UNI beats Bradley 64-55

CEDAR FALLS - Anthony James scored 19 points and Northern Iowa beat Bradley 64-55 Wednesday night.

Marc Sonnen had 13 points, Johnny Moran scored 12 and Seth Tuttle had nine points and 11 rebounds for the Panthers (18-12, 8-9 Missouri Valley), who avenged a 78-65 loss last month in Peoria, Ill., that was one of Bradley's two conference wins.

Northern Iowa shot 33 percent in the first half and trailed 30-24 at the break, but made 52 percent from the field after halftime to finish the game at 43 percent.

Walt Lemon Jr., who had five 3-pointers, scored a game-high 22 points for the Braves (7-23, 2-15). Jake Eastman, with 10 points, was the only other player in double figures for Bradley, which has lost four in a row.

BRADLEY (7-23)

Woods 0-0 0-0 0, Simms-Edwards 2-7 3-5 9, Eastman 4-9 0-0 10, Crawford 2-6 0-1 4, Prosser 0-3 0-0 0, Shayok 3-9 0-0 6, Lemon 7-12 3-3 22, Thompson 2-2 0-3 4. Totals 20-48 6-12 55.<

N. IOWA (18-12)

Mitchell 1-2 0-1 2, Tuttle 3-6 3-4 9, Moran 4-7 2-2 12, Koch 1-7 0-0 2, Sonnen 4-7 2-2 13, Rank 3-7 0-0 7, Morrison 0-3 0-0 0, Pehl 0-1 0-0 0, James 4-7 9-10 19. Totals 20-47 16-19 64.<

Halftime_Bradley 30-24. 3-Point Goals_Bradley 9-22 (Lemon 5-7, Simms-Edwards 2-5, Eastman 2-7, Crawford 0-3), N. Iowa 8-23 (Sonnen 3-6, James 2-3, Moran 2-5, Rank 1-3, Tuttle 0-1, Morrison 0-1, Koch 0-4). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Bradley 26 (Eastman, Prosser, Thompson 5), N. Iowa 36 (Tuttle 11). Assists_Bradley 10 (Eastman 4), N. Iowa 10 (Mitchell, Tuttle 2). Total Fouls_Bradley 19, N. Iowa 11. A_4,680.