Balanced Scoring Attack Leads Omaha Past IUPUI

Saturday, February 1

Indianapolis, Ind.

1:00 PM

Omaha

13-9, 3-4

IUPUI

5-19, 0-7

Team	1	2	F
Omaha	55	44	99
IUPUI	36	35	71

Notes

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Balanced Scoring Attack Leads Omaha Past IUPUI

Feb 1, 2014 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Omaha Athletics

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Outstanding 3-point shooting sparked the Omaha men's basketball team to a 99-71 win at IUPUI on Saturday afternoon. The Mavericks are now 13-9 (3-4 Summit League) after the first half of conference play, while the Jaguars drop to 5-19 (0-7 Summit League).

Ten of UNO's 11 players contributed in a balanced scoring attack, led by six players in double figures. Sophomore Devin Patterson finished with a team-best 15 points with three 3-pointers, six rebounds, six assists and two steals, followed by 14 points from senior center John Karhoff. Senior guard Justin Simmons added 13 points, eight boards, four assists and two steals, and junior guard CJ Carter totaled 12 points with four steals and six helpers.

Senior guard Alex Phillips added another 12 points, and sophomore guard Marcus Tyus had 13. Junior forward Mike Rostampour narrowly missed a double-double, finishing with nine points and eight rebounds.

IUPUI was led by 19 points from Elijah Ray and another 14 from Mitch Patton. Marcellus Barksdale notched six points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals for the day.

Omaha shot 55 percent (38-of-69) as a team and 52 percent (12-of-23) from long range, tying its season best for threes made in a game previously set against Waldorf on Dec. 3. IUPUI finished at a 48 percent (29-of-60) clip and 14 percent (2-of-14) beyond the arc.

In the first half, UNO shot 68 percent at 23-of-34, highlighted by 6-of-10 from three. Helped by identical 5-of-6 efforts from Karhoff and Patterson, including three 3-pointers from Patterson, the Mavericks surged to a 55-36 halftime lead.

Omaha worked out to its largest advantage of the game at 7:23 in the second half, going up 92-58 on a 3-pointer by Phillips. The Mavericks finished out the day with the 99-71 win, improving to 3-0 all-time against the Jaguars.

Omaha returns to action on Wednesday, Feb. 5, hosting in-state foe Peru State. Tipoff is set for 11 a.m. at Ralston Arena, and links to live stats, video and audio will be available on OMavs.com. KOZN 1620 AM will also carry the radio broadcast live with Gary Sharp calling the action.