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INDIANAPOLIS- Behind a new career-high of 32 points from Adrian Moss, the UIndy men's basketball team took a 80-64 win over GLIAC-foe Northern Michigan in the final contest of the Angus Nicoson Basketball Classic Saturday.

Moss put the Greyhounds (4-1) up 7-6 early, tallying the first seven UIndy points of the game on a pair of three-pointers and a free throw make three minutes into the ballgame. After taking that early lead, the Greyhounds stayed in control through the first half. UIndy never trailed, and held leads of as many as seven in the first ten minutes.

The Greyhounds pulled out to a 15 point lead heading into the under-five media timeout, as UIndy put up 12 unanswered points. Coming out of the stopage, a free throw make by Miles Mitchell put the Greyhounds out front 37-21 with just more than three minutes to play.

A three-ball from DeAndre Taylor on the next possession finally quenched the Northern Michigan (1-3) scoring drought. The two teams traded a few baskets, ending the half with UIndy ahead 44-30.

Moss again led the Greyhounds out of the lockerroom, scoring the first four UIndy points on a jumper and a pair of free throws.

A free throw by Will O'Neal with about 16 minutes to play gave the Greyhounds their largest lead of the contest at 17, pushing the score to 51-34.    

The Wildcats strung off eight straight points heading to the 10-minute mark to cut the Greyhound lead to six, but UIndy answered back with five unanswered points heading to the under-10 media timeout to push its lead back to 11, 63-52.

A layup by O'Neal with just more than two minutes to play pushed the score to 80-61 and gave the Greyhounds their largest lead of the contest at 19.

In addition to his 32 points, Moss had a game-high seven assists in the contest. Included in his career-high point total was a 14-14 performance at the line, good for the best FT shooting mark in Greyhound history.

"I felt good early," Moss said. "They started helping off of me a lot, so I started to get my teammates involved. My teammates started making plays, which opened things up for me again later, so i was able to start attacking again."

O'Neal had 14 for the Greyhounds, while Reece Cheatham added 11 for UIndy. Joe Daniels and Will Smith each grabbed eight boards, both career bests.

Jared Benson tallied 11 to lead the wildcats, while Haki Stampley and DeAndre Taylor each had 10 for NMU.

The Greyhounds host the defending NCAA Division II Champions and current #1 Bellarmine to open the GLVC portion of the schedule Thursday. Tip is slated for 7:45 from Nicoson Hall.