OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Justin Simmons scored 23 points and Marcus Tyus had 22 as Nebraska-Omaha defeated IPFW 86-79 Thursday night.
The Mavericks (8-16, 5-6 Summit) shot 63 percent from the floor, hit 6 of 12 3-pointers and made 16 of 20 free throws to win their third straight game and avenge an 18-point loss to the Mastadons (10-14, 3-7) on Jan. 5.
John Karhoff added 12 points for Nebraska-Omaha and Alex Phillips had 11.
That was enough to overcome a 32-point, nine-rebound game from IPFW's Frank Gaines. Luis Jacobo had 16 points for the Mastadons, and Michael Kibiloski had 12.
The Mavericks trailed 41-36 at halftime but hit 15 of their next 16 shots and finished with a 78.2 shooting percentage in the second half. They were up by two with 7:45 remaining when Simmons hit a 3-pointer, Carter followed with a three-point play and Simmons added a layup to make it 75-65 with 6:34 remaining.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| IPFW (10-14) | 41 | 38 | 79 |
| Nebraska Omaha (8-16) « | 36 | 50 | 86 |
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| IPFW Mastodons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Kibiloski, F | 28 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| L. Jacobo, F | 26 | 5-13 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| P. Bland, G | 36 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| F. Gaines, G | 33 | 11-19 | 10-12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 32 |
| I. McCray, G | 29 | 2-11 | 1-2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Edwards | 29 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| J. Reed | 17 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| M. Onuorah | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-64 | 19-25 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 79 | |
| 42.2% | 76% | ||||||
| Nebraska Omaha | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Welhouse, F | 18 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Karhoff, C | 29 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| J. Simmons, G | 33 | 7-11 | 7-8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| C. Carter, G | 31 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| A. Phillips, G | 23 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Tyus | 30 | 8-12 | 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| C. Steffensmeier | 24 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| M. Hagerbaumer | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Coleman | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 32-51 | 16-20 | 27 | 13 | 23 | 86 | |
| 62.7% | 80% | ||||||
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