13-4 Overall, 7-3 Big Ten 3 FINAL FOURS 8 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLES 26 NCAA TOURNAMENTS #7 OHIO STATE (14-4, 8-4) at #8 IOWA (13-4, 7-3) 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Feb. 4, 2021 // Iowa City, Iowa // Carver-Hawkeye Arena // 6:01 p.m. CT Date Opponent (TV) Time Nov. 25 N.C. Central W, 97-67 IOWA HAWKEYES (Previous Game Starters) Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Statistical Summary Nov. 27 Southern University W, 103-76 G 3 Jordan Bohannon 6-1 175 RS-Sr. Marion, Iowa 9.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.5 apg Dec. 3 Western Illinois W, 99-58 G 5 CJ Fredrick 6-3 195 RS-So. Cincinnati, Ohio 8.7 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 2.3 apg Dec. 8 #16 North Carolina % W, 93-80 F 10 Joe Wieskamp 6-6 212 Jr. Muscatine, Iowa 14.2 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.4 apg F 30 Connor McCaffery 6-5 205 RS-Jr. Iowa City, Iowa 3.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.3 apg Dec. 11 Iowa State + W, 105-77 C 55 Luka Garza 6-11 265 Sr. Washington, D.C. 26.5 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 1.7 bpg Dec. 13 Northern Illinois W, 106-53 Head Coach: Fran McCaffery (Penn, 1979); 11th Season at Iowa (207-147); 23rd Season Overall (458-324) Dec. 19 vs. #1 Gonzaga ^ L, 88-99 GAME #18 STORYLINES Dec. 22 Purdue W, 70-55 Dec. 25 at Minnesota L, 95-102 (OT) • The Hawkeyes have won nine straight home games against AP ranked opponents. That’s Dec. 29 #19 Northwestern W, 87-72 the longest such streak in program history during the AP Poll era (since 1948-49). Jan. 2 at #14 Rutgers W, 77-75 • Luka Garza is the first and only student-athlete in Big Ten history to accumulate 2,000 Jan. 7 at Maryland W, 89-67 points, 800 rebounds, 125 blocked shots, and 100 3-pointers. He is the only player from Jan. 10 #16 Minnesota W, 86-71 a major conference with those numbers dating back to the 1992-93 season. Jan. 17 at Northwestern W, 96-73 • Luka Garza totaled 27 points and 12 rebounds in Tuesday’s win over Michigan State Jan. 21 Indiana L, 69-81 pushing the senior All-American over 2,000 points and 800 rebounds. Garza reached Jan. 24 Nebraska postponed 2,000 points in 113 games, faster than any other Big Ten player over the last 25 years. Jan. 29 at #19 Illinois L, 75-80 • Luka Garza is Iowa’s all-time scoring leader in Big Ten regular season games with 1,207 Feb. 2 Michigan State W, 84-78 points and second in overall scoring; 108 points from surpassing Roy Marble (2,116). Feb. 4 #7 Ohio State (ESPN) 6:01 p.m. • Luka Garza accounts for nine of the 12 27-point/10-rebound games in the Fran McCaf- Feb. 7 at Indiana (FOX) 11 a.m. fery era (2010-present). Feb. 10 Rutgers (BTN) 6 p.m. • Ten of Iowa’s 13 victories this season have come by 15 points or more. Feb. 13 at Michigan State (FOX) 1:30 p.m. • Thursday is Iowa’s second game in three days and the middle of a stretch of three Feb. 18 at Wisconsin (ESPN/2) TBD contests in six days. Feb. 21 Penn State (FS1) 4 p.m. • Iowa has been ranked in the AP Top 10 the first 11 weeks. The last time the Hawkeyes Feb. 28 at Ohio State (CBS) 3 p.m. have been ranked in the Top 10 11 consecutive weeks was the 1986-87 season. March 4 at Michigan (ESPN/2) TBD • Iowa has won 23 of its last 25 games inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, dating back to last March 7 Wisconsin (FOX) TBD season. March 10-14 at Big Ten Tournament* • Connor McCaffery (4.9) and Jordan Bohannon (3.3) rank first and second, respectively in the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio. McCaffery is third nationally, while Bohannon is 16th. all times listed are central • Jordan Bohannon (581) is 32 assists from becoming Iowa’s all-time assists leader (Jeff Horner, 612). ^ -- played at Sioux Falls, South Dakota • Luka Garza ranks first in the country in points per game (26.5 ppg) and eighth in double- % -- ACC/Big Ten Challenge doubles (8). He has scored 463 points against AP Top 25 teams, the most of any player + -- Presented by Iowa Corn since the start of the 2019-20 season. * -- Big Ten Tournament - Chicago • Joe Wieskamp scored 20 points versus No. 16 Minnesota on Jan. 10. His totals against the Gophers helped the junior become the 50th Hawkeye to reach 1,000 career points. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE • Iowa is 9-1 when Jordan Bohannon makes multiple 3-pointers. The Hawkeyes suffered Michael Baer .................................................BEAR their first setback last Friday at Illinois when Bohannon made multiple triples (2). Luka Garza ............................................... LOU-kuh • Iowa, who has led the Big Ten in scoring each of the last two seasons, ranks second in Jack Nunge ........ NONE-jee (rhymes with bungee) the country, averaging 89.4 points per game. Josh Ogundele ..........................Oh-GOON-duh-lay • Iowa has made more free throws (281) than its opponents have attempted (268). Joe Toussaint .......................................two-SAHNT • Jordan Bohannon has posted a program-best seven double-doubles in points and assists. • The Hawkeyes have posted 19 runs of 10-0 or better this season, which includes a 20-0 Ahron Ulis ................................................. YOU-liss run in Iowa’s at Maryland on Jan. 7 (via @Hlas). Joe Wieskamp..................................... WEEZ-camp MULTIMEDIA GAME INFORMATION TELEVISION MOBILE APPS/ONLINE RADIO LIVE STATISTICS • ESPN • WATCHESPN APP • Hawkeye Radio Network • Sidearm Stats • XM 195 / Sirius 138 Dan Shulman (PxP) hawkeyesports.com Jay Bilas (analyst) Gary Dolphin (PxP) Bob Hansen (analyst) twitter.com/iowahoops facebook.com/hawkeyehoops instagram.com/iowahoops hawkeyesports.com INSIDE THE NUMBERS MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT IOWA OSU Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 15+ 20+ Scoring Average 89.4 77.1 Wins 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 Scoring Defense 74.4 67.7 Losses 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Scoring Margin +15.0 +9.4 FG% .484 .454 THE SETTING FG% Defense .420 .412 No. 8 Iowa (13-4, 7-3) remains home on Tuesday for a Top 10 Showdown against No. 7 Ohio FT% .721 .767 State (14-4, 8-4). Tipoff is set for 6:01 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye 3-PT FG% .382 .343 Arena in Iowa City. Due to the pandemic, there will be no general admission admittance 3-PT FG% Defense .355 .326 for this game. Rebound Margin +3.2 +4.4 Assists Per Game 20.4 12.3 Turnovers Per Game 9.7 10.6 ON THE AIR Steals Per Game 6.0 4.4 Radio: Iowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles Blocks Per Game 4.6 3.3 the play-by-play, along with color commentator Bob Hansen. The network includes more MISCELLANEOUS STATS than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. The Hawkeye Radio Network coverage includes a Double-Figure Scoring Games... 60-minute pregame show. Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career TV: Thursday’s contest will be televised nationally on ESPN. Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas Luka Garza 20 20 30 17 87 Jordan Bohannon 17 22 20 4 6 69 will call the action. Joe Wieskamp - - - 21 24 13 58 CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 13 5 18 Jack Nunge 7 - - - 2 5 14 HAWKEYES BEAT MICHIGAN STATE IN IOWA CITY Connor McCaffery - - - 3 6 1 10 Iowa received a boost from its reserves in an 84-78 triumph over Michigan State Tuesday Joe Toussaint - - - - - - 8 2 10 evening on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Patrick McCaffery - - - - - - - - - 4 4 Keegan Murray - - - - - - - - - 4 4 • Iowa’s reserves combined for 39 points, 19 rebounds, and eight assists. The 39 points is the highest total by Iowa’s bench in a Big Ten contest this season. 20-Point Scoring Games... • All-American Luka Garza finished the contest with game bests in scoring (27) and Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Luka Garza 4 8 25 13 50 rebounding (12) for his team-leading eighth double-double of the season and 28th of Jordan Bohannon 5 8 3 1 2 19 his career. He is the first Hawkeye to amass at least 27/10 in a win over the Spartans Joe Wieskamp - - - 4 5 3 12 since Acie Earl had 27/16 in a 96-90 (OT) victory on Jan. 28, 1993. Garza eclipsed 2,000 CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 3 2 5 points and 800 rebounds with his game totals. Double-Figure Rebounding Games... • The Hawkeyes valued the basketball committing a season-low five turnovers against Player 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Luka Garza 5 1 15 8 29 Michigan State’s defense. The five turnovers ties for the fifth lowest total in a single Joe Wieskamp - - - 1 3 1 5 game in the Fran McCaffery era. Jack Nunge - - - - - - 1 1 2 • Half of Iowa’s 84 points came in the paint (42). Connor McCaffery - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 • Point guard Joe Toussaint provided a spark off the bench recording 10 points and a Double-Doubles... game-best six assists; he reached double figures for the second time this season.