Indiana St. 75, IUPUI 61

Dec 15, 2012, 09:38 pm

INDIANAPOLIS -- Manny Arop and Jake Odum scored 18 points apiece as Indiana State defeated IUPUI 75-61 Saturday night.

The Sycamores (5-3) outrebounded IUPUI 40-25 -- Arop had nine boards and Odum eight -- and shot 50 percent from the field, including 6 of 13 on 3-point attempts.

Jordan Shanklin led IUPUI (4-9) with 19 points. Donovan Gibbs and Mitchell Patton added 12 each.

Indiana State scored the first six points of the second half to open up a 12-point lead. After the Jaguars pulled back within six on a Shanklin 3-pointer with 9:02 remaining, the Sycamores scored 12 straight points to take a 70-52 lead with 5:22 left.

Khristian Smith scored the first six points of that run and finished with 10. R.J. Mahurin added 12 points for Indiana State and Dawon Cummings had seven assists.