TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Senior Shannon Thomas posted her second straight double-double while senior Brittany Schoen and sophomore Anna Munn combined for seven three-pointers, leading the Indiana State women's basketball team to a 71-60 victory over the visiting Northern Iowa Panthers on Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness Day inside Hulman Center.

The Sycamores swept their weekend homestand, moving to 12-12 on the season and 6-6 within the Missouri Valley Conference. The Panthers fell to 15-9 overall and 8-5 in league play.

Indiana State began the game on 6-0 run, using a layup by junior Taylor Whitley and a layup and a pair of free-throws from Thomas to build the early advantage. Northern Iowa responded by scoring 21 of the next 32 points to take their largest lead of the game, capping a 6-0 run for a six-point lead at 23-17 with 6:32 left in the first half on a jumper by senior K.K. Armstrong.

The game went into the halftime locker room tied at 30-30 thanks to Schoen, who sank a trey with seven seconds left in the opening 20 minutes of play. Thomas, Schoen and freshman Natasha Zurek all tallied six points in the first half, with Thomas adding nine rebounds.

With the score tied at 34-34 with 17:58 remaining, Munn scored eight of her game-high 17 points in a decisive 10-0 run for the Sycamores. Munn knocked down a pair of three-pointers on back-to-back possessions, pushing a four-point advantage to 10 points at 44-34 with 14:36 to play.

The Panthers would never get closer than seven points for the remainder of the game. ISU would take their largest lead of the game with 3:22 to play, when the Sycamores broke the UNI press defense and took a 67-52 lead on a layup by Thomas.

Munn led three scorers in double-figures for ISU, scoring 13 of her game-high 17 points in the second half. Thomas posted her 27 ^th career double-double, going for 13 points, 18 rebounds and a career-high five assists. Schoen played all 40 minutes on Sunday, adding 12 points on a 4-for-7 effort from three-point range.

The Indiana State bench outscored Northern Iowa's nonstarters, 18-6. Freshman Racheal Mahan led the way with nine points and four rebounds, while Zurek added six points and three assists and freshman Travecia Franklin went for three points and two rebounds.

ISU won the rebounding battle, 42-33, allowing just six second-chance points to Panthers.

Indiana State hits the road for their next two games, both with key implications for seeding at the upcoming State Farm MVC Tournament. The Sycamores face the Drake Bulldogs (6-7 MVC) on Friday, Feb. 17, before taking on the Creighton Bluejays (7-6 MVC) on Sunday, Feb. 19.