ST. LOUIS — — Leon Bond III had 19 factors to guide Northern Iowa to a 73-69 upset victory over No. 2 seed Bradley on Saturday within the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
No. 6 seed Northern Iowa will play No. 5 seed UIC within the championship recreation on Sunday with an automated berth within the NCAA Tournament on the road. UIC beat No. 9 seed Drake 72-51 in an earlier semifinal.
Bond shot 7 of 8 from the sphere and three of 4 from the free-throw line for the Panthers (22-12). Trey Campbell totaled 13 factors, six assists and 4 steals. Ben Schwieger scored 10.
Timoty van der Knaap completed with 12 factors and 6 rebounds for the Braves (21-12). Bradley additionally bought 11 factors and three steals from Corey Thomas. Ahmet Jonovic completed with 10 factors.
Bond put up 13 factors within the first half for Northern Iowa, which led 45-32 on the break.
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The Associated Press created this story utilizing know-how supplied by Data Skrive and information from Sportradar.
