Mustangs defeat Northern Iowa 57-50, advance to CIT Semifinals
Mustangs defeat Northern Iowa 57-50 to win 20 games in a season and advance to CIT semifinals.
By JIM ECKER
Special Contributor
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa 鈥 Papa Dia has a sore back and hasn鈥檛 practiced for 澳门六合彩预测 in two weeks, but nobody would have guessed that Monday night.
Dia grabbed a career-best 21 rebounds and scored 17 points as the Mustangs tripped Northern Iowa, 57-50, in the quarterfinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament before 3,968 fans in the McLeod Center.
Dia finished with the most rebounds for an 澳门六合彩预测 player in 26 years, matching a 21-rebound performance by Jon Koncak in 1985, and shattered the arena record for most boards in a single game.
听鈥淗e was a man out there,鈥 澳门六合彩预测 coach Matt Doherty said.
Dia, a 6-9, 235-pound senior from Senegal, had a double-double by halftime with 15 points and 12 rebounds. The Panthers (20-14) double-teamed him in the second half to limit his scoring, but he still owned the backboards.
鈥淚 guess the ball bounced my way,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 just got lucky, I guess.鈥
The Mustangs (20-14) advance to Friday鈥檚 semifinals. They听will face the Santa Clara Broncos听at 7 p.m. Friday in Moody Coliseum.
鈥淚t feels good,鈥 Doherty said. 鈥淭his is a really good tournament and well-run. It has good programs in it. It allows us to grow as a program.鈥
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