FAYETTE, Iowa — Parkside (0-1) lost to Upper Iowa (2-0) 78-68 on Friday night at Dorman Memorial Gym. Parkside made ten 3-pointers and held a 30-28 rebounding edge, but committed 15 turnovers.
Micah Deaver finished with ten points, a team-high seven rebounds and three assists.
Dillon Mong scored ten points on four of five shooting and collected five rebounds.
Brian Hawthorne added ten points and two assists.
Devin Kerr recorded six points, three assists, two steals and one block.
Parkside stayed in a back-and-forth first half by shooting five of eight from three-point range in a half that featured six ties. Hawthorne, Mong and
Stevie Clark each hit early three-pointers, and Clark's make at 14:59 put Parkside ahead 11-10 before Upper Iowa responded. After Upper Iowa moved in front, Clark's jumper and free throw tied it 14-14, William Booker and
Logan Zahour later helped pull Parkside even at 20-20, and Zahour's three-pointer at 9:22 put Parkside up 23-22. Parkside held a 15-13 rebounding edge and scored 17 bench points while committing nine turnovers and having five shots blocked.
Zach Behn's layup off a Hawthorne assist tied it 34-34 with 2:33 left and
Luka Mateski's layup tied it 37-37 with 15 seconds remaining, but Jack Miller's three-pointer with five seconds left sent Upper Iowa into halftime ahead 40-37.
Parkside built a 62-55 lead on Clark's three-pointer with 10:17 left in the second half, but Upper Iowa answered down the stretch and finished off a 78-68 result. Earlier, Deaver scored in the opening seconds, Hawthorne's steal led to Kerr's fastbreak layup, and Mong's three-pointer put Parkside ahead 46-45 with 17:14 remaining.
Tevin Schultz later hit two three-pointers, Deaver added another off a Mateski assist, and Parkside held leads of 56-51 and 59-55 before Clark's three-pointer extended the advantage. Upper Iowa moved back in front 65-64 on Anton Fontin's layup at 6:55, and although Zahour's tip-in and Deaver's offensive rebound and layup kept Parkside within one possession, Tate Petersen's 3-pointer and Ty Pflughaupt's free throws helped Upper Iowa pull away late. Parkside matched Upper Iowa 15-15 on the glass in the half and grabbed seven offensive rebounds, but shot 5 of 21 from three-point range and did not attempt a free throw in the final 20 minutes.
Up next, Parkside basketball faces University of Illinois Springfield at a neutral site in Fayette, Iowa, on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 5 p.m.
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