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20-11 Overall, 11-9 Big Ten 3 FINAL FOURS 8 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLES 26 NCAA TOURNAMENTS #25 IOWA (20-11, 11-9) at MINNESOTA/NORTHWESTERN 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS March 12, 2020 // Indianapolis // Bankers Life Fieldhouse // 1:30 p.m. CT Date Opponent (TV) Time Nov. 8 SIU Edwardsville W, 87-60 IOWA HAWKEYES Nov. 11 DePaul ^ L, 78-93 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Statistical Summary G 1 Joe Toussaint 6-0 185 Fr. Bronx, N.Y. 6.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.9 apg Nov. 15 Oral Roberts W, 87-74 G 30 Connor McCaffery 6-5 205 RS-So. Iowa City, Iowa 6.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 4.0 apg Nov. 21 North Florida $ W, 83-68 G 5 CJ Fredrick 6-3 195 RS-Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio 10.2 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.7 apg Nov. 24 Cal Poly $ W, 85-59 F 10 Joe Wieskamp 6-6 210 So. Muscatine, Iowa 14.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.6 apg Nov. 28 vs. #12/12 Texas Tech # W, 72-61 C 55 Luka Garza 6-11 260 Jr. Washington, D.C. 23.9 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.8 bpg Nov. 29 vs. San Diego State # L, 73-83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dec. 3 at Syracuse % W, 68-54 C 15 Ryan Kriener 6-10 255 Sr. Spirit Lake, Iowa 7.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 0.8 apg Dec. 6 at #4/5 Michigan L, 91-103 G 4 Bakari Evelyn 6-2 180 RS-Sr. Detroit, Mich. 3.7 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 2.0 apg F 35 Cordell Pemsl 6-9 248 RS-Jr. Dubuque, Iowa 2.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.2 apg Dec. 9 Minnesota W, 72-52 F 20 Riley Till 6-7 200 RS-Jr. Dubuque, Iowa 0.6 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 0.2 apg Dec. 12 at Iowa State + W, 84-68 Head Coach: Fran McCaffery (Penn, 1979); 10th Season at Iowa (194-143); 23rd Season Overall (445-320) Dec. 21 vs. Cincinnati * W, 77-70 Dec. 29 Kennesaw State W, 93-51 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT STORYLINES Jan. 4 vs. #21/21 Penn State ~ L, 86-89 • Iowa has seven victories over ranked opponents, the most by an Iowa team since 2006 Jan. 7 at Nebraska L, 70-76 (8) and are the most by any team in the country this season, entering this week. Jan. 10 #12/14 Maryland W, 67-49 Jan. 14 at Northwestern W, 75-62 • Luka Garza earned a handful of major postseason awards this week: Big Ten Player of Jan. 17 #19/20 Michigan W, 90-83 the Year, National Player of the Year (Sporting News; Bleacher Report; Seth Davis/The Jan. 22 #24/25 Rutgers W, 85-80 Athletic), and USBWA District VI Player of the Year. Jan. 27 Wisconsin W, 68-62 • Iowa has six victories away from Iowa City (four true road wins), fifth most in the Big Jan. 30 at #15/15 Maryland L, 72-82 Ten behind Michigan State (10), Michigan (8), Maryland (8), and Penn State (7). Feb. 2 #19/19 Illinois W, 72-65 • The Hawkeyes own nine Quad 1 wins and four Quad 2 victories. The 13 combined Feb. 5 at Purdue L, 68-104 wins tie Penn State and Wisconsin for third most among Big Ten teams (Maryland and Feb. 8 Nebraska W, 96-72 Michigan State each have 14). Feb. 13 at Indiana L, 77-89 • Fran McCaffery has guided Iowa to 20 wins or more in six of the last eight seasons. He has Feb. 16 at Minnesota W, 58-55 led Iowa to Big Ten upper division finishes seven of the last eight years. Only Michigan State Feb. 20 #25/24 Ohio State W, 85-76 Feb. 25 at #24/24 Michigan State L, 70-78 (8) has more first division finishes than Iowa (7) and Wisconsin (7) since the 2013 season. Feb. 29 #16/14 Penn State W, 77-68 • Luka Garza scored 20+ points in 16 straight Big Ten games, breaking the school’s 49- March 3 Purdue L, 68-77 year old record. The 16-game streak is the most in the Big Ten since Ohio State’s Dennis March 8 at #23/22 Illinois L, 76-78 Hopson accomplished the feat in 1987. Garza has scored 20+ points in 19-of-20 Big Ten March 12 vs. Minnesota/Nebraska 1:30 p.m. games this season. His 740 points are the most in a single-season by any Iowa player. • Luka Garza is the only player in the country to amass 700+ points, 300+ rebounds, 50+ all times listed are central blocks and 35+ 3-pointers this season. The last three D-I players to do that in a season: Frank Kaminsky (2014-15); Michael Beasley (2007-08); Kevin Durant (2006-07). ^ -- Gavitt Games - Iowa City • Iowa is the first Big Ten school to have student-athletes earn Player of the Year honors $ -- Las Vegas Invitational Preliminary Game # -- Las Vegas Invitational - Las Vegas in men’s basketball (Luka Garza), women’s basketball (Kathleen Doyle), and wrestling % -- Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Spencer Lee), dating back to 1986. + -- Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series • Joe Wieskamp has made his last 22 free throw attempts, dating back to Feb. 13, while * -- Chicago Legends - Chicago (United Center) Joe Toussaint has sank 17 straight from the charity stripe, dating back to Jan. 27. • Luka Garza is one of only two players nationally to average better than 23 points and PRONUNCIATION GUIDE nine rebounds per game. He ranks first in the Big Ten in scoring (23.9 ppg), third in double-doubles (15), and fourth in rebounding (9.8 rpg). Michael Baer .................................................BEAR • Luka Garza (23.9) and Joe Wieskamp (14.0) combine to average 37.9 points per game, Bakari Evelyn ...................buh-CAR-ee EVE-uh-lyn which is the fifth best Division I scoring duo in the country. Luka Garza ............................................... LOU-kuh Ryan Kriener ............................................KREE-ner • The Hawkeyes have won 10 or more Big Ten games five ofthe last six seasons. Jack Nunge ........ NONE-jee (rhymes with bungee) • Connor McCaffery is the only player in the country with 120+ assists and less than 30 Cordell Pemsl ........................................... PEM-sull turnovers. He also leads the country in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.59). Joe Toussaint .......................................two-SAHNT • Iowa leads the Big Ten in scoring offense (77.7); the Hawkeyes led the conference in Joe Wieskamp..................................... WEEZ-camp scoring three of the last seven seasons, including the last two years. MULTIMEDIA GAME INFORMATION TELEVISION MOBILE APPS/ONLINE RADIO LIVE STATISTICS • BTN • FOX SPORTS APP • Hawkeye Radio Network • Sidearm • XM 83 / Sirius 83 Brian Anderson (PxP) hawkeyesports.com Shon Morris (analyst) Gary Dolphin (PxP) Andy Katz (sideline) Bob Hansen (analyst) twitter.com/iowahoops facebook.com/hawkeyehoops hawkeyebasketball.com hawkeyesports.com INSIDE THE NUMBERS MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT IOWA OPP Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 15+ 20+ Scoring Average 77.7 72.3 Wins 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 4 2 5 Scoring Defense 72.3 77.7 Losses 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 1 1 Scoring Margin +5.5 -5.5 FG% .451 .430 THE SETTING FG% Defense .430 .451 No. 5 seed Iowa (20-11, 11-9) will play either No. 12 seed Minnesota (14-16, 8-12) or 13th- FT% .750 .726 seeded Northwestern (8-22, 3-17) in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday at Bankers Life 3-PT FG% .347 .321 Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Tipoff is set for approximately 1:30 p.m. (CT). 3-PT FG% Defense .321 .347 Tickets are available at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse box office or atticketmaster.com . Rebound Margin +2.2 -2.2 Assists Per Game 17.4 15.4 Turnovers Per Game 12.1 12.4 ON THE AIR Steals Per Game 6.2 6.2 Radio: Iowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles Blocks Per Game 3.9 3.7 the play-by-play, along with color commentator Bob Hansen. The network includes more MISCELLEANOUS STATS than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. Double-Figure Scoring Games... TV: Thursday’s contest will be televised nationally on BTN. Kevin Kugler, Shon Morris, and Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 Career Luka Garza - - - 20 20 30 70 Andy Katz will call the action. Jordan Bohannon 17 22 20 4 63 Joe Wieskamp - - - - - - 21 24 45 Bakari Evelyn - - - - - - - - - 2 38 ILLINOIS EDGES HAWKEYES IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE Cordell Pemsl 15 8 - - - 1 24 Ryan Kriener 2 2 7 8 22 No. 23 Illinois held on for a 78-76 victory over No. 18 Sunday night in the regular season CJ Fredrick - - - - - - - - - 13 13 finale at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois. Jack Nunge - - - 7 - - - 2 9 Connor McCaffery - - - - - - 3 6 9 • Sunday’s loss snapped a five-game win streak by the Hawkeyes over Illinois. Joe Toussaint - - - - - - - - - 8 8 Riley Till - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 • National Player of the Year candidate Luka Garza poured in a game-best 28 points to lead the Hawkeyes. Garza scored 20+ points the last 16 games of the regular season 20-Point Scoring Games... Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 Career to tie Fred Brown’s school record set in 1971 for most consecutive overall games with Luka Garza - - - 4 8 25 37 20+ points. Garza’s 16-game streak of 20+ points against Big Ten competition is the Jordan Bohannon 5 8 3 1 17 Joe Wieskamp - - - - - - 4 5 9 longest by any player since Ohio State’s Dennis Hopson (16) in 1987.