CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Indiana State has been the most successful team in terms of earning road league wins inside the McLeod Center and the Sycamores made it a league-best five with a gutsy 77-66 win over Northern Iowa in front of 4.564 fans.

ISU made it three victories in a row over the Panthers and improved to 11-13, 6-6 MVC while UNI fell to 11-13, 4-8 MVC. The win was the third in a row over the Panthers and gave the Sycamores their 79th MVC and MVC Tournament win over the last eight years -- third most among the current league membership.

Brenton Scott drained a historic 3-pointer at the 4:18 mark one that gave him 20 points for the game and 1,673 for his career which moved him into fourth place on the ISU all-time scoring list ahead of the great Butch Wade. Scott's triple also stretched the Indiana State advantage out to 67-57. Barnes was fouled with 1:28 remaining in the game and hit the Sycamores' first two free throw attempts after halftime for the 71-61 lead.

In addition to his team-high 20 points, Scott also led the way with 10 rebounds for his second career double-double. Barnes went a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line in the game to give him 13 points which makes it 19 games in a row in double figures for the Sycamores.

ISU hit 26-of-50 from the field (52 percent) and connected on 10 3-pointers. ISU finished the game 15-of-17 from the free throw line and held a 31-24 edge in the rebounding battle.

Devin Thomas hit a corner trifecta with just over 10 minutes remaining in the game to run the Sycamore lead out to 57-50. Indiana State hit 10 of their first 14 shots after halftime (71.4 percent) to open up a cushion. After an empty possession for each team, Thomas connected again from long range -- this time from the top of the key at the 9:07 mark which pushed the advantage out to 60-52. Murphy was whistled for a loose ball foul and allowed the Panthers to hit one free throw but he got it back on the offensive end with a sweet move to the rim to stretch the lead out to 62-53. After a driving lay-up by UNI's Pickford, Scott answered with his 17th point of the game a driving lay-up of his own for the 64-55 lead.

The Sycamores were feeling it early as they six of their first nine shots including a triple from Brenton Scott on the opening possession as well as another from freshman Clayton Hughes at the 13:23 mark to stake Indiana State to an early 16-6 lead. The Panthers countered with the next nine points while the Sycamores went scoreless for just over three minutes. Jordan Barnes ended the string with a trifecta at the 10:08 mark which established a four-point lead at 19-15. The margin stayed near the mark until the Panthers used a 3-pointer from Klint Carlson to cut the Sycamore lead down to one but Tyreke Key was left open in the corner for a trifecta as the clock ticked down towards the six minute mark for the 26-22 cushion.

UNI tied the game on a conventional 3-point play by Austin Phyfe but Bronson Kessinger answered with a turn around jumper at the 4:58 mark to regain a 28-26 lead. But the Panthers continued to heat up with an emphasis on the inside game which opened up Spencer Haldeman for a trifecta with 3:21 remaining which gave the Panthers their first lead of the game at 31-28. Down four points, the Sycamores got a pair of free throws in the bonus from Brenton Scott and then again from Tyreke Key with 12.6 seconds remaining to knot the game at 33. Scott led the way at the break with 10 points and also led with six rebounds.]

The Panthers scored first out of the half, but Barnes countered with a pass inside to Brandon Murphy to tie the game at 35. After UNI retook a two-point lead, Davis scored on consecutive possessions the first of a jumper and then on a second chance bucket as the clock ticked under the 18 minute mark as ISU regained the lead at 39-37. Leading by a point, Clayton Hughes used a nifty up and under move to stake the Sycamores to a 45-42 lead. The Panthers cut the advantage down to a point, but Davis answered with his seventh point of the second half as he drained a 3-pointer at the 13:29 mark to run the cushion out to 48-44. UNI scored inside twice in a row, but the Sycamore lead continued to grow as they got consecutive trifectas from Scott and Hughes for a six point lead at 54-48 with 11:57 remaining.

Indiana State returns home for the first of two home games in a row when they host Missouri State on Tuesday, February 6 at 7 pm (ET) inside Hulman Center.