CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Anthony James scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jake Koch added 11 points and Northern Iowa held Missouri State to 27 percent shooting en route to a 48-37 victory Tuesday night.
The Panthers (13-11, 6-6 Missouri Valley) shot just 40 percent as a team, but that was enough to beat the cold-shooting Bears (7-17, 5-7). UNI's Marc Sonnen, whose 48.3 percent 3-point shooting percentage ranked third in Division I entering the game, was just 1 of 6 from long range.
Anthony Downing led the Bears with nine points and seven rebounds. The 37 points were Missouri State's lowest ever in an MVC game.
Missouri State led 29-26 after Christian Kirk's jumper with 11:29 to play, but Northern Iowa came alive after that, outscoring the Bears 22-8 the rest of the way. Sonnen's 3-pointer with 2:35 left made it 43-33 and effectively sealed the win.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Missouri State (7-17) | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| Northern Iowa (13-11) « | 20 | 28 | 48 |
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| Missouri State Bears | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| G. Thurman, F | 23 | 2-12 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Wilson, F | 17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Downing, G | 37 | 3-13 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Marshall, G | 35 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Williams, G | 25 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| N. Scheer, G-F | 25 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| C. Kirk, F | 20 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| K. Pickens, G-F | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 15-55 | 4-4 | 35 | 6 | 14 | 37 | |
| 27.3% | 100.0% | ||||||
| Northern Iowa Panthers | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| J. Koch, F | 28 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| S. Tuttle, F | 21 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| A. James, G | 37 | 4-10 | 6-6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| M. Sonnen, G | 34 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| D. Mitchell, G | 21 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Bohannon, G | 28 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| C. Rank, F | 24 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| A. Pehl, C | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 16-40 | 11-14 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 48 | |
| 40.0% | 78.6% | ||||||
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