Final
No. 23 Northern Iowa tops South Dakota St.
Dec 28, 2014 - 10:46 PM Cedar Falls, IA (SportsNetwork.com) - Nate Buss had 14 points, Wes Washpun scored 12 and No. 23 Northern Iowa posted a 74-63 win over South Dakota State on Sunday.Seth Tuttle finished with 11 points and a career-high nine assists for the Panthers (11-1), who extended their home winning streak to nine games.
George Marshall led South Dakota State (9-5) with 16 points, followed by Deondre Parks with 15.
The Jackrabbits suffered their second loss this week to a ranked opponent. They had a seven-game win streak snapped in Tuesday's 80-66 setback at No. 14 Utah.
South Dakota State was down 16 less than five minutes into the second half, but consecutive threes by Reed Tellinghuisen trimmed the deficit to 60-55 with 6:19 remaining.
The Panthers, however, pushed their lead back to double digits as Paul Jesperson hit a 3-pointer to make it 68-57 with 3:56 left to play.
The teams went back-and-forth through the first half of the opening frame before Northern Iowa created some distance with an 13-0 run. The Panthers led 39-30 at the break.
Game Notes
Northern Iowa's bench outscored South Dakota State's reserves 45-10 ... The Panthers shot 57.8 percent from the floor ... The Jackrabbits still lead the all-time series 45-40.
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE: 63
NORTHERN IOWA: 74
Final
Dec 28 4:55 PM - 23
roots - 59
rootsRUWTbot Added 52 roots (Close Finish)
South Dakota State 55, Northern Iowa(23) 60 2nd - 6:17Dec 28 4:36 PM - SOUTH DAKOTA STATE: 30
NORTHERN IOWA: 39
Halftime
Dec 28 3:49 PM - SOUTH DAKOTA STATE: 0
NORTHERN IOWA: 0
1st Half - 20:00
Dec 28 3:07 PM
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