Box Score

INDIANAPOLIS -- Cory Zackery hit six three-pointers to score 18 points and lead UIndy men's basketball to victory, 103-79, over Wilberforce on Saturday night at Nicoson Hall.

The Greyhounds (2-1) finished with seven players scoring in double figures to reach the century mark for the second time this season.

Freshmen Leland Brown, Cody Vest and Jarrett Hamilton and senior DeWann Squires each added 14 points. Cody Sarrazin added 11 points, four rebounds and two assists and Adrian Moss totaled 10 points and four assists against the Bulldogs (1-4).

Vest led all players with seven assists and added five rebounds, Squires had a game-high eight rebounds and Hamilton picked up five steals.

Freshman Daniel Daudu came off the bench to dish six assists as the Hounds had 26 assists to shoot 58.6 percent (41-70) from the field and 10-of-23 (.435) behind the three-point line.

Indianapolis forced 16 turnovers into 25 points and turned 12 offensive rebounds into 18 second-chance points.

Wilberforce was led by Chris Olafioye with 26 points and seven rebounds and Tim Giles added 21 points, five assists, three steals and three rebounds.

The Hounds scored the first eight points of the game on three-pointers by Zackery and Moss and a steal and dunk by Squires. UIndy ended its run by scoring 16 of the first 18 points after a three-point play by Sarrazin, 16-2, with 14:53 to play.

Wilberforce closed within five, 18-13, with 10:55 to play, but UIndy answered with a 23-7 run over the next 6:23 to build the lead to 21, 41-20, with 4:02 left in the half after a fast-break lay-up by Brennan McElroy. The Bulldogs wouldn't go away and clawed within 11, 46-35, at halftime.

The lead was at 12, 56-44, four minutes into the second half when UIndy went on a 26-10 run to go up  by 28, 82-54, after an offensive put-back by Squires with 9:37 to play and Wilberforce was never closer than 20 points the rest of the way.

It is a quick turnaround for UIndy as the team returns to Nicoson Hall on Monday night at 7:30 p.m. to host Brescia.

Q&A with Head Coach Stan Gouard

What did you think of the scoring distribution?

"It's great to have seven guys in double digits. I thought we did a good job of sharing the basketball. It started yesterday in practice, which was one of the best days with guys sharing the basketball and looking out for each other. Last week against Urbana over 60 percent of our shots were contested. Tonight, we did a good job of moving the basketball and getting open shots.

"Opponents can't key on one guy making a good pass. With those guys playing zone, we put Cody Vest in the high post and he did a good job of catching and looking opposite. Daniel Daudu is unselfish. All he cares about is winning. He doesn't have to score any points, but he's going to give you his all no matter the situation."

Final thoughts on the game

"We still have a lot of work to do, especially on the defensive end. I thought when we had chances to put these guys away, we didn't. We got a little bit relaxed falling into old habits. We have to improve our on-the-ball defense, our help side, our transition defense. There are a lot of wholes in our defense to fix and we have to do that going forward, especially with a conference game in one week. We have to take care of Brescia first and then move on, but we have a lot of work to do. Next week is going to be really key for those guys to come in and focus on the task at hand to be ready to go."