Morgan Powers UNI Past North Dakota, 78-70

Saturday, December 10

Cedar Falls, Iowa

7 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

5-4

North Dakota (1st 250 fans get decals)

5-3

North Dakota

UNI

Photo by: Mike Dunlop

Morgan Powers UNI Past North Dakota, 78-70

12/10/2016 9:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Senior guard Jeremy Morgan scored all 38 of his points in the second half and led UNI back from a halftime deficit to a 78-70 win over the University of North Dakota Saturday in the McLeod Center.

Morgan was 0-for-5 from the field in the first half with two rebounds in 14 minutes of action. That all changed in the second half as Morgan made 10-of-12 field goals attempt and was 16-of-22 from the foul line as he posted a double-double with 38 points and 11 rebounds.

UNI (5-4 overall) ran its win streak to two in row, while North Dakota (5-3 overall) saw its two-game win streak snapped.

The Fighting Hawks came out strong and led 16-7 seven minutes into the contest as UND's Carson Shanks scored 10 points on five field goal attempts. UNI used a 9-0 run to tie the game 16-16 and the Panthers took a 20-19 lead on a jumper from Hunter Rhodes with 7:55 left in the first half. The Fighting Hawks would close the half with Corey Baldwin draining a three-pointer from the corner to give UND a 33-29 lead at the break.

UND either led or was tied for the first 10 minutes of the second half before Morgan put UNI back on top 50-49 with 9:49 left in the game. The final tie of the contest came at 53-53 with 6:52 remaining. Morgan then led UNI on a 10-2 spurt to open up an eight-point advantage at 63-55. UND would close back to within four points at 63-59 on a layup from Shanks with 3:08 left. But UNI came out of a timeout and Klint Carlson rolled into the lane of a screen for a bucket to put UNI back up six and the Fighting Hawks would get no closer.

UNI will head to Des Moines next Saturday for The Hy-Vee Classic and a matchup with the Iowa Hawkeyes at 3:30 p.m.

NOTES: UNI's school record for points in a game is 40 set by Jerry Waugh (1967-68 vs. North Dakota) and Cam Johnson (1993-94 vs. Drake) ... Morgan set a McLeod Center record with 22 free throw attempts in the game set by Evansville's D.J. Balentine on Jan. 29, 2014 ... Morgan also set the UNI record in McLeod for most free throws made (16), breaking the mark set by Jake Koch with 16 vs. Bradley on Jan. 9, 2011 ... Morgan recorded his fourth career double-double with 38 points and 11 rebounds.