The Northern Iowa Panthers take a five-game winning streak on the road in Missouri Valley Conference play to tangle with 25th ranked Wichita State. Just a couple of weeks after sitting at 2-6 in the Valley the Panthers are now 7-6 and just two games behind second place Illinois State.

The Panthers were clobbered by the Shockers 74-55 back on January 20 in the McLeod Center. Wichita State is running away with the Valley regular season crown and takes a 12-1 record into Saturday’s game.

UNI is 15-11 overall. Tip off in Koch Arena is 11:00 a.m. and the game will be carried by ESPN2.

(Learfield Sports)