7-1 Overall, 1-0 Big Ten 3 FINAL FOURS 8 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLES 26 NCAA TOURNAMENTS #4/5 IOWA (7-1, 1-0) at MINNESOTA (7-1, 0-1) 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Dec. 25, 2020 // Minneapolis // Williams Arena // 7:07 p.m. CT Date Opponent (TV) Time Nov. 25 N.C. Central W, 97-67 IOWA HAWKEYES 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 6.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 4.5 apg Dec. 3 Western Illinois W, 99-58 G 5 CJ Fredrick 6-3 195 RS-So. Cincinnati, Ohio 8.9 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 3.0 apg Dec. 8 #16 North Carolina % W, 93-80 F 10 Joe Wieskamp 6-6 212 Jr. Muscatine, Iowa 16.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.8 apg F 30 Connor McCaffery 6-5 205 RS-Jr. Iowa City, Iowa 3.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 4.2 apg Dec. 11 Iowa State + W, 105-77 C 55 Luka Garza 6-11 265 Sr. Washington, D.C. 28.4 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 2.2 bpg Dec. 13 Northern Illinois W, 106-53 Head Coach: Fran McCaffery (Penn, 1979); 11th Season at Iowa (201-144); 23rd Season Overall (452-321) Dec. 19 vs. #1 Gonzaga ^ L, 88-99 GAME #9 STORYLINES Dec. 22 Purdue W, 70-55 Dec. 25 at Minnesota (BTN) 7:07 p.m. • Friday will mark the third time in program history that Iowa will have played a game Dec. 29 Northwestern (FS1) 8 p.m. on Christmas Day. The previous two times were in the state of Hawaii in 1984 against Jan. 2 at Rutgers (ESPN2) 1 p.m. Maryland (L, 70-68) and 1988 versus UC-Riverside (L, 110-92). Jan. 7 at Maryland (ESPN2) 6 p.m. • Friday’s contest features two of the conferences top scorers: Iowa’s Luka Garza and Jan. 10/11 Minnesota (BTN) TBD Minnesota’s Marcus Carr. Garza leads the league in points per game (29.3) and 30-point Jan. 14 Michigan State (FS1) 8 p.m. efforts (4), while Carr is third in scoring (23.9) and second in 30-point games (2). Jan. 17/18 at Northwestern (BTN) TBD • Seven of the last eight meetings between Iowa and Minnesota at Williams Arena have Jan. 21 Indiana (FS1) TBD been decided by six points or fewer, dating back to 2012, with the seventh contest a Jan. 24 Nebraska (BTN) 1 p.m. double-digit decision in double overtime in 2017. Jan. 29 at Illinois (FS1) TBD • Luka Garza seeks to extend his streak of scoring 20+ points to 18 straight Big Ten games on Feb. 4 Ohio State (ESPN/2) TBD Friday. Garza’s streak started on Jan. 10, 2020 of last season. The 17-game streak against Feb. 7 at Indiana (FS1) TBD Big Ten opponents is the longest streak since Ohio State’s Dennis Hopson (17) in 1987. Feb. 10 Rutgers (BTN) TBD • Iowa, who has led the Big Ten in scoring each of the last two seasons, is the highest Feb. 13 at Michigan State (FOX) TBD scoring offense in the country, averaging 95.1 points per game. Feb. 18 at Wisconsin (ESPN/2) TBD • Iowa leads the Big Ten in scoring offense (95.1), assists per game (22.6), turnover mar- Feb. 21 Penn State (FS1) TBD gin (+6.4), and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3); and ranks second in 3-pointers made per Feb. 28 at Ohio State (CBS) TBD game (10.8) and blocked shots per contest (5.5). March 4 at Michigan (ESPN/2) TBD • Luka Garza surpassed Greg Stokes and Acie Earl for third place on Iowa’s all-time scor- March 7 Wisconsin (FOX) TBD ing list in Tuesday’s win over Purdue. Garza is 74 points from passing Aaron White for March 10-14 at Big Ten Tournament* second and 331 points from Iowa’s all-time leading scorer Roy Marble. • Junior Joe Wieskamp is 49 points from becoming the 50th Hawkeye to score 1,000 all times listed are central career points. • Luka Garza, who ranks first in the country in points per game (28.4 ppg), has scored ^ -- played at Sioux Falls, South Dakota more points (227) than minutes played (217). He has scored 366 points against AP Top % -- ACC/Big Ten Challenge 25 teams, the most of any player since the start of the 2019-20 season. + -- Presented by Iowa Corn • Jack Nunge has been Iowa’s biggest producer off the bench, averaging 9.5 points and * -- Big Ten Tournament - Chicago 6.5 rebounds per outing, which both rank third best on the team. • Iowa has made 10+ 3-pointers in six of eight games this season. The Hawkeyes have four PRONUNCIATION GUIDE players who have made 14+ triples: Luka Garza, CJ Fredrick, Jordan Bohannon, and Joe Michael Baer .................................................BEAR Wieskamp. Luka Garza ............................................... LOU-kuh • Luka Garza (28.4) and Joe Wieskamp (16.0) combined to average 44.4 points, which is Jack Nunge ........ NONE-jee (rhymes with bungee) 46.6 percent of Iowa’s offensive production through eight games. Josh Ogundele ..........................Oh-GOON-duh-lay • Iowa has made more free throws (135) than its opponents have attempted (112). Joe Toussaint .......................................two-SAHNT • Iowa returns a large percentage of its production: scoring (81%), rebounding (76%), assists Ahron Ulis ................................................. YOU-liss (77%), steals (83%), and blocks (67%). Iowa is one of eight schools from Power 5 confer- Joe Wieskamp..................................... WEEZ-camp ences to have at least 65 percent of its production return from the previous season. MULTIMEDIA GAME INFORMATION TELEVISION MOBILE APPS/ONLINE RADIO LIVE STATISTICS • BTN • FOX SPORTS APP • Hawkeye Radio Network • Statbroadcast • XM 84 / Sirius 84 Dave Revsine (PxP) hawkeyesports.com Robbie Hummel (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 MINN Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 15+ 20+ Scoring Average 95.1 82.5 Wins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 Scoring Defense 70.6 73.5 Losses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring Margin +24.5 +9.0 FG% .495 .426 THE SETTING FG% Defense .406 .423 No. 4/5 Iowa (7-1, 1-0) will travel to Minneapolis for its first conference road game of the FT% .714 .736 season against Minnesota (7-1, 0-1). Tipoff is slated for 7:07 p.m. (CT) at Williams Arena. 3-PT FG% .371 .301 3-PT FG% Defense .332 .314 ON THE AIR Rebound Margin +2.0 -1.6 Assists Per Game 22.6 16.3 Radio: Iowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles Turnovers Per Game 9.9 11.9 the play-by-play, along with color commentator Bob Hansen. The network includes more Steals Per Game 7.0 7.1 than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Blocks Per Game 5.5 5.5 Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. The Hawkeye Radio Network coverage includes a MISCELLANEOUS STATS 60-minute pregame show. TV: Friday’s game will be televised on Big Ten Network. Dave Revsine and former Boiler- Double-Figure Scoring Games... maker Robbie Hummel will call the action. Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Luka Garza 20 20 30 8 78 Jordan Bohannon 17 22 20 4 1 64 HAWKEYES TOP PURDUE IN CONFERENCE OPENER Joe Wieskamp - - - 21 24 7 52 Luka Garza and Joe Wieskamp combined for 39 points and 18 rebounds to lead Iowa to a CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 13 2 15 Jack Nunge 7 - - - 2 3 12 70-55 conference-opening win over Purdue Tuesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Connor McCaffery - - - 3 6 - - - 9 • Luka Garza netted a game-high 22 points. His scoring totals moved the All-American Joe Toussaint - - - - - - 8 1 9 past Greg Stokes and Acie Earl into third place on Iowa’s all-time scoring chart trailing Patrick McCaffery - - - - - - - - - 3 3 Keegan Murray - - - - - - - - - 2 2 only Aaron White and Roy Marble. Garza extended his streak of scoring 20+ points to 17 straight Big Ten games, dating back to last season. 20-Point Scoring Games... Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career • Tuesday was the only regular season meeting between Iowa and Purdue. Luka Garza 4 8 25 7 44 • Iowa improved to 20-1 over its last 21 contests in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, dating back Jordan Bohannon 5 8 3 1 1 18 to last season. Joe Wieskamp - - - 4 5 2 11 CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 3 1 4 • Jordan Bohannon sank three 3-pointers, including the 300th of his career in the final minute of the game. Bohannon now ranks 10th in Big Ten career 3-pointers made. Double-Figure Rebounding Games... • Iowa made 12 3-pointers, make 10+ triples for the sixth time in eight games this season. Player 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Luka Garza 5 1 15 4 25 • Iowa recorded its first win in a conference opener in five seasons. The last time Iowa Joe Wieskamp - - - 1 3 - - - 4 won its conference opener was on Dec. 29, 2015, against top-ranked Michigan State Jack Nunge - - - - - - 1 1 2 Connor McCaffery - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 (83-70) in Iowa City. • Iowa shared the basketball, assisting on 21 of its 24 field goals.