ST. LOUIS — Leon Bond III had 19 points in Northern Iowa’s 74-52 upset victory over Illinois State on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

No. 6 seed Northern Iowa advances to play No. 2 seed Bradley in a Saturday semifinal. No. 5 seed UIC and No. 9 seed Drake square off in the other semifinal.

Bond shot 9 for 13, including 1 for 4 from beyond the arc for the Panthers (21-12). Trey Campbell totaled 12 points and six rebounds, while Ben Schwieger scored 11.

Chase Walker led the way for the Redbirds (20-12) with 11 points and two blocks.

Northern Iowa took the lead for good with 19:44 left in the first half. The score was 35-27 at halftime, with Campbell racking up eight points.

UNI 74, Illinois St. 52

N. IOWA (20-12) — Hornseth 3-7 3-4 9, Smith 2-3 5-6 9, Campbell 5-13 0-1 12, Weisbrod 3-4 0-0 8, Bond 9-13 0-0 19, Schwieger 5-9 0-0 11, Taylor 2-3 0-0 6, Diouf 0-1 0-0 0, Hutchins 0-1 0-0 0, Pock 0-0 0-0 0, Jacobson 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 29-54 8-11 74.

ILLINOIS ST. (20-11) — Walker 2-7 7-13 11, Kinziger 3-5 2-3 8, Klabo 2-3 2-2 8, Skunberg 2-7 0-0 4, Wolf 3-7 2-2 9, Pence 3-10 1-1 7, Moore 0-1 1-2 1, Coleman 0-2 4-5 4, Lieb 0-1 0-0 0, Daugherty 0-3 0-0 0. TOTALS 15-46 19-28 52.

Halftime–UNI 35-27. 3-Point Goals–UNI 8-19 (Taylor 2-2, Weisbrod 2-3, Campbell 2-7, Schwieger 1-3, Bond 1-4), Illinois St. 3-20 (Klabo 2-3, Wolf 1-4, Moore 0-1, Walker 0-1, Kinziger 0-2, Daugherty 0-3, Pence 0-3, Skunberg 0-3). Fouled Out–Schwieger. Rebounds–UNI 31 (Schwieger 8), Illinois St. 25 (Pence 6). Assists–UNI 21 (Hornseth 6), Illinois St. 8 (Kinziger 3). Total Fouls–UNI 25, Illinois St. 15.