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Panthers Breeze Past Sycamores, 62-40; UNI Sets School Record with 15th Straight Win
1/16/2010 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The University of Northern Iowa men's basketball team won its 15th-straight game Saturday with a 62-40 win over the Indiana State Sycamores in front of a sellout crowd of 6,778 in the McLeod Center.
The Panthers (16-1 overall, 7-0 MVC) limited the Sycamores (11-7 overall, 3-4 MVC) to 16 percent shooting in the second half and increased their lead in the Missouri Valley Conference to a two-game bulge after seven games.
UNI had four players reach double figures in scoring led by senior Adam Koch with 13 points. Koch's 13 points give him 1,000 career points and he becomes the 31st Panther in the history of the program to reach the 1,000-point mark. Starters Kwadzo Ahelegbe and Lucas O'Rear contributed 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor.
Indiana State held a 15-12 lead following a three-pointer from Rashad Reed with 11:07 left in the first half. But the Panthers then went on a 10-2 run to take a 22-17 lead on a basket by O'Rear with 6:21 left in the half.
UNI closed the half on a 19-5 run, following a 17-17 tie with 9:05 to go before intermission. The Panthers then scored the first six points of the second half to complete the 25-5. The final bucket in the run was Koch's, which brought him to the 1,000-point mark.
The Panthers eventually posted a 27-point advantage at 57-30 and 59-32 in the second half, while the Sycamores continued to fire blanks. Indiana State made only 4-of-25 shots in the second stanza.
UNI will be in action Tuesday at Wichita State with an 8:05 p.m. tip on ESPNU.
NOTES: UNI extended the nation's 3rd-longest active win streak to 15, trailing only Kentucky (18) and Texas (17) ... UNI is among seven teams in the nation with one loss or less following Saturday's action: Kentucky (18-0), BYU (18-1), Texas (17-0), Syracuse (17-1), UNI (16-1), Kansas (16-1) and Villanova (15-1) ... UNI is giving up 54.9 points per game this season, but that number is lowered to 51.0 in seven MVC games ... Indiana State was led by Harry Marshall with 11 points.
