CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Colt Ryan scored 21 points, including two free throws with 18 seconds left that proved to be the game-winning points, as Evansville hung on Wednesday night for a 62-59 win over Northern Iowa.
Ryan's foul shots put the Purple Aces (10-6, 3-1 Missouri Valley) ahead 60-57 before UNI's Anthony James' layup made it a one-point game. Ned Cox made two more free throws with 10 seconds left, and James missed a tying 3-pointer to end the game.
Evansville led by as many as 14 in the second half but saw the Panthers (8-8, 1-3) take their only lead since the opening minutes, 57-55, on James' jumper with 53 seconds left. Lewis Jones then put Evansville back in front with a three-point play.
James led UNI with 19 points. Seth Tuttle, last week's MVC player of the week after scoring 43 points in two games, was held to nine Wednesday.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Evansville (10-6) « | 32 | 30 | 62 |
| Northern Iowa (8-8) | 25 | 34 | 59 |
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| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Mockevicius, C | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Ryan, G | 37 | 7-17 | 4-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| T. Taylor, G | 36 | 3-7 | 5-6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| N. Cox, G | 27 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| L. Jones, G | 20 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Balentine | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Wing | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Jahr | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| R. Sawvell | 12 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Moore | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 22-50 | 12-13 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 62 | |
| 44% | 92.3% | ||||||
| Northern Iowa Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Tuttle, F | 30 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Koch, F | 28 | 2-5 | 3-5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| A. Pehl, C | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| A. James, G | 37 | 8-18 | 2-4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| M. Sonnen, G | 37 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Bohannon | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| D. Mitchell | 14 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Rank | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| N. Buss | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Martino | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Morrison | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Singleton | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-51 | 9-13 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 59 | |
| 41.2% | 69.2% | ||||||
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