GOSHEN, Ind. — Demarkus Stuckey scored 27 points and four of Goshen College's starters hit double figures in the scoring column of a 106-91 men's basketball loss to Indiana University Northwest on Saturday afternoon in Gunden Gymnasium.

IU Northwest (6-2) got a game-high 29 points from Armon Williams to go with 18 from Jagger Surface and 17 from Chris Dixon-Williams, two more of the five RedHawks to score in double figures. Williams led the visitors with 7 rebounds apiece.

Stuckey paced the Maple Leafs with 8 assists and 5 rebounds, tying in the latter category with Ben Cotton and Colton Noel. Austin Branagan scored 13, Eli Gingerich 12 and Noel 10, with Tamaje Blackwell adding 9 points off the GC bench. Goshen shot 47.8 percent (32-of-67) from the floor.

IUN opened the game with 7 straight points before Goshen added buckets on three straight possessions, with a Stuckey 2-point field goal tying the score at 12 exactly seven minutes after the opening tip. The Maple Leafs used a four-point possession sandwiched around a flagrant foul to take a 19-16 lead a minute later, but the RedHawks countered with nine straight points from Dixon-Williams and Nitavian Sims.

Goshen entered the locker room at halftime on a 5-2 run after two Stuckey free throws and a 3-pointer from Branagan.

The teams combined for 119 points, 41 made field goals and 61 percent shooting in the second half. Gingerich was a perfect 3-for-3 from 3-point range for 9 points, second only to Stuckey's 13, for the Maple Leafs, who scored 55 points in the final 20 minutes.

Williams and Surface each scored 13 points after halftime for IU Northwest, which was 17-of-20 (85 percent) at the foul line and 21-for-30 (70 percent) from the floor. Williams and Chris Bolden each added 3 assists for IUN although Stuckey led Goshen with 4 dimes.

Ryan Mansbarger posted 6 points and 2 steals for GC, both of which were career highs; all told, 12 Maple Leafs saw action for at least 3 minutes, with 11 of those nabbing a point or a rebound.

Up Next: Goshen hosts Mount Vernon Nazarene on Tuesday in the team's Crossroads League opener. The evening will be a doubleheader, as the women play a day earlier than usual because of Thanksgiving, with the women playing at 6 and the men at 8.