iowa, which led 45-32 at the break.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 73 - 69 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 73 - 69 |
| 2nd 0:00 | RJ Taylor Defensive Rebound. | 73 - 69 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Jaquan Johnson misses 30-foot three point jumper | 73 - 69 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Northern Iowa Timeout | 73 - 69 |
Statistics
 UNI |
 BRAD |
|
|---|---|---|
| 29-44 | FG | 23-53 |
| 66 | Field Goal % | 43 |
| 6-9 | 3PT | 8-21 |
| 67 | Three Point % | 38 |
| 9-15 | FT | 15-18 |
| 60 | Free Throw % | 83 |
| 24 | Rebounds | 22 |
| 1 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Defensive Rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 1 |
| 10 | Points Off Turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
| 34 | Points in Paint | 26 |
| 18 | Fouls | 16 |
| 18 | Largest Lead | 1 |
| 2 | Lead Changes | 2 |
| 98 | Percent Led | 1 |
Game Information
Venue: Enterprise Center
Location: St. Louis, MO
Attendance: 7,444 | Capacity:
Location: St. Louis, MO
Attendance: 7,444 | Capacity:
2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 16-4 | - | 26-6 |
| Bradley | 13-7 | 3 | 21-12 |
| Illinois State | 12-8 | 4 | 20-12 |
| Murray State | 12-8 | 4 | 20-12 |
| UIC | 12-8 | 4 | 19-15 |
| Northern Iowa | 11-9 | 5 | 23-12 |
| Valparaiso | 11-9 | 5 | 18-15 |
| Southern Illinois | 10-10 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Drake | 6-14 | 10 | 14-20 |
| Indiana State | 4-16 | 12 | 11-21 |
| Evansville | 3-17 | 13 | 7-25 |