The UNI men’s basketball team announced Sunday morning it will not play its final two road non-conference games–at Wisconsin on Wednesday, Dec. 16, and at Marshall on Saturday, Dec. 19.
“The challenges presented by the current pandemic combined with a number of injuries have had a significant impact on our available number of student-athletes,” Jacobson said. “We will be pausing all basketball activities which includes practice and our final two non-conference games against Wisconsin and Marshall. I, along with my staff and our administration, have made this decision with the overall health and well being of our guys at the forefront. We plan to give them a couple of days off early this week so they can get home and see their families. We will resume our regular COVID-19 protocols and prepare for our MVC opener when they get back to campus.”
The Panthers open conference play at home vs. Missouri State on Sunday, Dec. 27 at 3 p.m.; air time on KXEL is 2:30 p.m. The Panthers will take on Missouri State again the following day, as part of the pandemic-driven revised conference schedule.
It was also learned Sunday that A.J. Green will have season-ending surgery for a hip injury that sidelined him during both of the Panthers’ games this month.
