PALM SPRINGS, Calif. --- Will Hornseth and Kyle Pock each notched career-high figures in scoring on Wednesday afternoon, but the UNI men's basketball team's second half comeback came up short as the Panthers dropped their first game of the 2025-26 season to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the title game of the Acrisure Holiday Invitational.

Despite shooting 44.4% for the game and outscoring Tulsa by ten points in the paint, a strong three-point shooting performance by the Golden Hurricane would contribute to a back-and-forth game early and deficit for much of the second half for Northern Iowa.

HOW IT HAPPENED

UNI held the Golden Hurricane to just one made field goal on its first seven attempts in an early defensive battle. Tulsa's three-point shooting would heat up as the fir

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