INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 6 UIndy men's basketball team (23-2, 15-2 GLVC) rattled off its 17th straight victory on Thursday, matching its longest winning streak since January 2015 with a 76-65 triumph over Drury (8-17, 4-13 GLVC).
 
The 2014-15 team began the season 17-0 and was ranked No. 1 in the country before dropping its first game.
 
Kendrick Tchoua led the Greyhounds' charge in the paint, scoring a career-high 27 points with 14 rebounds. Jesse Bingham joined the big man with a season-best 23 points on 10-of-17 shooting.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Hounds used a big first half to build a 15-point lead at the break, including a 9-0 run in the waning minutes with a pair of slams from Bingham and Julian Steinfeld.
 

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— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) February 17, 2023

 
Thirteen of UIndy's 21 assists came in the opening 20 minutes, with Jakobie Robinson filling the box score with five dimes, four boards, and four steals in the early going. The Greyhounds shot 69.2 percent from the floor, as Sean Craig and Bruno Williams contributed to Bingham and Tchoua's combined 12-for-15 effort.
 
Drury drilled a barrage of 3-pointers after intermission to pull within five with under seven minutes remaining, including six from Logan Applegate and Quenton Shelton. UIndy continued to respond, stretching the lead back to double digits with a pair of free throws from Tchoua at the 5:14 mark.
 
Ten of the Hounds' final 15 points came from the charity stripe to seal the victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Tchoua upped his season field goal percentage to 74.6 with his 11-of-13 showing.
- The Greyhounds have now recorded 30+ rebounds in 18 straight games.
- UIndy's 21 assists is the second-most in a single game this winter. Josiah Tynes joined Robinson with a game-high six helpers in the win.
- The Hounds outscored the Panthers in the paint, 52-20.
- Robinson recorded nine rebounds, adding six assists and five steals.
 
MORE NOTES
UIndy now leads the all-time series, 10-9 … Tchoua became the 15th Greyhound in program history with 1,000 career points and 600 career rebounds … Drury's Shelton finished with a team-high 20 points.
 
HOUND BYTES
Tchoua on his physicality and getting to the line…
"Day in and day out, working on free throws every day trying to improve my percentage. I'm just trying to put some arc on the shot and hope it goes in."

Tchoua on the team's 17-game winning streak…
"Need the next one. That's it."
 
UP NEXT
UIndy welcomes Southwest Baptist to Nicoson Hall on Saturday for a 3 p.m. tip. Prior to the contest, the Greyhounds will honor their seniors for the final home game of the regular season.