GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - Tevin Svihovec scored 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting, dished out four assists and Northern Colorado outlasted Northern Arizona 76-68 on Thursday night.
Derrick Barden had 21 points and six rebounds for Northern Colorado (8-15, 6-9 Big Sky), which shot 56 percent from the field, while teammate Tate Unruh chipped in with 17 points and five steals.
The Bears led 35-26 at halftime but surrendered a 9-0 run by the Lumberjacks capped off by Max Jacobsen's lay-up to tie it at 35 just 1:42 into the second half. Northern Colorado responded with a 14-6 run over the next 6 minutes and didn't look back.
Northern Arizona committed 23 turnovers while the Bears had 14 steals.
Gabe Rogers led Northern Arizona (9-16, 6-9) with 23 points and three rebounds. DeWayne Russell had 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting in 25 minutes off the bench for the Lumberjacks.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Northern Arizona (9-16) | 26 | 42 | 68 |
| Northern Colorado (8-15) « | 35 | 41 | 76 |
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| Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Bewernick, F | 36 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Jacobsen, F | 16 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| G. Rogers, G | 35 | 7-15 | 6-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| S. Saldivar, G | 34 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| M. Dunn, G | 26 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Russell | 25 | 7-11 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| J. Martin | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Hamilton | 9 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| E. Ekanem | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 27-48 | 9-11 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 68 | |
| 56.3% | 81.8% | ||||||
| Northern Colorado Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Barden, F | 37 | 8-14 | 5-6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| T. Huskisson, F | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Osborne, C | 30 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Svihovec, G | 36 | 9-13 | 3-5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| T. Unruh, G | 30 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Tucker | 23 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| P. Garnica | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| E. Addo | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-50 | 14-19 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 76 | |
| 56% | 73.7% | ||||||
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