INDIANAPOLIS —The UIndy men's basketball team fell to Grand Valley State in their home opener on Sunday.
Graduate Student Pierce Thomas led all scorers, shooting 87.5% from the field, going 5-6 from beyond the arc, to total 20 points for the Greyhounds.
Redshirt sophomore Kelvin Amoako recoded his first career double-double, grabbing 10 boards and 10 points in 35 minutes of action.
HOW IT HAPPENED
After trailing the Lakers by 19 with 12 minutes, the Hounds found two threes back-to-back courtesy of Julian Norris and Thomas. Tyler Parrish continued the UIndy run with a driving layup to cut into the Lakers' lead. Three minutes later, Parrish found a three-pointer of his own to kickstart a 17-8 run in favor of the Greyhounds to make it a two-possession ball game with 28 seconds on the clock.
The Hounds started their home opener hot and jumped to a quick 8-0 lead with Shaun Arnold opening the scoring off a Noah Kon assist. Carmelo Harris continued with a put-back bucket off an offensive rebound, Amoako found his first bucket similarly, before a powerful dunk assisted by Harris.
INSIDE THE BOX
-The Greyhounds won the battle on the boards, out-rebounding their opponent 40-32
-UIndy found 15 second-chance points, more than double the Lakers' six.
-The Greyhound bench added 38 points, 20 of those courtesy of Thomas
-The squads had less than a 1% differential in field goal percentage, with Grand Valley having a slight advantage, shooting 41.9% compared to Indianapolis's 41.1%
UP NEXT
UIndy will face NAIA Earlham at Nicoson Hall on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
