fayette, iowa - the concordia university women's basketball team (6-9, 3-6 nsic) dropped their sixth-straight contest on sunday afternoon, losing 62-44 at upper iowa (1-12, 1-8 nsic) at dorman gymnasium. Concordia sophomore megan quiram (eagle lake, minn.) led the team with a career-high nine points. box score
for upper iowa, it was their first win since december 18, 2010 and snaps a 29-game losing streak.
the peacocks started out the game with the first eight points as the golden bears were held off the scoreboard for the first five minutes of play when freshman tierra bender (milwaukee, wis.) dished to quiram for her first points of the day.
bender would finish the game with four assists, fouling out in a team-high 34 minutes of play.
upper iowa would extend the lead to 15-4 as they stifled concordia's offense to only four points in the first eight-plus minutes of the game.
that would set the tone for the day as the golden bears struggled to put together any runs to get back into the game.
concordia shot just 27% (14-52) from the floor on the day, hitting 13% (2-15) from long range and 58% (14-24) at the foul line. They also committed 20 turnovers in the loss.
concordia's defense performed well enough, limiting uiu to 31% (15-49) shooting and 30% (3-10) three-point shooting. But the peacocks got to the foul line 40 times, sinking 29 of them to help offset the 24 turnovers forced by the concordia defense.
uiu also cleaned up on the glass with a 48-31 rebounding margin including a 16-7 edge on the offensive boards.
sophomore rachel hansen (eagan, minn.) added eight points for concordia while five others had between four and six points.
freshman anika whiting (ashland, wis.) led the golden bears with six rebounds.
the peacocks were led by jeri jacobson's 20 points and nine rebounds, adding three assists and two steals. Whitney kieffer added 14 points and eight rebounds. The two players combined to make 18-21 at the free throw line.
concordia remains on the road next weekend as they play at minnesota duluth on friday with a 6:00 p.m. Tip and at bemidji state on saturday with a 4:00 p.m. Tip.
