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15-6 Overall, 6-4 Big Ten 3 FINAL FOURS 8 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLES 26 NCAA TOURNAMENTS #19 ILLINOIS (16-5, 8-2) at #18 IOWA (15-6, 6-4) 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Feb. 2, 2020 // Iowa City, Iowa // Carver-Hawkeye Arena // 12:01 p.m. CT Date Opponent (TV) Time Nov. 8 SIU Edwardsville W, 87-60 ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI Nov. 11 DePaul ^ L, 78-93 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Statistical Summary G 11 Ayo Dosunmu 6-5 185 So. Chicago, Ill. 16.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.4 apg Nov. 15 Oral Roberts W, 87-74 G 1 Trent Frazier 6-2 175 Jr. Wellington, Fla. 9.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.95 apg Nov. 21 North Florida $ W, 83-68 G 20 Da’Monte Williams 6-3 210 Jr. Peoria, Ill. 2.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.2 apg Nov. 24 Cal Poly $ W, 85-59 F 15 Giorgi Bezhanishvili 6-9 235 So. Rustavi, Georgia 8.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.0 apg Nov. 28 vs. #12/12 Texas Tech # W, 72-61 C 21 Kofi Cockburn 7-0 290 Fr. Kingston, Jamaica 14.4 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 1.4 apg Nov. 29 vs. San Diego State # L, 73-83 Head Coach: Brad Underwood (Kansas State, 1986); Third Season at Illinois (42-44); Seventh Season Overall (151-71) Dec. 3 at Syracuse % W, 68-54 Dec. 6 at #4/5 Michigan L, 91-103 IOWA HAWKEYES Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Statistical Summary Dec. 9 Minnesota W, 72-52 G 1 Joe Toussaint 6-0 185 Fr. Bronx, N.Y. 7.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.8 apg Dec. 12 at Iowa State + W, 84-68 G 5 CJ Fredrick 6-3 195 RS-Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio 11.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.9 apg Dec. 21 vs. Cincinnati * W, 77-70 G 30 Connor McCaffery 6-5 205 RS-So. Iowa City, Iowa 6.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 3.6 apg Dec. 29 Kennesaw State W, 93-51 F 10 Joe Wieskamp 6-6 210 So. Muscatine, Iowa 15.0 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.8 apg Jan. 4 vs. #21/21 Penn State ~ L, 86-89 C 55 Luka Garza 6-11 260 Jr. Washington, D.C. 23.0 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 1.7 bpg Jan. 7 at Nebraska L, 70-76 Head Coach: Fran McCaffery (Penn, 1979); 10th Season at Iowa (189-138); 23rd Season Overall (440-315) Jan. 10 #12/14 Maryland W, 67-49 GAME #22 STORYLINES Jan. 14 at Northwestern W, 75-62 Jan. 17 #19/20 Michigan W, 90-83 • Sunday will be the fifth time in seven games that Iowa will face a ranked opponent. Jan. 22 #24/25 Rutgers W, 85-80 • The Hawkeyes have posted five Quad 1 wins (Maryland, Texas Tech, Iowa State, Syracuse, Jan. 27 Wisconsin W, 68-62 Rutgers) and four Quad 2 victories (Minnesota, Cincinnati, Michigan, Wisconsin). Jan. 30 at #15/15 Maryland L, 72-82 • Iowa is 10-1 at home, winning its last nine straight at Carver-Hawkeye Arena since its Feb. 2 #19/19 Illinois (FS1) 12:01 p.m. only loss to DePaul on Nov. 11. Iowa has won 24 of its last 29 (.828) home games, dat- Feb. 5 at Purdue (BTN) 6:01 p.m. ing back to last season. Feb. 8 Nebraska (BTN) 5 p.m. Feb. 13 at Indiana (BTN) 7 p.m. • Iowa has won the last four games against Illinois, each on a different court. The Hawkeyes Feb. 16 at Minnesota (FS1) Noon beat the Illini in Champaign and New York in 2018, and Iowa City and Chicago in 2019. Feb. 20 Ohio State (ESPN/2) 6:01 p.m. • In last year’s Illinois-Iowa game in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes established a Carver-Hawkeye Feb. 25 at Michigan State (ESPN/2) 6:01 p.m. Arena field goal percentage record, making 68 percent of its attempts (34-of-50).Iowa Feb. 29 Penn State (BTN) 11 a.m. made a triple on five straight possessions over a two-minute span in the second half. March 3 Purdue (BTN) 8 p.m. Joe Wieskamp made all of his shot attempts (8-of-8 FG, 6-of-6 3-pt FG, 2-of-2 FT). March 8 at Illinois (BTN) 6 p.m. • Iowa and Maryland are the only Big Ten schools to have both their men’s and women’s all times listed are central basketball teams ranked in the AP Top 20 this week. • Luka Garza (23.0) and Joe Wieskamp (15.0) combine to average 38 points per game, ^ -- Gavitt Games - Iowa City which is the sixth best Division I scoring duo in the country. $ -- Las Vegas Invitational Preliminary Game • All-America candidate Luka Garza is one of only two players nationally to average better # -- Las Vegas Invitational - Las Vegas than 23 points and 10 rebounds per game. Garza is first in the Big Ten in scoring (23.0 % -- Big Ten/ACC Challenge ppg) and double-doubles (12), and second in rebounding (10.4 rpg). + -- Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series • Connor McCaffery is the only player in the country with 75+ assists and less than 20 * -- Chicago Legends - Chicago (United Center) ~ -- played at The Palestra - Philadelphia turnovers. He ranks second nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.8). • Iowa leads the Big Ten in scoring offense (79.2); the Hawkeyes led the conference in scoring two of the last six previous seasons, including last year. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE • Luka Garza is 10 points from surpassing Jordan Bohannon for 21st on Iowa’s all-time Michael Baer .................................................BEAR scoring list and 15 points from moving past former teammate Tyler Cook for 20th. Bakari Evelyn ...................buh-CAR-ee EVE-uh-lyn • Luka Garza is trying to become just the fourth Hawkeye over the last four decades to Luka Garza ............................................... LOU-kuh average better than 20 points per game. The other three are Adam Haluska (20.5) in Ryan Kriener ............................................KREE-ner Jack Nunge ........ NONE-jee (rhymes with bungee) 2007, Andrew Woolridge (20.2) in 1997, and Roy Marble (20.5) in 1989. Cordell Pemsl ........................................... PEM-sull • Luka Garza’s 482 points are the most points to start a season by a Hawkeye in 49 years. Joe Toussaint .......................................two-SAHNT • Iowa has five victories away from Iowa City (three true road wins), second most in the Joe Wieskamp..................................... WEEZ-camp Big Ten behind Michigan State’s six. MULTIMEDIA GAME INFORMATION TELEVISION MOBILE APPS/ONLINE RADIO LIVE STATISTICS • FS1 • FOX SPORTS APP • Hawkeye Radio Network • Sidearm • XM 81 / Sirius 81 Wayne Randazzo (PxP) hawkeyesports.com Nick Bahe (analyst) Gary Dolphin (PxP) Bob Hansen (analyst) twitter.com/iowahoops facebook.com/hawkeyehoops hawkeyebasketball.com hawkeyesports.com INSIDE THE NUMBERS MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT IOWA ILL Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 15+ 20+ Scoring Average 79.2 74.6 Wins 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 4 Scoring Defense 70.4 63.9 Losses 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 Scoring Margin +8.8 +10.8 FG% .449 .458 THE SETTING FG% Defense .424 .404 No. 18/18 Iowa (15-6, 6-4) hosts No. 19/19 Illinois (16-5, 8-2) on Sunday at 12:01 p.m. (CT) FT% .742 .738 on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game is sold out. 3-PT FG% .351 .309 The Fighting Illini enter Sunday’s contest on a seven-game win streak, the longest active 3-PT FG% Defense .305 .317 streak in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes had their five-game win streak snapped Thursday Rebound Margin +4.4 +9.7 evening at No. 15/15 Maryland. Assists Per Game 17.8 13.8 Turnovers Per Game 12.0 12.9 Steals Per Game 6.3 4.6 ON THE AIR Blocks Per Game 3.9 3.1 Radio: Iowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles MISCELLEANOUS STATS the play-by-play, along with color commentator Bob Hansen. The network includes more than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Double-Figure Scoring Games... Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 Career Jordan Bohannon 17 22 20 4 63 TV: Sunday’s game will be televised nationally on FS1. Wayne Randazzo and Nick Bahe Luka Garza - - - 20 20 20 60 will call the action. Bakari Evelyn - - - - - - - - - 1 37 Joe Wieskamp - - - - - - 21 18 39 Cordell Pemsl 15 8 - - - 1 24 Ryan Kriener 2 2 7 5 19 IOWA FALLS AT MARYLAND THURSDAY NIGHT CJ Fredrick - - - - - - - - - 11 11 Anthony Cowan scored a career-high 31 points in an 82-72 triumph by No. 15 Maryland Jack Nunge - - - 7 - - - 2 9 Connor McCaffery - - - - - - 3 4 7 over No. 18 Iowa Thursday night at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland. Joe Toussaint - - - - - - - - - 7 7 • Iowa and Maryland split the season series with each team winning on its home court. Riley Till - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 • Maryland snapped Iowa’s five-game win streak. Thursday was the Hawkeyes’ first loss 20-Point Scoring Games... since Jan. 7 (at Nebraska). Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 Career Luka Garza - - - 4 8 15 27 • Despite playing only 25 minutes due to foul trouble, Big Ten leading scorer Luka Garza Jordan Bohannon 5 8 3 1 17 Joe Wieskamp - - - - - - 4 4 8 tallied a team-best 21 points.