Owandi Lowe scored his eighth goal in five games for Rushden to hold Scunthorpe to a draw.

Tommy Evans kept the hosts in the game with three fine saves early on before Scunthorpe took the lead after 44 minutes.

A free-kick by Peter Beagrie was not cleared and when he crossed for a second time, Martin Carruthers stuck out a leg to deflect the ball home.

Scunthorpe applied the pressure early in the second half, but when Rushden eventually settled they gained a deserved equaliser.

After Evans had blocked a shot with his legs, the ball fell to Onandi Lowe who fired in his eighth goal in the last five games.

Scunthorpe: Evans, Dawson, Stanton, Jackson, Vaughan, Sparrow, Calvo-Garcia, Graves, Beagrie, Carruthers, Torpey. Subs: Sheldon, McCombe, Hodges, Jeffrey, Bennion.

Rushden & D'monds: Turley, Mustafa, Underwood, Peters, Tillson, Hall, Hanlon, Wardley, Burgess, Angell, Lowe. Subs: Brady, Partridge, Mills, Setchell, Dowell.

Referee: S Mathieson (Stockport)