FAYETTE, Iowa — Parkside (0-1) lost to Upper Iowa (2-0) 78-68 on Friday night at Dorman Memorial Gym. Parkside made 10 3-pointers and held a 30-28 rebounding edge but committed 15 turnovers.
Micah Deaver finished with 10 points, a team-high seven rebounds and three assists. Dillon Mong scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting and collected five rebounds. Brian Hawthorne added 10 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 5-of-8 from 3-point range in a half that featured six ties. Hawthorne, Mong and Stevie Clark each hit early 3-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 3-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 3-pointer with five seconds left sent Upper Iowa into halftime ahead 40-37.
Parkside built a 62-55 lead on Clark's 3-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 3-pointer put Parkside ahead 46-45 with 17:14 remaining. Tevin Schultz later hit two 3-pointers, Deaver added another off a Mateski assist, and Parkside held leads of 56-51 and 59-55 before Clark's 3-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 3-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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