CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Indiana State men's basketball fell on Tuesday night at Northern Iowa, 88-73. Indiana State fell to 12-14, 6-9 MVC while UNI improved to 17-9, 11-4 MVC.
 
Indiana State made its first four-of-five shots before the first media timeout to lead 11-10. The Trees made a trio of threes, courtesy of Aaron Gray, Camp Wagner, and a fadeaway triple from K'mani Doughty.
 
Coming out of that timeout until the next one at 11:53, the Panthers increased their lead by 11 with an 18-4 run. It spanned 4:28 of game time where the only field goal made by the Sycamores came from a corner three-pointer by Bruno Alocen. UNI led 26-15.
 
At the timeout taken at 6:56, Northern Iowa led 37-23 shooting 63.6% from the field and 85.7% from three (6-for-7). After the Sycamores initial start of four-of-five from the field, Indiana State made only four-of-12.
 
To close out the half, Indiana State scored 13 points with Samage Teel accounting for the first 11 points of those 13. Camp Wagner made a pair of free throws with 17 seconds left on the clock to make the score 50-38 at the half.
 
In the first half, the Sycamores shot 41.4% from the field (12-for-29) and 40.0% from three. The Trees made 8-of-9 from the free throw line. Northern Iowa shot 63.3% from the floor and 70.0% from deep while making 5-of-6 from the line. The Panthers made 24-of-50 first-half points from the paint.
 
After Northern Iowa scored the first five points of the second half through the first 90 seconds, Indiana State went on a 9-0 run in the next 3:20 to cut into the deficit to trail by eight, 55-47. A Doughty corner three-pointer brought the Sycamores within six points, 58-52, but at the 11:54 mark in the game the Panthers led 62-55.
 
The Sycamores went on to make only one of their next nine field goal attempts, allowing Northern Iowa to go on a 20-6 run over the next eight minutes. Teel made a driving layup, and Derek Vorst drilled a three-pointer right before the final media timeout, but UNI held an 82-66 lead with 3:29 to play.
 
To close the game, Vorst scored three points, Josiah LeGree scored two, and Jahni Summers scored two before Northern Iowa secured the 88-73 victory.
 
Samage Teel led Indiana State in scoring with 21 points on 7-for-13 shooting and a 5-for-5 effort at the line, also dishing out a game-high six assists. Aaron Gray and Jaden Daughtry tied for the second-most points with 10. Gray shot 3-for-7 with five rebounds and Daughtry 4-for-8 with three rebounds, four steals, and two blocks. K'mani Doughty added nine points and a game-high eight rebounds.
 
News & Notes

• Indiana State shot 39.3% from the field, the lowest mark in the last five games.
  • The Sycamores shot 13-of-31 (41.9%) from inside the arc, the lowest out of the last five games.
• The Trees shot 36.0% from downtown, making nine three-pointers. The Sycamores have made eight-plus threes in the last six-of-seven games.
• Indiana State recorded the season low in turnovers with eight.
• Scoring 21 points, Samage Teel recorded his third 20-plus-point game in the last five games.
• With eight rebounds, K'mani Doughty has pulled down seven-plus rebounds in three of the last four games.
• Derek Vorst scored six points, his most since scoring 10 points against Eureka on November 7.
• Jaden Daughtry snagged a career-high four steals. It tied for the second-most recorded by a Sycamore this season (Teel, 5 on 11/25/24).

 
Up Next
Indiana State returns to Hulman Center for the next two games, first tipping off against Illinois State on Saturday, February 15 at 1 p.m. ET.
 
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