7-3 Overall, 1-1 Big Ten 3 FINAL FOURS 8 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLES 26 NCAA TOURNAMENTS IOWA (7-3, 1-1) vs. IOWA STATE (6-3, 0-0) 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Dec. 12, 2019 // Ames, Iowa // Hilton Coliseum // 7:01 p.m. CT Date Opponent (TV) Time Nov. 8 SIU Edwardsville W, 87-60 IOWA STATE CYCLONES Nov. 11 DePaul ^ L, 78-93 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Statistical Summary G 45 Rasir Bolton 6-3 183 So. Petersburg, Va. 15.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.0 apg Nov. 15 Oral Roberts W, 87-74 G 22 Tyrese Haliburton 6-5 175 So. Oshkosh, Wis. 16.2 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 8.2 apg Nov. 21 North Florida $ W, 83-68 G 11 Prentiss Nixon 6-2 188 Sr. Bolingbrook, Ill. 10.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 2.0 apg Nov. 24 Cal Poly $ W, 85-59 F 33 Solomon Young 6-8 242 RS-Jr. Sacramento, Calif. 9.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.1 bpg Nov. 28 vs. #12/12 Texas Tech # W, 72-61 F 12 Michael Jacobson 6-9 240 RS-Sr. Waukee, Iowa 9.1 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 0.8 apg Nov. 29 vs. San Diego State # L, 73-83 Head Coach: Steve Prohm (Alabama, 1997); Fifth Season at Iowa State (89-56); Ninth Season Overall (193-85) 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 3 Jordan Bohannon 6-1 185 Sr. Marion, Iowa 8.4 ppg. 1.2 rpg, 3.3 apg Dec. 12 at Iowa State + (ESPN2) 7:01 p.m. G 30 Connor McCaffery 6-5 205 RS-So. Iowa City, Iowa 7.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.1 apg Dec. 21 vs. Cincinnati * (BTN) 8:05 p.m. G 5 CJ Fredrick 6-3 195 RS-Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio 10.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 3.3 apg Dec. 29 Kennesaw State (ESPNU) 3:05 p.m. G 10 Joe Wieskamp 6-6 210 So. Muscatine, Iowa 11.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.8 apg Jan. 4 vs. Penn State ~ (BTN) 1 p.m. C 55 Luka Garza 6-11 260 Jr. Washington, D.C. 22.5 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.3 bpg Jan. 7 at Nebraska (BTN) 8 p.m. Head Coach: Fran McCaffery (Penn, 1979); 10th Season at Iowa (181-135); 23rd Season Overall (432-312) Jan. 10 Maryland (FS1) 6 p.m. IOWA CORN CY-HAWK SERIES STORYLINES Jan. 14 at Northwestern (BTN) 7 p.m. Jan. 17 Michigan (FS1) 8 p.m. • Luka Garza made history becoming the first Hawkeye in program history to be recog- Jan. 22 Rutgers (BTN) 8 p.m. nized as the USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week for his efforts in road Jan. 27 Wisconsin (BTN) 7:30 p.m. games at Syracuse and No. 4 Michigan last week. Garza averaged 33.5 points, shooting Jan. 30 at Maryland (BTN) 7:30 p.m. 55 percent from the field and 78 percent from the free throw line, and 8.5 rebounds. Feb. 2 Illinois (FS1) Noon The Big Ten scorer leader was also named Big Ten Player of the Week. Feb. 5 at Purdue (BTN) 6 p.m. • Luka Garza reached the 1,000-point threshold with a free throw in the first half of last Feb. 8 Nebraska (BTN) 5 p.m. Feb. 13 at Indiana (BTN) 7 p.m. Friday’s contest at Michigan. Garza finished the contest with 44 points, the most points Feb. 16 at Minnesota (FS1) Noon scored by an Iowa big man in program history and most by a visiting player in Crisler Feb. 20 Ohio State (ESPN/2) 6 p.m. Center history, second only to Michigan’s Rudy Tomjanovich. Feb. 25 at Michigan State (ESPN/2) 6 p.m. • The home team has won 14 of the last 16 in the Iowa-ISU series, dating back to 2004. Feb. 29 Penn State (BTN) 11 a.m. The Hawkeyes’ last victory in Ames came on March 21, 2003 (54-53). March 3 Purdue (BTN) 8 p.m. • Iowa ranks second in the country in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.61), is tied for fifth in March 8 at Illinois (BTN) 6 p.m. assists (17.9) and tied for 17th in fewest turnovers per game (11.1). all times listed are central • Iowa’s three defeats have come to teams with a combined 27-2 record (DePaul, San Diego State, Michigan). ^ -- Gavitt Games - Iowa City • Thursday will be Iowa’s fifth game away from Iowa City in six games. In fact, Iowa will $ -- Las Vegas Invitational Preliminary Game only play one more home game (Dec. 29) between now and Jan. 10, 2020. # -- Las Vegas Invitational - Las Vegas • Jordan Bohannon dished out 10 assists with zero turnovers in Iowa’s win over Minnesota % -- Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Monday. It marked the seventh time that the senior was credited with 10 or more + -- Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series steals in a game in his career. Bohannon is one of six Hawkeyes with 1,000 points and * -- Chicago Legends - Chicago (United Center) ~ -- played at The Palestra - Philadelphia 500 assists (B.J. Armstrong, Jeff Horner, Dean Oliver, Andre Woolridge, Mike Gesell). • Jordan Bohannon, Iowa’s all-time leader in 3-pointers made, is 17 points from tying former teammate Tyler Cook for 20th on Iowa’s all-time scoring chart. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE • Connor McCaffery has 41 assists and only nine turnovers, tops in the Big Ten and fourth Michael Baer .................................................BEAR nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.5). Bakari Evelyn ...................buh-CAR-ee EVE-uh-lyn • Iowa has led the Big Ten in scoring offense two of the last six years, including last season. Luka Garza ............................................... LOU-kuh • Iowa has qualified for four NCAA tournaments over the last six years (2014, 2015, 2016, Ryan Kriener ............................................KREE-ner Jack Nunge ........ NONE-jee (rhymes with bungee) 2019) and seven postseason tournaments over the last eight seasons (4 NCAA; 3 NIT). Cordell Pemsl ........................................... PEM-sull • Fran McCaffery has guidedIowa to 20 wins or more in five of the last seven seasons and Joe Toussaint .......................................two-SAHNT upper division finishes in the Big Ten six of the last seven seasons. Only Michigan State Joe Wieskamp..................................... WEEZ-camp (7) has more first division finishes than Iowa (6) and Wisconsin (6) since the 2013 season. MULTIMEDIA GAME INFORMATION TELEVISION MOBILE APPS/ONLINE RADIO LIVE STATISTICS • ESPN2 • WATCHESPN • Hawkeye Radio Network • Sidearm • XM 372 Jason Benetti (PxP) hawkeyesports.com Dan Dakich (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 ISU Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 15+ 20+ Scoring Average 79.6 82.0 Wins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 Scoring Defense 70.7 70.4 Losses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Scoring Margin +8.9 +11.6 FG% .448 .461 THE SETTING FG% Defense .434 .428 Iowa (7-3, 1-1) travels to Ames, Iowa, for a Thursday game at Iowa State (6-3, 0-0). Tipoff FT% .728 .731 for the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series contest is set for 7:01 p.m. (CT) at Hilton Coliseum. 3-PT FG% .351 .300 3-PT FG% Defense .326 .351 ON THE AIR Rebound Margin +2.2 -2.4 Assists Per Game 17.9 16.3 Radio: Iowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles Turnovers Per Game 11.1 11.4 the play-by-play, along with color commentator Bob Hansen. The network includes more Steals Per Game 6.8 9.1 than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Blocks Per Game 2.9 5.7 Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. The Hawkeye Radio Network coverage includes a MISCELLEANOUS STATS 60-minute pregame show. TV: Thursday’s game will be televised nationally on ESPN2. Jason Benetti and Dan Dakich Double-Figure Scoring Games... will call the action. Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 Career Jordan Bohannon 17 22 20 3 62 Luka Garza - - - 20 20 9 49 HAWKEYES CRUISE TO VICTORY OVER MINNESOTA Joe Wieskamp - - - - - - 21 7 28 Cordell Pemsl 15 8 - - - 1 24 Joe Wieskamp (23) and Luka Garza (21) combined for 44 of Iowa’s 72 points in a 72-52 Ryan Kriener 2 2 7 1 12 convincing victory over Minnesota in the Hawkeyes’ Big Ten home opener Monday night Jack Nunge - - - 7 - - - 2 9 Connor McCaffery - - - - - - 3 3 6 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. CJ Fredrick - - - - - - - - - 5 5 • Iowa has won six of the last seven against Minnesota in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa Joe Toussaint - - - - - - - - - 3 3 Riley Till - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 held the Gophers to 52 points, the fewest in the series since 2007 (49). • Joe Wieskamp posted season bests in scoring (23) and 3-pointers made (5). It marked 20-Point Scoring Games... the fifth time in his career that the sophomore eclipsed 20 points in a game. Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 Career Luka Garza - - - 4 8 6 18 • Luka Garza posted his fifth double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Jordan Bohannon 5 8 3 1 17 Garza has topped 20 points a team-best six times this season.