The Northern Iowa men take a four-game winning streak into Tuesday night’s game at home against Evansville. The Panthers are 5-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference after Saturday’s win over Southern Illinois.

That’s UNI coach Ben Jacobson. Evansville beat the Panthers in overtime in their first meeting back in early December, but the Aces have struggled without injured forward Ben Humrichhous.

Defense has been a trouble spot for much of this season, but Jacobson says the play of Nate Heise (HI-zee) and Trey Campbell has helped on that end of the court.

Evansville is 2-6 in the Valley and 11-8 overall.