Leon Bond III scores career-high 37 as Northern Iowa beats Montana 104-76

AP
Dec 16, 2024

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) Sophomore Leon Bond III scored a career-high 37 points to lead Northern Iowa past Montana 104-76 on Monday night.

Bond shot 12 of 15 from the field, including 4 for 5 from 3-point range, and went 9 for 9 from the free-throw line for the Panthers (7-4). Jacob Hutson scored 24 points, going 11 of 15 from the field. Tytan Anderson had 13 points and shot 6 of 8 from the field and 1 for 4 from the line.

Kai Johnson led the Grizzlies (7-5) with 18 points. Money Williams added 15 points and Malik Moore scored 14.

Northern Iowa took the lead with 12:53 left in the first half and never looked back. Bond led the team with 17 points in the first half to help put them up 48-34 at the break. Northern Iowa used an 11-0 run in the second half to extend a 23-point lead to 34 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
MONT
Grizzlies
34
UNI
Panthers
48

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Te'Jon Sawyer vs. Jacob Hutson (Grizzlies gains possession)
19:44		Te'Jon Sawyer misses three point jump shot
19:42		Leon Bond III defensive rebound
19:16		Tytan Anderson misses three point jump shot
19:14		Malik Moore defensive rebound
19:00	+2	Te'Jon Sawyer makes two point hook shot	2-0
18:41		Jacob Hutson misses two point layup
18:39		Te'Jon Sawyer defensive rebound
18:13	+2	Joe Pridgen makes two point layup	4-0
17:53		Leon Bond III misses two point jump shot
17:51		Joe Pridgen defensive rebound
17:38		Leon Bond III blocks Money Williams's two point layup
17:36		Grizzlies offensive rebound
17:30	+2	Brandon Whitney makes two point layup	6-0
17:16	+2	Jacob Hutson makes two point layup	6-2
16:56		Te'Jon Sawyer turnover (bad pass) (Tytan Anderson steals)
16:51		Money Williams shooting foul (Leon Bond III draws the foul)
16:51	+1	Leon Bond III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-3
16:51	+1	Leon Bond III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-4
16:29	+2	Malik Moore makes two point jump shot	8-4
16:07	+2	Jacob Hutson makes two point layup	8-6
15:50	+3	Te'Jon Sawyer makes three point jump shot (Brandon Whitney assists)	11-6
15:36		Leon Bond III misses three point jump shot
15:34		Panthers offensive rebound
15:33		TV timeout
15:27	+2	Jacob Hutson makes two point layup	11-8
15:08		Malik Moore turnover (bad pass)
14:56		Jensen Bradtke personal foul
14:51	+2	Jacob Hutson makes two point layup	11-10
14:18		Grizzlies turnover (shot clock violation)
14:01		Tytan Anderson misses three point jump shot
13:59		Kai Johnson defensive rebound
13:48		Max Weisbrod personal foul
13:42		Jensen Bradtke misses three point jump shot
13:40		Ben Schwieger defensive rebound
13:26		Ben Schwieger turnover (traveling)
13:08		Jensen Bradtke misses three point jump shot
13:06		Redek Born defensive rebound
12:53	+2	Tytan Anderson makes two point layup	11-12
12:39		Te'Jon Sawyer misses two point layup
12:37		Max Weisbrod defensive rebound
12:27		Kai Johnson shooting foul (Tytan Anderson draws the foul)
12:27		Tytan Anderson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:27		Tytan Anderson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:27		Joe Pridgen defensive rebound
12:14		Max Weisbrod personal foul
12:11		Brandon Whitney misses two point layup
12:09		Kyle Pock defensive rebound
12:02	+3	Max Weisbrod makes three point jump shot	11-15
11:43	+2	Kai Johnson makes two point layup	13-15
11:30	+2	Leon Bond III makes two point layup (Max Weisbrod assists)	13-17
11:13	+2	Kai Johnson makes two point layup	15-17
11:13		Jacob Hutson shooting foul (Kai Johnson draws the foul)
11:13		TV timeout
11:13		Joe Pridgen misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:13		Jacob Hutson defensive rebound
10:57	+3	Leon Bond III makes three point jump shot (Trey Campbell assists)	15-20
10:41	+3	Money Williams makes three point jump shot (Kai Johnson assists)	18-20
10:21	+2	Jacob Hutson makes two point dunk	18-22
10:06		Joe Pridgen turnover (bad pass) (Leon Bond III steals)
10:03	+2	Leon Bond III makes two point dunk	18-24
9:40	+2	Kai Johnson makes two point jump shot	20-24
9:26	+3	Jacob Hutson makes three point jump shot (Trey Campbell assists)	20-27
9:11		Redek Born personal foul
9:01		Money Williams misses three point jump shot
8:59		Ben Schwieger defensive rebound
8:43		Jalen Foy shooting foul (Ben Schwieger draws the foul)
8:43		Ben Schwieger misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:43	+1	Ben Schwieger makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-28
8:23	+2	Te'Jon Sawyer makes two point hook shot	22-28
8:00	+2	Trey Campbell makes two point jump shot (Will Hornseth assists)	22-30
7:40	+2	Jalen Foy makes two point jump shot (Austin Patterson assists)	24-30
7:21		Ben Schwieger turnover (lost ball) (Money Williams steals)
6:57		Ben Schwieger shooting foul (Malik Moore draws the foul)
6:57		TV timeout
6:57		Malik Moore misses regular free throw 1 of 3
6:57	+1	Malik Moore makes regular free throw 2 of 3	25-30
6:57	+1	Malik Moore makes regular free throw 3 of 3	26-30
6:39		Ben Schwieger misses three point jump shot
6:37		Tytan Anderson offensive rebound
6:26		Te'Jon Sawyer shooting foul (Will Hornseth draws the foul)
6:26		Will Hornseth misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:26	+1	Will Hornseth makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-31
6:08	+2	Malik Moore makes two point jump shot	28-31
5:53		Redek Born misses two point jump shot
5:51		Jalen Foy defensive rebound
5:45		Jalen Foy misses three point jump shot
5:43		Tytan Anderson defensive rebound
5:36		Jacob Hutson misses three point jump shot
5:34		Joe Pridgen defensive rebound
5:11		Te'Jon Sawyer misses three point jump shot
5:09		Jalen Foy offensive rebound
5:03		Malik Moore misses three point jump shot
5:01		Tytan Anderson defensive rebound
4:53	+2	Tytan Anderson makes two point jump shot	28-33
4:35	+2	Malik Moore makes two point jump shot	30-33
4:18	+2	Leon Bond III makes two point jump shot (Jacob Hutson assists)	30-35
3:53		Joe Pridgen turnover (bad pass)
3:53		TV timeout
3:34	+3	Leon Bond III makes three point jump shot (Tytan Anderson assists)	30-38
3:03	+2	Kai Johnson makes two point layup	32-38
2:44	+3	Trey Campbell makes three point jump shot (Jacob Hutson assists)	32-41
2:24		Kai Johnson turnover (traveling)
2:04	+2	Tytan Anderson makes two point layup	32-43
1:40		Money Williams turnover (bad pass)
1:40		Grizzlies 30 second timeout
1:23	+3	Leon Bond III makes three point jump shot (Tytan Anderson assists)	32-46
1:06		Trey Campbell personal foul
1:04		Kai Johnson misses two point jump shot
1:02		Leon Bond III defensive rebound
0:45		Trey Campbell turnover (lost ball) (Kai Johnson steals)
0:38	+2	Money Williams makes two point layup	34-46
0:38		Panthers 30 second timeout
0:30	+2	Tytan Anderson makes two point layup	34-48
0:02		Kai Johnson misses two point layup
0:00		Money Williams offensive rebound
0:00		Tytan Anderson blocks Malik Moore's three point jump shot
0:00		Grizzlies offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

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Leon Bond III scores career-high 37 as Northern Iowa beats Montana 104-76

1st Half
MONT
Grizzlies
34
UNI
Panthers
48

2nd Half
MONT
Grizzlies
42

Leon Bond III scores career-high 37 as Northern Iowa beats Montana 104-76

1st Half MONTGrizzlies34UNIPanthers48

2nd Half MONTGrizzlies42

1st Half
MONT
Grizzlies
34
UNI
Panthers
48

2nd Half
MONT
Grizzlies
42