INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 24 UIndy men's basketball (13-2, 5-2 GLVC) upped its winning streak to seven games on Thursday, digging past Missouri S&T (10-5, 4-3 GLVC) by a score 86-67 from Nicoson Hall.
 
Kendrick Tchoua dominated the paint once again in the win, finishing with 26 points and seven rebounds against the Miners. The forward was perfect from the field, making all eight buckets from the paint to increase his DII best field goal percentage to 74.3.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Hounds kept up their defensive pressure on Thursday, scoring 14 points off 10 first-half turnovers to build a 41-35 lead at the break. Tchoua scored half of his points in the opening 20 minutes, sinking 5-of-6 from the charity stripe, while Bruno Williams chipped in eight tallies.
 
The visiting Miners kept punching UIndy in the mouth early in the second half, inching to within two with 12:52 on the clock. It was all Greyhounds from there, however, with a putback from Sean Craig jump starting a 35-18 run to end the contest.
 
Eleven different Greyhounds finished in the scoring column, with the bench combing for 29 points. Jarvis Walker led the reserves with eight in more than 22 minutes of action, adding three assists and three rebounds.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Tchoua's 26 points marks a new career-high for the fourth-year junior.
- UIndy has now defeated S&T in 15 straight meetings, stretching as far back as Jan. 18, 2010.
- The Hounds have attempted 22 or more free throws in three consecutive games, shooting 74.7 percent from the line during the stretch.
- Josiah Tynes snagged a team-best eight boards in the win, the most in his Greyhound career.
- Filling up the box score was Jakobie Robinson, finishing with six points, four assists, four rebounds, and four steals.
 
HOUND BYTES
Head coach Paul Corsaro on Tchoua's success…
"Shhh, don't jinx it! Kendrick has always been one of the most talented players in this program. I mean look at him, he's built like a Greek god. He's always had the physical attributes, but now we got him playing smarter. And that's why he's playing so well."
 
UP NEXT
Nicoson Hall will witness its first top-25 matchup in more than three years when No. 11 Missouri-St. Louis visits the Circle City for a 3 p.m. tip. The Greyhounds lead the all-time series, 25-9, while the Tritons have won each of the last four meetings.