University of Northern Iowa Athletics
University of Northern Iowa
Missouri State
UNI Grinds Past Missouri State, 48-37
2/5/2013 1:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The University of Northern Iowa men's basketball team earned a 48-37 victory over the Missouri State Bears on Tuesday in the McLeod Center.
UNI improved to 13-11 overall and 6-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference. UNI was led in scoring by senior guard Anthony James with 14 points. James also recorded his third career double-double with 10 rebounds. Senior forward Jake Koch also reached double figures in scoring with 11 points.
Missouri State fell to 7-17 overall and 5-7 in the MVC. The 37 points is the lowest point total for Missouri State ever in an MVC game.
UNI did not score its first basket of the game until 13:31 remained in the first half when redshirt freshman Matt Bohannon knocked down a 3-pointer. The Bears opened up a five-point lead at 14-9 with 7:34 left in the half on a three-pointer from Dorrian Williams.
UNI went on a 9-3 run to take its first lead of the game at 18-17 following a pair of free throws from James. James was at the line after a technical foul was assessed to the Bears' Drew Wilson for hanging on the rim. James added two more free throws with 1:30 left until half after Wilson was called for his second technical of the first half for taunting following a dunk. The Panthers led 20-19 at the break.
Missouri State led 29-26 with 11:29 remaining in the game following a bucket from Christian Kirk. But the Panthers responded with a 6-0 run to take a 32-29 lead with 7:02 left in the game.
UNI then used a 13-2 run to take a 45-33 lead with 1:07 left in the game to ice the victory for the Panthers.
NOTES: The 37 points allowed by UNI was the lowest output for any opponent it has ever faced in the Missouri Valley Conference ... the last time a team scored fewer than 37 points against UNI came when the Panthers tallied a 61-35 win over Wright State in the 1999-2000 season ... it's the 29th time since head coach Ben Jacobson took over the program that the Panthers have held an opponent to less than 50 points in a game ... UNI is 27-1 under coach Jake when holding the opponent to less than 50 points ... UNI has won 21 straight games when holding the opposition to less than 50 points ... Marc Sonnen played in his 127th game as a Panther and he now ranks tied for No. 5 on the Panthers' all-time games played list with Grant Stout and Brooks McKowen ... Jake Koch has played in 126 games and ranks tied for No. 8 on the list with Kerwin Dunham ... UNI has come-from-behind to win nine games this season ... UNI is 12-1 when making more free throws than the opposition this season ... UNI is 12-2 when it leads at the half ... Jake Koch has scored 978 career points and needs just 22 more points to become the 36th Panther to reach the 1,000 point mark in his career.
