NCAAB

Northern Iowa Panthers at Evansville Purple Aces

· MVC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - 1st ROUND
Northern Iowa Panthers
16-15, 1-9 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
60 - 50
Evansville Purple Aces
17-15, 14-3 Home

N. Iowa tops Evansville 60-50, advances to MVC quarters

Klint Carlson scored nine points with 10 rebounds and Bennett Koch scored eight points with 11 boards as the Panthers (16-15), ranked fourth in the nation in scoring defense (62.9 ppg), held MVC leading scorer Ryan Taylor to two points on 1-of-13 shooting.

Northern Iowa advances to face top seed Loyola-Chicago (25-5) on Friday.

Lohaus' jumper capped an 8-2 run for a 42-30 lead early in the second half, and Isaiah Brown's layup put the Panthers up 53-41 with 2:27 left. Dru Smith, named to the Missouri Valley Conference Most Improved Team, scored eight straight and Evansville closed to 58-50 on his 3 with 20 seconds left, but Rhodes' two free throws iced it for the Panthers.

Smith scored 20 points and Duane Gibson added 14 for the Purple Aces (17-15) who shot 38.2 percent from the field.

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  • TV Channel: Northern Iowa at Evansville 2021 College Basketball, week 17, is broadcasted on ESPN3.
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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 60 - 50
2nd 0:09 Hunter Rhodes Defensive Rebound. 60 - 50
2nd 0:09 Dru Smith missed Three Point Jumper. 60 - 50
2nd 0:15 Hunter Rhodes made Free Throw. 60 - 50
2nd 0:15 Hunter Rhodes made Free Throw. 59 - 50

Statistics

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21-52 FG 21-55
40 Field Goal % 38
6-22 3PT 2-14
27 Three Point % 14
12-16 FT 6-7
75 Free Throw % 86
36 Rebounds 31
6 Offensive Rebounds 4
30 Defensive Rebounds 27
10 Assists 7
2 Steals 2
7 Blocks 3
4 Turnovers 6
1 Team Turnovers 0
4 Total Turnovers 6
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Off Turnovers 4
8 Fast Break Points 2
18 Points in Paint 30
9 Fouls 17
14 Largest Lead 0

Game Information

Venue: Enterprise Center

Location: St. Louis, MO
Capacity:

2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Belmont 16-4 - 26-6
Bradley 13-7 3 21-13
Illinois State 12-8 4 23-13
Murray State 12-8 4 20-13
UIC 12-8 4 19-16
Northern Iowa 11-9 5 23-13
Valparaiso 11-9 5 18-15
Southern Illinois 10-10 6 16-16
Drake 6-14 10 14-20
Indiana State 4-16 12 11-21
Evansville 3-17 13 7-25
Full Standings