CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Deon Mitchell scored 20 points, leading four Northern Iowa players in double figures, and the Panthers routed Drake 85-55 on Sunday.
Jake Koch had 16 points and a team-high seven rebounds, and Seth Tuttle and Anthony James scored 10 points apiece for Northern Iowa (10-9, 3-4 Missouri Valley), which shot 60 percent from the field, making 30 of 50 shots.
The Panthers led 37-22 at halftime, and their biggest lead was 36 points.
Richard Carter led the Bulldogs (8-10, 2-5) with 16 points. Jordan Clarke had 10 points and eight rebounds for Drake.
Northern Iowa has won 19 straight games when scoring 80 or more points going back to 2008.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Drake (8-10) | 22 | 33 | 55 |
| Northern Iowa (10-9) « | 37 | 48 | 85 |
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| Drake Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Simons, F | 33 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Clarke, F | 26 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| S. VanDeest, C | 21 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| C. Hines, G | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Mason, G | 14 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Carter | 28 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| J. King | 23 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Jeffers | 16 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| G. Ricks Jr. | 12 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Ugbede | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| K. Babineaux | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 21-59 | 7-9 | 26 | 10 | 19 | 55 | |
| 35.6% | 77.8% | ||||||
| Northern Iowa Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Koch, F | 25 | 7-8 | 2-3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| S. Tuttle, F | 22 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| M. Sonnen, G | 30 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| D. Mitchell, G | 29 | 6-9 | 5-6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| A. James, G | 26 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Bohannon | 19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| N. Buss | 17 | 2-6 | 5-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| C. Rank | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Martino | 10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| A. Pehl | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Singleton | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 30-50 | 18-20 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 85 | |
| 60% | 90% | ||||||
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