Article: Furious second-half comeback falls short for Northwest men against Southern Indiana

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Northwest Missouri State coach Steve Tappmeyer called two timeouts before four minutes ran off the clock on Wednesday.

He would have stopped time altogether, if he could have.

Given just their second chance ever to play in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight, Tappmeyer's Bearcats looked downright putrid in the first 10 minutes, falling 20 points behind Southern Indiana while offering little or no resistance.

Northwest recovered with its best offensive second-half of the season, but it never overcame the horrific start and made an early tournament exit with an 88-81 defeat.

"We were confident, when we finally started playing our game, that we could hang with them," ...

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