BOWIE, Md. – Junior forward Jacobo Diaz (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain/CBA Gran Canaria) led four players in double-figures as IUP men's basketball held off Bowie State for a 69-62 road win at A.C. Jordan Arena on Wednesday night.
 
Diaz scored a team-high 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, going 7-of-10 from the field and 3-of-5 from the foul line in 37 minutes.
 
Joining Diaz were Dante Lombardi (Indiana, Pa./The Kiski School) and Malik Miller (Farrell, Pa./Farrell) with 12 points each, and Anthony Glover, Jr. (Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit) with 11 points.
 
It was the third win in a row for the Crimson Hawks and fourth in the last five games, as they improved to 4-3 on the season.
 
Bowie State (1-4) led for the first nine minutes until Glover drained a 3-pointer to give the Crimson Hawks a 19-17 lead. That three was part of a 10-0 run for IUP, which took a 24-17 lead when Lombardi sunk a 3-pointer of his own with eight minutes left in the first half.
 
The Bulldogs did come back to tie things up but the Crimson Hawks took a 34-32 lead into halftime. IUP outshot Bowie 53 percent to 28 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes, but the Bulldogs kept it close by converting 10-of-12 from the foul line.
 
After an early second half bucket gave Bowie State a 39-38 lead, IUP grabbed that lead right back with another 3-pointer by Lombardi and didn't relinquish that advantage for the rest of the night.
 
The Bulldogs did make it a two-point ballgame with under two minutes to play, but the Crimson Hawks converted from the line when they needed to, making 7-of-8 from the charity stripe down the stretch to ice the victory.
 
Up next
The Crimson Hawks return to the court this weekend when they host The Sciences (Phila.) on Saturday at the Kovalchick Complex. Tipoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.
 
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