INDIANAPOLIS – Step back. Jumper. King.
 
That was the shot that put UIndy senior Jimmy King in the record books, as the hometown product became the 42nd player in program history to surpass 1,000 career points in the Greyhounds' 86-74 victory over No. 20 Southern Indiana Thursday night.
 
UIndy improves to 10-2 overall and 2-2 in conference play action, while USI drops to 9-3 and 1-3.
 

?? | Welcome to the club, kid! @UIndyMBB redshirt-senior Jimmy King joins one heckuva group. pic.twitter.com/SdFKZXsG22

— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) January 10, 2020

HOW IT HAPPENED
In what seems to be an every-game occurrence for the Greyhound defense, the Screaming Eagles' 3-point attack drilled eight of their first nine from deep to build a 13-point advantage before the under-eight timeout.
 
But the 16th-ranked Greyhounds sandwiched the half with a game-changing 34-4 run while ultimately outpacing the Eagles by 11 boards.
 
From that moment forward, the UIndy "D" proved especially stout as it limited USI to just two more points in the final eight minutes of the first half to pull away.
 
King's milestone headlined the second half, but it was the Greyhound rebounding that stole the show. USI entered the game with a +14 margin on the glass, but UIndy flipped the script on the GLVC's best rebounding team with the help of 13 boards by Jacob Polakovich.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-The sophomore big man added 12 points to his line on Thursday to record his first double-double of the season
-UIndy scored 21 points over the final eight minutes of the first half, while limiting USI to just two tallies during the span
-Senior Demarre Sims provided a spark off the bench, arguably having the best game of his Greyhound career with eight points, four rebounds and four steals
-UIndy leading scorer Trevor Lakes was silent for the first half, but came alive after the break to finish with 17 points, including an eight-of-nine mark from the charity stripe
-King also dished out six helpers against USI, raising his career total to 430, just 56 dimes from third in program history
 

?? | Demarre Sims goes up and under for the lay-in! Greyhounds fighting back into this one as they trail USI 35-33. #GLVCmbb pic.twitter.com/8QEIHONnUM

— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) January 10, 2020

UP NEXT
UIndy will face its first road test of GLVC play this season on Saturday at McKendree. The Bearcats, who knocked off Southern Indiana back in December, is down late in the second half against No. 1 Bellarmine at the time of this release.
 
The Greyhounds are 11-0 all-time against McKendree.