INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 11 UIndy men's basketball (9-1, 1-1 GLVC) team used a late first-half run before pulling away from the visiting Lewis Flyers (6-4, 1-1 GLVC) on Thursday evening to ring in the new year with an 82-67 victory.
 
The Greyhounds limited the Flyers to just 29.7 percent shooting in the second half to snap their six-game winning streak.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Greyhounds sandwiched a 19-4 run between halves to lead 46-38, with Jordache Mavunga capping the barrage with a deep 3-pointer with 15:59 left on the clock. After Lewis creep within three, Miller Jr. dumped a fast break layup into the bucket before Marcus Latham drilled a deep ball to get the lead back to 12.
 
The UIndy lead would not touch below seven after the 5:52 mark, as Mavunga joined Trevor Lakes to combine for 11 of the team's final 14 points before the buzzer.
 
The Flyers could not miss in the early going, hitting seven of 11 from beyond the arc in the first half. Miller Jr. scored 14 of his 19 in the opening 20 minutes, but it was Lakes who made his third 3-pointer of the half to tie the game at 38 apiece just before the break.
 

?? | Trevor Lakes knots the game at 38 apiece just before halftime! It'll be Hounds' ball out of the break! pic.twitter.com/7M4nUSoSAJ

— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) January 3, 2020

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-Miller's game-high 19 points also marked a new season-best 15 field goal attempts for the junior transfer
-UIndy dominated inside the paint, outscoring Lewis, 34-22
-Six Greyhounds drilled a 3-ball in the win, with Lakes (3) and Mavunga (2) recording more than one
-UIndy turned the ball over just eight times, the third time this season the Greyhounds coughed it under 10 times
-Latham has now surpassed double-digit points in each contest since opening weekend, finishing with 16 points against Lewis
 
MORE NOTES
Adam Pischke led the Flyers with 18 points, also drilling a team-best four 3-pointers … sophomore big man Jacob Polakovich quietly logged 10 points and six boards in the win … Lewis only managed a two-for-15 effort from 3-point range in the second half after hitting nearly 64 percent of its attempts to open the contest.
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds will welcome in Illinois Springfield on Saturday at 3 p.m. from Nicoson Hall. It will be the Prairie Stars' first trip to the Circle City since 2016.