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#23 Jays Escape Vs UNI

  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) 

  Antoine Young scored a season-high 21 points,
Doug McDermott added 14 and No. 23 Creighton beat Northern Iowa
63-60 Tuesday night.
  Young made 9 of 14 shots, with his only 3-pointer giving the
Bluejays a five-point lead with 2 minutes left.
  The Bluejays (14-2, 4-1 Missouri Valley Conference) held the
Panthers (12-5, 2-3) without a field goal for 11 1/2 minutes over
the first and second halves but could never build a safe lead.
  UNI had a chance to tie it in the last minute after Josh Jones
was called for over-and-back against the Panthers' press.
  Jake Koch hit a short jumper to pull UNI to 61-60 with 19
seconds, but Creighton's Grant Gibbs made two free throws for the
final margin.
  Marc Sonnen scored a season-high 15 points for Northern Iowa _
all in the first half.
  The Panthers went 8 of 12 from 3-point range in the first half
to build a double-digit lead.

   
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