The Northern Iowa Panthers will be taking on the Fighting Bees of NAIA member St. Ambrose, Friday night. Northern Iowa lost 82-71 to Utah State in its most recent game. The match-up begins 6-p.m, at the McLeod Center, in Cedar Falls. AJ Green has averaged 22.3 points and 5.7 rebounds this year for Northern Iowa. Complementing Green is Bowen Born, who is averaging 14.3 points per game.

Through three games, Northern Iowa’s AJ Green has connected on 40.7 percent of the 27 3-pointers he’s attempted. He’s also shooting 66.7 percent from the free throw line this season. Northern Iowa went 9-1 overall when playing against out-of-conference opponents last year. The Panthers put up 73.5 points per contest in those 10 contests.