The Uni Panthers host (12) Creighton February 4th at McLeod Center in Cedar Falls at 5:00 P.M. The Panthers have been working hard and have been working together as a team. The top performers of the Game were Doug McDermott from Creighton with 18 points and 12 rebounds and Seth Tuttle from UNI with 13 points, nine rebounds, one steal, and one block. Northern Iowa opened up a 51-45 lead with 5:21 left. The Panthers reeled off an 11-2 run capped by a Deon Mitchell layup and a 3 from Chip Rank, and McDermott picked up his fourth foul on a charge near the basket. Young stopped the UNI surge with a three-point play, pulling the Bluejays within a possession with 3:55 left, but Jake Koch's 3 with 1:11 left gave the Panthers a 58-54 lead. James buried a huge 3 from the corner with 23 seconds left to put Northern Iowa ahead 61-56. Creighton's Jahenns Manigat made it 61-59 on a 3 with 15 seconds left. Anthony James gets fouled and misses the first but makes the second. It is now a 62-59 ball game with the UNI panthers out in front. Creighton takes a full timeout, after the timeout it is Creightons ball, Antoine Young shoots a three ball and makes it, the game is all tied up at 62-62. The UNI panthers inbound the ball to Anthony James with 2 seconds left on the clock, James works the defense down the court and puts up a three and made the game winning shot for the UNI panthers. The Panthers record is now (16-9). The Panthers travel to Wichita State Wednesday February 8th.
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