HORIZON LEAGUE Flores scores 27 in Manhattan's 83-76 victory
Butler won in overtime while Detroit ripped Ball State.
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MILWAUKEE -- Luis Flores scored 27 points and Peter Mulligan and Dave Holmes 14 apiece Saturday as Manhattan defeated Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 83-76.
Manhattan (21-4) has won eight straight games and 16 of its last 17 contests. Dylan Page scored 25 points and Ed McCants 20 for the Panthers (17-9), who have lost three in a row.
The Panthers came back late in the game and Page cut the lead to 79-76 with a jumper with 33 seconds remaining. Flores then made a pair of free throws with 31.8 seconds remaining and the Jaspers hung on for the win.
Butler 64, Ohio 63, OT
INDIANAPOLIS -- Butler's Bruce Horan scored five of his 14 points in the closing moments of overtime.
Horan hit a 3-pointer to give the Bulldogs (13-12) a 59-56 lead with 2:30 remaining and two free throws to make it 64-60 with 15 seconds to play.
The Bobcats (9-16) pulled within one on Terren Harbut's 3-pointer with two seconds left, but the Bulldogs held on to win.
Duane Lightfoot added 14 points, and Mike Monserez and Avery Sheets added 10 each for Butler.
Javion Harris led Ohio with 16 points, while Harbut added 15 and Thomas Stevens had 11.
Detroit 70, Ball State 49
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Elijah Warren scored 17 points to lead a Detroit (15-10) front court that dominated Ball State (10-13).
Jimmy Twyman finished with 12 points for the Titans.
Dennis Trammell led Ball State with 13 points, Cameron Echols added 12 and Robert Owens came off the bench to score 10.
Northern Iowa 82, Wis.-Green Bay 75
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. -- David Gruber's three-point play with 51.3 seconds remaining broke a 71-all tie and put Northern Iowa (15-9) ahead to stay.
Gruber apparently injured his wrist on the critical three-point play, and the Panthers were allowed to substitute Brooks McKowen -- an 83.1 percent shooter compared to Gruber's 66.1 percent -- who sank the foul shot.
Northern Iowa's Erik Crawford then hit all eight of his free throw attempts in the final 37.2 seconds.
Crawford finished with 20 points, including going 10-for-10 at the free throw line. Matt Schneiderman scored 11 points and hit three 3-pointers for the Panthers.
Brandon Morris and Javier Mendiburu both finished with 20 points for Green Bay (16-9).
Ill.-Chicago 77, N.C.-Wilmington 52
CHICAGO -- Armond Williams scored 12 points as Illinois-Chicago shot 61 percent from the field.
Illinois-Chicago (20-7) led 34-25 at halftime and shot 75 percent from the field in the second half. Cedrick Banks had 11 points for the Flames, and Martell Bailey added six points, nine assists and three steals.
Taylor Lay and John Goldsberry led North Carolina-Wilmington (12-13) with 10 points each.