Ohio State vs. Iowa men’s basketball glance: Time, TV, live stream, game info (Feb. 2, 2024)

What: Ohio State (13-8 overall, 3-7 Big Ten) at Iowa (12-9, 4-6), men’s basketball

When/where: Friday at 6:01 p.m., Carver-Hawkeye Arena

TV: FS1 (Brandon Gaudin, LaPhonso Ellis)

Livestream: FoxSports.com or Fox Sports app

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates, KRUI-FM

Series: Tied, 84-84

Kenpom.com rankings: Iowa 49th, Ohio State 65th

Line: Iowa by 5.5

Iowa’s next game: At Penn State next Thursday at 6 p.m. (CT)

What to know: Both teams lost on Tuesday. Iowa fell 74-68 at Indiana while Ohio State lost at home against Illinois, 87-75.

Iowa has been riding on the shoulders of guard Tony Perkins and forward Payton Sandfort recently. Perkins has four straight games of 20-plus points, and had three steals in both of his last two games. Sandfort had 26 points in each of his last two games.

The Hawkeyes have been known for getting more free throws than their opponents, but haven’t had more in any of their last six games.

Ohio State has lost its last three games by 14, 25 and 12 points and has dropped six of its last seven. The Buckeyes are 0-5 in true road games.

This game features the Big Ten’s two leading 3-point shooters, Minnesota transfer Jamison Battle of Ohio State and Sandfort. Both have made 60 3s. Battle is shooting 44.4 percent from deep, Sandfort 39.5. Sandfort has made 11 of his last 20.

The Buckeyes’ leading scorer is sophomore guard Bruce Thornton, who averages 15.7 points. He is second in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio.

OSU 6-foot-11 soph Felix Okpara has 50 blocked shots, second in the Big Ten.

Ohio State’s Big Ten opponents have shot 42 percent from 3-point distance against the Buckeyes.