The Iowa Hawkeyes (12-3, 2-2) stay winless on the highway after a 70-67 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers (10-5, 3-1). Bennett Stirtz picked up two fast fouls within the first half and spent the body out and in of two-foul jail. During the primary stretch on the bench, Kael Combs & Isaia Howard hit some key pictures to preserve the sport in distance however the lack of Stirtz’s regular hand resulted in only a 24-point half.
Minnesota prolonged the lead to as a lot 14 factors within the second half as Iowa bumped into Big Ten officiating. 2 fouls had been referred to as 94 toes from Minnesota’s basket on rebounds as they went on a 9-0 run to prolong the lead to 53-39. The fouls did swing again to Iowa, as their 8 of their subsequent 10 factors got here from the charity stripe.
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It was round that point Ben McCollum went to a four-guard lineup with Cooper Koch because the tallest Hawk on the courtroom. Brendan Hausen acquired dusted off. With a 10-point deficit with slightly below 5:00 remaining, Iowa was in a position to get a 1-point lead off a Koch drive after back-to-back 3s from Bennett Stirtz & Hausen lower the deficit to 1. Up to that time, Iowa had been buying and selling layups with single made free throws by Minnesota.
Unfortunately, Jaylen Crocker-Johnson hit Minnesota’s second 3 of the half on the following possession to lead 66-64. After one other pair of Gopher free throws (and two extra misses), Stirtz hit a 3 to give Iowa a shot. Two extra Gopher free throws to get it to 70-67 and Iowa whiffed on 3 straight makes an attempt from deep and couldn’t tie it up.
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Though Stirtz finally acquired it rolling for 21 factors on 6/17 taking pictures, it was a slog to get there. He seemed a bit out of kinds and taking part in by way of foul hassle didn’t assist the trigger as he may by no means appear engaged. He completed the primary half with 0 factors, as did Cam Manyawu, Alvaro Folgueiras, & Tavion Banks. Yikes.
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As talked about above, Combs stored the sport on the rails within the first half with 9 factors on 4/5 taking pictures. He completed with 14 factors. He had a key layup down the stretch on a set play & does present some optimism in regards to the future at level post-Stirtz.
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Howard additionally performed together with his tenacity and was a lot much less environment friendly than it appeared in recreation, with 10 factors on 5/13 taking pictures. He went 0/4 from deep however no one lined themselves in glory there. The Hawks had been simply 7/26 from three (27%) and had some actually ugly misses within the Barn. Minnesota was not particularly good at 5/20.
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26 of Minnesota’s 28 free throws got here within the second half. They had been within the double bonus the ultimate 9:34. The misses down the stretch gave Iowa a shot however it was fairly the disparity (Iowa went 10/13) regardless of each groups attacking the rim equally. Minnesota was 11/17 across the rim whereas Iowa was 10/20.
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This group fights. Felt prefer it was time to pack it in and name it a day just a few instances all through the second half however they appeared to at all times get off the mat.
Next up: 1/11 at 11a vs Illinois on FOX
