Iowa vs. Minnesota men’s basketball glance: Time, TV, live stream, game info (Jan. 15, 2024)

What: Iowa (10-6 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) at Minnesota (12-4, 3-2), men’s basketball

When/where: 5 p.m., Williams Arena, Minneapolis

TV: BTN (Jason Ross Jr., Stephen Bardo)

Livestream: FoxSports.com or Fox Sports app

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates

Series: Iowa leads, 107-101

Line: Minnesota by 2.5

Iowa’s next game: Purdue in Iowa City, Saturday at 1 p.m.

What to know: Iowa is coming off two straight Big Ten home wins, the latest a 94-76 decision over Nebraska Friday night.

That was a game of career-highs for the Hawkeyes. Freshman center Owen Freeman and sophomore guard Josh Dix set highs in points with 21 and 16, respectively. Senior guard Tony Perkins had 15 assists, the most by a Hawkeye since B.J. Armstrong’s 15 in 1989 and one off Cal Wulfsberg’s 1976 program record.

Freeman became the fifth Hawkeye to hit 20 points in a game this season.

Iowa’s Payton Sandfort made five 3-pointers for the second-straight game.

Fran McCaffery will become Iowa’s all-time winningest coach with his next victory. He is tied with Tom Davis’ 271.

Minnesota is led by junior forward Dawson Garcia, a Minnesotan who transferred from North Carolina before last season. He averages team-highs of 16.5 points and 7.7 rebounds.

Five Gophers average at least 10.2 points. Junior guard Elijah Hawkins, a transfer from Howard, entered Saturday’s games leading the nation in assists per game with 7.7.

If Iowa wins, it will be the first time it has won three straight games at Minnesota since 1954-56.

The Gophers have a national-best 14-2 record against the spread, though they didn’t cover Saturday in their 74-62 loss at Indiana.

Attendance hasn’t been good at Minnesota this season. The Gophers are averaging just 7,343 fans, with a high of 8,648.