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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas - University of Northern Iowa freshman Tywhon Pickford registered an 18-point, 18-rebound performance to lift the Panther men's basketball team to a 64-60 win over the North Carolina State Wolfpack in the semifinals of the 2017 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis.
UNI (5-1 overall) advances to the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis where the Panthers will take on the No. 5-ranked Villanova Wildcats (5-0 overall) on Friday at 11 a.m. on ESPN2.
The Panthers led by as many as seven points at 19-12 with 11:50 left in the first half.