LEBANON, Ill. – The No. 16 UIndy men's basketball team (10-3, 2-3 GLVC) led by as many as 19 points late in the first half, but the host McKendree Bearcats (8-5, 3-2 GLVC) roared back after the break to knock off their third ranked team of the season, 78-74.
 
Three Greyhounds finished with 16 points, while McKendree senior Logan Kohrmann tallied a game-high 26 points in the upset.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UIndy dominated most of the opening 20 minutes, as Marcus Latham came off the bench to score 11 of his 16 in the half. A free throw from Jacob Polakovich at the 5:05 mark stretched the Greyhound lead to 19 before the Bearcats ended the half on an 18-4 run, including a buzzer-beating half-court shot from Kohrmann to inch within five at the break.
 
The Greyhounds were unable to pull away in the second half, but gripped to a two-point lead with just five minutes remaining. Its 62-60 advantage was the final time UIndy would have the upper hand, as a pair of triples from McKendree's Oliver Stephen and JaKobie Robinson gave the hosts a commanding 75-68 lead with under two minutes remaining.
 
Senior Jimmy King drilled five straight points with less than 60 ticks left, including a 3-pointer to get the Greyhounds within a pair, but McKendree sunk free throws down the stretch to win, 78-74.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-King finished 16 points, while also dishing out a game-best six assists
-UIndy shot 50.0 percent from the floor in Lebanon, marking the second straight game and sixth overall this season the team has done so
-Senior Jordache Mavunga snuck in 13 points in 27 minutes on an efficient five-of-seven shooting
-The Greyhounds turned the ball over just nine times against McKendree, the fifth time this season the team has stayed under double figures in the category
-Junior Trevor Lakes was six of 12 from the floor, including three for eight from deep to join King and Latham with 16 points
 
MORE NOTES
The win over UIndy gives McKendree its first victory in the series … Kohrmann's 26 points was the product of eight of 14 shooting, including a seven-of-nine mark form the charity stripe … UIndy opponents have shot at least 40 percent from 3-point range on seven occasions this season.
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds return home next Thursday for their first-ever battle with GLVC-newbie Lindenwood. The Lions are 8-5 this season under new head coach Kyle Gerdeman.