CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa women's basketball team started the New Year in the win column, picking up a 62-51 victory over Evansville to start Missouri Valley Conference play 1-0. UNI is now 6-6 overall this season.
The Panthers finished the game with three players in double-digits, including a team-high 17 from Madison Weekly. Angie Davison added a career-high 10 points, while Jen Keitel chipped in 11 points and tied her career-high in dimes with five.
Evansville may have scored the first points of the game, but UNI opened the first quarter with a 9-2 run on the Purple Aces, taking a 9-4 lead with 6:22 on the clock.