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Northern Iowa holds off Drake despite cold finish

CEDAR FALLS — Wyatt Lohaus scored 14 points, Trae Berhow had nine points and nine rebounds and Northern Iowa defeated Drake 57-54 on Sunday despite not scoring a basket for the final six minutes.

Berhow hit a 3-pointer with 6:18 remaining to put the Panthers ahead 55-52. Nick McGlynn, who led the Bulldogs with 15 points, scored with 5:40 left to make it a one-point game. Neither team scored from that point until Spencer Halderman made two free throws with 5.2 seconds left.

All Drake could get at the end was a tightly contested 3-point shot attempt at the buzzer.

Down the stretch, Northern Iowa (7-10, 2-2 Missouri Valley Conference) missed five shots, the front end of a pair of one-and-one free-throw attempts and committed two turnovers. Drake (12-5, 1-3) missed eight shots and had two turnovers.

Both teams shot below 40 percent for the game. Northern Iowa led 29-23 at the half and pushed the lead to 11 2 1/2 minutes into the second half.

NORTHERN IOWA 57, DRAKE 54

At Cedar Falls

DRAKE (12-5) — T.Murphy 3-9 2-2 9, McGlynn 6-16 2-2 15, Wilkins 4-12 0-0 11, Thomas 1-7 2-2 4, Ellingson 4-6 0-0 11, Pilipovic 0-0 0-0 0, Robbins 1-2 0-0 2, A.Murphy 0-2 2-2 2, Sturtz 0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS 19-56 8-8 54.

N. IOWA (7-10) — McDonnell 4-5 1-2 10, Brown 1-5 2-2 4, Green 5-18 0-1 11, Lohaus 5-13 2-2 14, Berhow 3-4 0-0 9, Dahl 1-2 0-0 2, Haldeman 2-6 2-2 7, Pickford 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 21-53 7-9 57.

Halftime–UNI 29-23. 3-Point Goals–Drake 8-21 (Ellingson 3-4, Wilkins 3-6, T.Murphy 1-2, McGlynn 1-3, A.Murphy 0-2, Thomas 0-4), UNI 8-24 (Berhow 3-3, Lohaus 2-6, McDonnell 1-2, Haldeman 1-4, Green 1-8, Brown 0-1). Fouled Out–Wilkins. Rebounds–Drake 36 (McGlynn 9), UNI 29 (Berhow 9). Assists–Drake 6 (Wilkins 3), UNI 8 (Lohaus, Berhow 2). Total Fouls–Drake 13, UNI 11. A–4,141 (6,650).

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