UNI Dominates 2nd Half To Beat Drake, 64-40

The University of Northern Iowa men's basketball used a 33-11 advantage in the second half to post a 64-40 road win over the Drake Bulldogs on Saturday, January 10, 2015 in the Knapp Center.

UNI (14-2 overall, 3-1 MVC) trailed 29-27 with 1:10 left in the first half. The Panthers then went on a 32-2 run to take a 59-31 lead with 7:47 left in the game. UNI made 12 of its first 14 shots in the second half, while limiting Drake to one field goal in its first 11 second-half attempts.

Sophomore Jeremy Morgan scored a game-high 15 points and he drained a career-high tying three 3-pointers in the victory. Senior guard Deon Mitchell added 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field. Senior Seth Tuttle chipped in with 12 points and handed out four assists. Senior Marvin Singleton had a balanced stat sheet with nine points, seven rebounds, four assists and a block.

Drake led by nine points in the first half at 14-5. But UNI used a 15-5 run to take its first lead of the game at 20-19. The score was tied five times in the first half with eight lead changes.

Drake (3-13 overall, 0-4 MVC) was led by Reed Timmer's 13 points.

UNI came into the game ranked No. 15 in the country in scoring defense at 56.4 ppg.  That dropped to 55.4 ppg after limiting Drake to 40 points.

UNI will travel to Peoria, Ill., to take on the Bradley Braves on Tuesday at 7 p.m.