Ali Farokhmanesh News

Reserve guard Marc Sonnen scored a career-high 21 points on seven 3-point shots to lead Northern Iowa to a 64-41 victory over North Dakota on Saturday.

Cedar Falls, Ia. - This one was for the suits in Indianapolis. A message game. A keeper.

Depth. Versatility. And poise. It was all on display Saturday night as the Northern Iowa men's basketball team pulled away for an 82-65 victory over Siena.

MVC honors eglseder DES MOINES -- Northern Iowa center Jordan Eglseder, a former Bellevue Marquette star, has been named the Missouri Valley Conference player of the week.

Iowa assistant coach Chad Walthall will have a different view of tonight's men's basketball game between Iowa and Northern Iowa, literally and figuratively.

Ali Farokhmanesh buried a 3-pointer with 36 seconds left and Northern Iowa rallied to beat host Iowa State 63-60 Wednesday night for its third win in four tries against former Panthers coach Greg McDermott.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 8:00 p.m. FACTS & STATS: Site: Hilton Coliseum -- Ames, Iowa.

GAME NOTES: The Paradise Jam continues in St. Thomas with a matchup between the Northern Iowa Panthers and the East Carolina Pirates.

The Northern Iowa men's basketball team went into a late shooting funk Friday and lost to DePaul 60-52 in an opening-round game of the Paradise Jam at St.

Before the Northern Iowa men's basketball team can make a national splash, it must avoid taking a spill against DePaul.

Denver, Colo. - Kwadzo Ahelegbe scored a game-high 18 points as the Northern Iowa men's basketball squad began the season with a 71-65 victory over Denver on Friday night in Magness Arena.

Playing in their second game against a NCAA Division I opponent in just over 17 hours the UNCP men's basketball team fell to Northern Iowa, 79-44, at the McLeod Center on the campus of the Panthers in an exhibition contest on Saturday afternoon.

Which is the best conference? It's an intricate question that college basketball analysts quarrel over from the brisk days of November until the lamb carries March into April.

Junior guard Kwadzo Ahelegbe, above, and senior forward Adam Koch were named to the 2009-10 preseason first-team all-Missouri Valley Conference squad.

THE GOOD NEWS: Coach Ben Jacobson doesn't have to wonder about his starters next season.

THE GOOD NEWS: Coach Ben Jacobson doesn't have to wonder about his starters next season.

THE GOOD NEWS: Coach Ben Jacobson doesn't have to wonder about his starters next season.

NORTH LIBERTY -- The Prime Time League championship game wasn't exactly a showcase for Iowa basketball talent, but that didn't bother Ali Farokhmanesh all that much.

UNI big man Jordan Eglseder rebounds over former Augustana player Dain Swetalla while Iowa's Brennan Cougill, left, looks on during PrimeTime League action at the North Liberty Community Center on Monday, June 22, 2009.