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Loyola of Chicago beats Northern Iowa 93-87 in OT

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January 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

CHICAGO (AP) – Milton Doyle scored eight of his 28 points in overtime to lift Loyola of Chicago to a 93-87 overtime victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday. Doyle hit a 3-pointer and was 5 of 6 from the line as Loyola outscored Northern Iowa 17-11 in overtime.  Doyle finished 8 of 11 from the field and made 10 of his 11 free throws attempts.

Loyola of Chicago trailed the entire second half until Christian Thomas made a pair of free throws to tie it at 76 with 18 seconds to play.  With 4 seconds remaining, Deon Mitchell missed a shot and Seth Tuttle missed the putback for Northern Iowa to send the game into overtime.  Thomas finished with 20 points for Loyola of Chicago (8-12, 3-5 Missouri Valley).

Mitchell scored 23 points, and Tuttle added 17 to lead Northern Iowa (10-10, 4-4 Missouri Valley).