PHOTO BY TIM AYLEN/BAHAMAS VISUAL SERVICES - Texas Tech’s Chance McMillian defends UNI’s Michael Duax as he goes up for a shot during a college basketball game in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Thursday at Paradise Island, Bahamas.

NASSAU, Bahamas — Joe Toussaint scored 21 points and Pop Isaacs banked in a floater with 0.8 seconds left to give Texas Tech a 72-70 victory over Northern Iowa on Thursday in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Texas Tech (4-1) plays in the fifth-place game on Friday. Northern Iowa (1-4) will battle for seventh.

Texas Tech trailed the entire first half and by as many as 15 points, 58-43, with 11:31 remaining in the second half. Isaacs made a 3-pointer to start a 14-1 run that got the Red Raiders within 62-61 with 6:08 left. Devan Cambridge gave Texas Tech its first lead of the game, 65-64, at 4:29.

UNI forward Tytan Anderson made a wide open 3-pointer from the wing to tie it at 70-all with 27 seconds left. Isaacs drove the right side of the lane and made a one-handed runner and UNI’s heave at the buzzer did not come close.

Isaacs finished with 18 points and four 3-pointers, and Toussaint reached double-digits for the fifth straight game. Darrion Williams had 10 points and nine rebounds, and Cambridge added 10 points and eight rebounds for Texas Tech.

Nate Heise scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds for UNI. Anderson added 14 points and Bowen Born scored 11.

Heise made a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of the first half to give Northern Iowa a 40-31 lead.

No. 14 NORTH CAROLINA 91, UNI 69

NASSAU, Bahamas — Harrison Ingram scored 16 points, Cormac Ryan added 15 points and No. 14 North Carolina used a big second-half run to beat Northern Iowa 91-69 on Wednesday in the opener of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

North Carolina (4-0) will play on Thursday against the winner of the Villanova-Texas Tech game. Northern Iowa (1-3) moves into the consolation bracket.

North Carolina trailed 41-35 at halftime after making just 9 of 27 shots, including 3 of 13 from 3-point range. But the Tar Heels made eight of their first nine 3-pointers in the second half and scored 34 of the opening 40 points for a 69-47 lead.

UNC started the second half on a 19-2 run for a 54-42 lead. Ryan and Ingram each made a 3-pointer on back-to-back possessions during an 8-0 run, and Ryan added two straight 3-pointers to end the second 8-0 run.

The Panthers, who shot 60 percent in the first half, didn’t make a shot from the field in the second half until the 13:52 mark.

Freshman Elliot Cadeau scored 11 of his 15 points in the final 11 minutes for North Carolina. RJ Davis added 13 points, Jae’Lyn Withers scored 11 and Armando Bacot had 10 points, eight rebounds and three blocks.

Nate Heise scored 14 points and Jacob Hutson had 10 for Northern Iowa. Tytan Anderson had seven points and 10 rebounds.

Northern Iowa was seeking its first win over an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent since defeating North Carolina State in the 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis.

Texas Tech 72, UNI 70

At Nassau, Bahamas

N. IOWA (1-4) — Hutson 3-5 1-4 7, Born 4-8 1-1 11, Campbell 4-10 0-0 9, Heise 5-10 5-6 18, Anderson 4-8 5-6 14, Duax 1-2 1-2 4, Henry 1-1 0-0 2, Taylor 1-2 0-0 3, Pock 1-3 0-0 2, Wolf 0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS 24-51 13-19 70.

TEXAS TECH (4-1) — Cambridge 3-7 4-6 10, W.Washington 3-6 1-2 7, Isaacs 7-17 0-0 18, Toussaint 6-13 7-7 21, Da.Williams 3-9 4-4 10, McMillian 1-4 0-0 3, Walton 1-4 0-0 3, L.Washington 0-0 0-0 0, Yalaho 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS 24-61 16-19 72.

Halftime–UNI 40-31. 3-Point Goals–UNI 9-21 (Heise 3-5, Born 2-6, Duax 1-1, Taylor 1-1, Anderson 1-2, Campbell 1-4, Pock 0-2), Texas Tech 8-26 (Isaacs 4-11, Toussaint 2-5, McMillian 1-3, Walton 1-3, Yalaho 0-1, Da.Williams 0-3). Fouled Out–Hutson, Da.Williams. Rebounds–UNI 32 (Heise 8), Texas Tech 30 (Da.Williams 9). Assists–UNI 14 (Hutson, Heise, Taylor 3), Texas Tech 10 (Cambridge, Isaacs, Toussaint, McMillian 2). Total Fouls–UNI 19, Texas Tech 17. A–400 (500).