CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Justin Gant scored 18 points and Jake Odum 16 to lead Indiana State to a 65-61 victory against Northern Iowa on Wednesday night.
The Sycamores (9-4, 2-0 Missouri Valley) never trailed after 3:43 remained in the first half and held on despite making just 4 of 8 from the free-throw line in the last 34 seconds.
Trailing by three points, Northern Iowa called its final timeout with 6.5 seconds left to set up a final play. But the Panthers (7-7, 0-2) turned the ball over, and Lucas Eitel hit a free throw for Indiana State.
Seth Tuttle had 24 points and 10 rebounds and James Anthony added 12 points for Northern Iowa.
Gant was 8 of 12 from the field with six rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Indiana State (9-4) « | 37 | 28 | 65 |
| Northern Iowa (7-7) | 32 | 29 | 61 |
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| Indiana State Sycamores | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Arop, F | 30 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| R. Mahurin, F | 12 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Gant, C | 26 | 8-12 | 1-1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| J. Odum, G | 30 | 3-8 | 9-13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| D. Cummings, G | 25 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Kitchell | 23 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| K. Smith | 23 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| L. Eitel | 17 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Brown | 9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| B. Burnett | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-45 | 22-32 | 32 | 5 | 17 | 65 | |
| 44.4% | 68.8% | ||||||
| Northern Iowa Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Tuttle, F | 33 | 9-14 | 4-7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
| J. Koch, F | 28 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| A. James, G | 35 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| M. Sonnen, G | 34 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| D. Mitchell, G | 20 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Bohannon | 27 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| C. Rank | 16 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Martino | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Buss | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Morrison | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-54 | 9-15 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 61 | |
| 42.6% | 60% | ||||||
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