Aces second-half rally comes up short at UNI

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Down by 18 points at halftime, the University of Evansville men's basketball team closed the gap to six points before Northern Iowa fended off the challenge to take a 72-55 win on Saturday at the McLeod Center. Box Score Trailing by an 18-4 margin to open the game, UE went to halftime trailing 38-20 but stormed back in the second half. Evansville cut the deficit to as few as six tallies in the second half before Northern Iowa finished with the win. The Purple Aces outscored the Panthers by a 35-34 margin in the second half.

"UNI came out on fire and hit their first six shots, they were ready to go and hit some good shots," Aces head coach David Ragland said. "We responded…