Lebanon, Ill. — The University of Indianapolis men's basketball team used a 56-point second half to secure the program's 1,500th win with an 82-75 victory over McKendree.
Sunday's win marks the sixth-straight victory over the Bearcats for the Greyhounds.
INS & OUTS
The Greyhounds were hot in the second half, recording 56 second-half points. UIndy was 60.71% from the field in the second half going 9-15 from three-point range in the second half.
Carmelo Harris recorded all of his 20 points in the second half, getting the Greyhounds going early with a reverse layup to dig into the Bearcat lead
Harris went on a tear with eight consecutive points to bring the Greyhounds within five points, less than two minutes into the second half.
The squads went point for point the next few trips down the floor, with Nate Dudukovich making a corner three off a Shaun Arnold assist as a response to a Wyatt Zellers three-pointer, which kept the Hounds within five.
Immediately following the Dudukovich three Harris hit his third three of the night to bring the Hounds within two.
Tyler Parrish, who led all scorers with a career-high 25 points off of .636 shooting and 5-for-6 from beyond the arc, tied the game at 60 with a step-back three with seven minutes remaining.
Kelvin Amoako gave the Hounds the lead with five minutes left in the game with an explosive bucket at the rim off a Parrish assist.
The Bearcats answered with a quick jumper to give them a one-point lead, but back-to-back buckets from Parrish and Harris gave the Greyhounds control again. The contest had three ties in the span of two minutes, but the Hounds went on a 7-0 run to lift them over the Bearcats and secure the win.
INSIDE THE BOX
-The Greyhound's 56-second-half points is the most points by a Greyhound squad in a single half since Dec. 31, 2021, when the Hounds recorded 59 first-half points in their 105-61 victory over East West University
-The Greyhounds out-shot the Bearcats from three-point range, shooting 40% beyond the arc, compared to McKendree's 23.8% from three
-Arnold went 4-for-5 from the field and added four assists and four rebounds for the Greyhounds
-Amoako grabbed 11 rebounds for UIndy
