CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Deon Mitchell and Seth Tuttle scored a combined 48 points and Northern Iowa held off Toledo 84-81 in overtime Wednesday night.
Mitchell was 8 of 11 from the field with 27 points. Tuttle was 6 of 9 from the field, with 21 points. He also had a team-high 10 rebounds. Marc Sonnen added 11 points for the Panthers (2-0).
Northern Iowa had a 41-38 lead at halftime, but Toledo was not done.
Julius Brown led Toledo with 23 points. Dominique Buckley was 7 of 11 from the field and had 19 points. Rian Pearson added 18 points and led with six rebounds for the Rockets (1-3).
At the end of regulation, the score was tied at 70. Northern Iowa scored 14 points in overtime.
The game was the first-ever meeting between Northern Iowa and Toledo in basketball.
Toledo is a favorite to win the Mid-American Conference's West Division.
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Toledo (0-3) | 38 | 32 | 11 | 81 |
| Northern Iowa (2-0) « | 41 | 29 | 14 | 84 |
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| Toledo Rockets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith, F | 23 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| N. Boothe, C | 21 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| D. Buckley, G | 38 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| J. Brown, G | 37 | 10-20 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| R. Pearson, G | 37 | 7-17 | 3-3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Holliday | 29 | 2-10 | 2-4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Lemons | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Wonnell | 12 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Ewing | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| A. Mathew | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-69 | 10-14 | 35 | 10 | 27 | 81 | |
| 44.9% | 71.4% | ||||||
| Northern Iowa Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Koch, F | 35 | 3-7 | 4-5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| S. Tuttle, F | 35 | 6-9 | 9-12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| M. Sonnen, G | 43 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| D. Mitchell, G | 40 | 8-11 | 11-14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 27 |
| M. Bohannon, G | 35 | 1-8 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Rank | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Morrison | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Singleton | 8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| N. Buss | 5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 23-53 | 32-39 | 39 | 11 | 12 | 84 | |
| 43.4% | 82.1% | ||||||
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