A week ago, we shared a report from UNI basketball head coach Ben Jacobson regarding the expected return of goalkeeper Nate Heise after missing the Panthers’ last ten games with a spinal injury. hand/wrist. A few days later, we learned that Heise would be out for the rest of the 2022-2023 season.
As published by UNI Athletics, Heise underwent successful surgery this morning leaving him sidelined for the rest of the season. The recovery process will take three to four months, according to the release.
Ahead of the report of his planned return, Heise’s health appeared to be headed in the right direction as he was spotted during pre-match warm-ups against Towson without the makeshift cast he wore on his hand and wrist during of the previous four weeks.
Heise was expected to return against Missouri State (5-7, 1-1) tomorrow at home, just in time for the start of the conference schedule, but he will have to wait to play again until 2023.
In the two games he has played this season, the Lake City, Minnesota native has averaged 12 points and three rebounds while shooting 47.1 percent from the floor. He was also tasked with guarding the opposing team’s best player. Before the start of the season, coach Jacobson made it clear that he, Bowen Born and Tytan Anderson would be the attacking focal points: “They’ll be in the starting lineup, and we’ve been talking about that with the guys this summer. . These three have clearly separated.”
Forward Cole Henry added: “Our team’s scorers are Nate, Bowen and Tytan, mostly. If we can get the ball in their hands, I think we’ll be really good.”
In Heise’s absence, Born leads the team — and the Missouri Valley Conference — in scoring with 19.3 points per game. Behind him is Anderson, who is averaging 14 points per game while leading MVC in double-doubles with five.
In place of guard, Michael Duax, a freshman in a red shirt, started. In the 12 games he played as the Panther, Duax is averaging 8.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game while shooting 59.2 percent from the floor and 33.3 percent from three.
Coach Jacobson said that with Heise out, one bright spot is that Duax, Landon Wolf and Trey Campbell each received significantly more playing time than they otherwise would have.
That’s what he told Cole Bair at 4.50pm: “Each of these guys had games where they played longer than 32 minutes. That probably won’t happen if Nate is healthy. … Then you learn how to be successful at this level when you’re tired, against good teams, against good players, against older guys.”
No news has been released on whether or not one of the most experienced players on the UNI roster will be granted a medical redshirt, but that should be expected given the small number of matches he has played in. 2022. Including his COVID year, that would mean Heise will have another three years of eligibility after this season.
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