CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Jake Koch scored 17 points, Seth Tuttle added 14 and Northern Iowa never trailed Wednesday in a 76-59 victory over Northern Colorado.
Koch added seven rebounds and was 6 of 8 from the field. Marc Sonnen chipped in 12 points for the Panthers (5-3), who improved to 5-0 at home. Nate Buss, who scored a career-high 17 points against Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Saturday, had just five in this one.
Tevin Svihovec had 16 points and Paul Garnica scored 15 off the bench for the Bears (1-5), who lost their fifth straight.
A 16-0 first-half run put Northern Iowa ahead 27-6 halfway through the period. Buss made a 3-pointer before Nate Bohannon hit two from long range, and Koch capped the run with a three-point play. The Panthers led 40-29 at halftime and increased that advantage to as many as 25 in the second half. UNI shot 52 percent from the field.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Northern Colorado (1-5) | 29 | 30 | 59 |
| Northern Iowa (5-3) « | 40 | 36 | 76 |
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| Northern Colorado Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Addo, F | 28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Huskisson, F | 22 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| C. Osborne, C | 24 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| T. Svihovec, G | 32 | 5-9 | 6-7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| T. Unruh, G | 31 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Garnica | 27 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| D. Barden | 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Davis Jr. | 8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Keane | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 22-53 | 10-11 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 59 | |
| 41.5% | 90.9% | ||||||
| Northern Iowa Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Koch, F | 23 | 6-8 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| S. Tuttle, F | 22 | 5-6 | 3-6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| M. Bohannon, G | 26 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| A. James, G | 26 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Sonnen, G | 26 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Martino | 20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| C. Rank | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Buss | 15 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| D. Mitchell | 13 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Morrison | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Pehl | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Singleton | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-52 | 10-13 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 76 | |
| 51.9% | 76.9% | ||||||
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