ALLENDALE, Mich. – The University of Indianapolis men's basketball team kept its winning ways going, fighting past a gritty Grand Valley State Lakers team to score a 67-63 region win. With the Hounds' dub, they return to above-.500 basketball for the first time this season.
 
The Hounds saw three hit double figures in scoring, with Jesse Bingham leading with 16. David Ejah was just shy of his first double-double of the season, ending the day with 11 points and seven rebounds in the team's third straight victory.
 
INS & OUTS
Defense and tough rebounding were the name of the game early with the squads reaching a 15-all tie with just one-fourth of the game gone through.
 
A 16-9 run, however, sent the Greyhounds into the break with a 31-22 advantage. That run saw seven different Greyhounds score the ball, capped off with a Paul Zilinskas jumper.
 

Pauly Z with a smoooooth turnaround jumper to extend the Hounds lead! pic.twitter.com/BD3SsVsUnK

— UIndy Men's Basketball (@UIndyMBB) December 5, 2023

 
The Hounds came out of the intermission on fire from beyond the arc, with Bingham and Jarvis Walker nailing a pair of long bombs within the first two minutes of action.
 
Grand Valley chipped away at the Hounds' advantage slowly, eventually bringing it within six with just eight minutes left of action. That is when Ejah would nail one of his trio of 3s on the day off a drive and kick by Walker.
 

WALKER ?? EJAH FOR THREE! pic.twitter.com/5wAg4779Gs

— UIndy Men's Basketball (@UIndyMBB) December 6, 2023

 
The Lakers refused to quit, forcing a 61-61 tie with just two minutes left to play. However, playing the foul game did not work for the home team as Bingham and Zilinskas combined to knock down the final four from the charity stripe to ice the win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
- "Rebound and win" was the mantra and the Hounds did just that, winning the battle 39-35.
- Kendrick Tchoua secured double-digit boards for the first time this season, adding 10 to his eight points.
- The Hounds won the turnover battle in a physical contest, finishing with 12.
- UIndy capitalized on GVSU miscues, scoring 16 points off turnovers and 14 in the first half.
- Battle of the bigs went to UIndy, with the visitors outscoring the hosts in the paint, 32-16.

MORE NOTES
The Hounds have now evened the all-time series at six wins apiece, with UIndy winning four of the last five meetings ... Bingham and Ejah continue to find success in Allendale, making it back-to-back trips where they each dropped double figures on the Lakers.
 

Post-roadkill thoughts from Jarvis Walker and David Ejah! ????? pic.twitter.com/jz1f6d8pw0

— UIndy Men's Basketball (@UIndyMBB) December 6, 2023

 
UP NEXT
The Hounds return home and to conference play against Lewis this coming Saturday. Action in Nicoson Hall is set to kick off 3 p.m. The Hounds visited the Flyers last season, coming back to Indy with the victory with a 81-70 result.