University of Northern Iowa Athletics
University of Northern Iowa
Southwest Minnesota State
Stout, Coleman Power UNI to 70-58 Win
11/5/2006 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 5, 2006
Cedar Falls, Iowa - Senior forward Grant Stout (New Sharon, Iowa) and junior center Eric Coleman (Maplewood, Minn.) each had 15 points to lead the University of Northern Iowa men's basketball team to a 70-58 win over Southwest Minnesota State in an exhibition game Sunday afternoon at the West Gym.
Guard Jared Josten (Webster City, Iowa) added 10 points for the Panthers, while Adam Viet (Ackley, Iowa) scored eight off the bench. Coleman had a game-high 12 rebounds for a double-double. UNI shot 49 percent from the field, while holding SMSU to just 39 percent shooting, including 34 percent in the second half.
In the first half, SMSU led by as many as six (18-12) with 12:41 left, but Coleman had a pair of baskets around a three-pointer from Viet to give the Panthers a 19-18 advantage. UNI led by as many as four (24-20), before going into the locker room with a 32-31 lead.
UNI held a 38-36 advantage with 14:11 left in the game, before freshman Kwadzo Ahelegbe (Oakdale, Minn.) nailed a three-pointer from the left wing. That started an 11-2 run over the next three minutes that saw the Panthers extend their lead to 49-38, effectively sealing the game. The Mustangs didn't get closer than seven points the rest of the way.
Coleman scored 10 of his 15 points in the first 20 minutes, while Josten had eight of his 10 in the opening half. Stout was the offensive catalyst for the Panthers in the second half, scoring 13 of his 15 points after intermission. Jeremy VanKlompenberg had a game-high 26 points for Southwest Minnesota State.
This was the second and final exhibition for the Panthers. UNI opens its 2006-07 regular season a week from today (Nov. 12), when it faces Nicholls State in the Basketball Travelers Classic in Seattle, Wash. Tipoff time is 6:30 p.m. (central).
