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UPLAND, Ind. -- A 26-7 run with 10 minutes to play allowed No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan University men’s basketball to turn a nine point deficit into a 75-69 win in the IWU-TU Rivalry Game sponsored by Marion General Hospital. The County rival led 53-44 with 10:33 on the clock but the huge Indiana Wesleyan run put the Wildcats up 70-60 with two minutes remaining.

GAME VITALS

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 75   |   TU - 69
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 21-6, 11-4 Crossroads League   |   TU 17-10, 8-7 Crossroads League
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 9   |   TU - Receiving votes (No. 26)
• Location:   Odle Arena   |  Paul Patterson Court   |   Upland, Indiana 
   

STAT TRACKER

• Lane Mahurin:  22 points, 8-12 FG, 8 rebounds
• Bob Peters:  13 points, 4 assists
• Saikou Jallow:  13 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists
• Canaan Coffey:  8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists
• Ben Carlson:  11 points, 7 rebounds

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• Lane Mahurin and Bob Peters are Indiana Wesleyan’s top two leading scorers with a combined 37 points per game. The pair was held without a point until a Lane Mahurin free throw with 5:12 left in the first half. Mahurin scored the first field goal between them with 1:37 left before halftime.
• The Indiana Wesleyan bench held a 34-7 advantage. IWU had 27 of 33 first half points come from the bench as Ben Carlson and Saikou Jallow each contributed 11 points.
• Bob Peters scored 13 points which all came in the final 10 minutes of the game.
• The Wildcats shot 28-of-36 (77.8-percent) from the foul line while the home team was 13-of-17 (76.5-percent).
• Indiana Wesleyan committed just 10 turnovers while IWU forced the host into 20.
• The Wildcats have won 11 straight in the series and 17 of the last 19. Greg Tonagel is 22-5 all-time in the series.
  
   

COACH TONAGEL SAYS…

• “We weren’t sharp and dug a hole early. They came out and fought. We challenged them at the heart level during halftime. We played as five individuals and we needed to come together and play like a team.”
   

NEXT TIME OUT

• Indiana Wesleyan hosts No. 19 Saint Francis (Ind.) on Saturday at 3 p.m. in Luckey Arena. The game is the second half of the men’s and women’s doubleheader.