James, Northern Iowa defeat Indiana State 65-48

CEDAR FALLS - Anthony James scored 16 points and Northern Iowa used a 13-0 run late in the first half to down Indiana State 65-48 on Wednesday night.

Marc Sonnen added 15 points and Jake Koch 11 for the Panthers (11-4, 1-2 Missouri Valley).

Dwayne Lathan led the Sycamores with 15 points (10-4, 1-2). Carl Richard scored 10.

The Panthers shot 43 percent (24 of 56) but converted 7 of 15 3-pointers. Indiana State was limited to 37 percent from the floor (18 of 48).

Lathan cut the Sycamores' early deficit to 15-11 with 8:23 left. But then Northern Iowa strung together 13 consecutive points for a 28-11 lead with 2:40 to go in the first half.

The Panthers led 32-16 at the break, but Indiana State trimmed it to 33-28 on Jordan Printy's 3-pointer with 17:24 to play.

However, Northern Iowa closed the game with a 12-2 run.

INDIANA ST. (10-4)

Odum 2-4 1-3 6, Richard 4-10 2-3 10, Printy 2-7 2-2 7, McWhorter 0-3 0-0 0, Walker 1-5 0-0 2, Kitchell 0-0 0-0 0, Doluony 0-0 0-0 0, Lu. Eitel 0-1 0-0 0, Gant 0-2 2-2 2, Lathan 7-10 1-2 15, Mahurin 2-6 1-3 6. Totals 18-48 9-15 48.

N. IOWA (11-4)

Tuttle 2-4 2-4 6, Moran 3-7 0-0 7, Koch 4-7 1-3 11, Sonnen 5-10 2-2 15, James 6-14 4-4 16, Mitchell 3-5 1-2 8, Rank 0-1 0-0 0, Singleton 0-0 0-0 0, Morrison 0-5 0-0 0, Martino 0-0 0-0 0, Pehl 0-2 0-0 0, Lange 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-56 10-15 65.

Halftime_N. Iowa 32-16. 3-Point Goals_Indiana St. 3-15 (Odum 1-1, Mahurin 1-3, Printy 1-5, McWhorter 0-1, Lathan 0-1, Lu. Eitel 0-1, Richard 0-3), N. Iowa 7-15 (Sonnen 3-5, Koch 2-3, Moran 1-2, Mitchell 1-2, Rank 0-1, Morrison 0-2). Fouled Out_Walker. Rebounds_Indiana St. 30 (Odum 8), N. Iowa 36 (Koch 8). Assists_Indiana St. 5 (Mahurin 2), N. Iowa 8 (Moran 3). Total Fouls_Indiana St. 15, N. Iowa 15. Technicals_Walker, Tuttle. A_3,409.