Sometimes the difference between winning and losing a game is razor-thin. For the UNI men's basketball team, the margin couldn't have been any tighter than it was Wednesday night.
UNI split a pair of Missouri Valley Conference basketball games Sunday afternoon. The women's team won at home, while the men's squad fell on the road.
The UNI Panthers tuned up for their Missouri Valley Conference opener by hosting 9th-ranked Xavier at a sold-out McLeod Center in Cedar Falls Friday night.