UNI Scores 60-50 Win Over Evansville in St. Louis

Thursday, March 1

St. Louis, Missouri

6 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

7-1116-15; MVC

Evansville

7-1117-15; MVC

UNI

Evansville

UNI Scores 60-50 Win Over Evansville in St. Louis

3/1/2018 9:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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ST. LOUIS, Missouri - The University of Northern Iowa men's basketball team advanced to the quarterfinal of the 2018 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament with a 60-50 victory over the Evansville Purple Aces Thursday at Scottrade Center.

UNI (16-15 overall) held Evansville's Ryan Taylor, the MVC's leading scorer at 22.1 points per game, to a season low two points. Taylor was 1-for-13 from the field as he was harassed by Isaiah Brown, Wyatt Lohaus and Klint Carlson throughout the evening.

Evansville (17-15 overall) shot 38.2 percent from the floor and was only 2-of-14 from three-point range (14.3 percent).

UNI's balanced scoring attack was led by Lohaus with 15 points. Hunter Rhodes added 14, while Carlson chipped in with nine and Bennett Koch posted eight points.

The Panthers tied a season-high with seven blocked shots.

UNI advances to the quarterfinals to take on No. 1-seeded Loyola on Friday at noon.

NOTES: UNI moves to 4-0 all-time vs. Evansville in the MVC Tournament ... UNI is now 1-1 as the No. 9 seed in the MVC Tournament ... UNI head coach Ben Jacobson improves to 14-7 in the MVC Tournament ... UNI is 23-20 all-time in MVC tourney games ... UNI came into the game ranked No. 4 in the nation scoring defense (62.9 ppg) .... following the game UNI lowered its defensive scoring average to 62.5 ppg.