INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 21-ranked UIndy men's basketball team saw its season come to a close on Sunday evening in the NCAA DII Midwest Region semifinals, falling in overtime to fifth-seeded Ferris State by a score of 94-87.
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The Greyhounds finish with a record of 23-9.
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The seniors of
Jesse Bingham,
David Ejah,
Kendrick Tchoua, and
Josiah Tynes end an amazing two-year run for the UIndy men's basketball program, going 49-14 with two GLVC regular-season titles and No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament. The Greyhounds completed back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 2010-16.
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Bingham converted an and-1 early in the extra session before Ferris State rattled off a 20-10 run the rest of the way to knock off the top-seeded Greyhounds. The Bulldogs sealed the upset with a 10-of-11 effort from the charity stripe, finishing the contest with 49 free-throw attempts.
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Jarvis Walker led all players with 28 points, finishing the season scoring at least 20 in seven of the last nine contests. The redshirt-junior went 19-for-40 from the field in two regional contests this weekend, averaging 25.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in 68 combined minutes.
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Early in the first half, Tchoua became the fifth-ever Greyhound to record 900 career rebounds and ends his five-year career with 906.
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Bingham finds his name in the program record book ranked 11th in scoring (1,720 points) and second in blocks (136). In addition, Tynes is 19th in all-time assists (243).
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Ferris State evens the all-time series at five wins apiece; the Bulldogs have now ended the Greyhounds' season in the teams' past two meetings, including an 89-87 victory in the NCAA tournament in March 2016.
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Sophomore
Sean Craig pulled down eight rebounds, his second-highest mark of the winter.
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