Articles Tagged: Ben McCollum

Bennett Stirtz scored 27 points and Tavion Banks a career-high 26 as Iowa rolled past Indiana, 74-57, Saturday afternoon at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana.

The Hawkeyes look to end a three-game losing streak Saturday afternoon when they play the Hoosiers in Bloomington, Ind.

It’s nothing but Big Ten Conference opponents the rest of the regular season for the Iowa men’s basketball team, beginning with UCLA on Saturday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Iowa men’s basketball team will play nothing but Big Ten Conference games the rest of the way. The Hawkeyes completed their non-conference portion of the schedule with a 90-62 win Monday over Massachusetts-Lowell.

Iowa men’s basketball team plays its final non-conference game of the season Monday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against Massachusetts-Lowell. Transfer forward Alvaro Folgueiras is coming off his best game offensively for the Hawkeyes and could be a key player for them in Big Ten play.

Iowa’s men’s basketball team goes into the holiday break with a 10-2 record after smashing Bucknell, 94-39, Saturday night at Casey’s Center in Des Moines. Believe it or not, Bucknell led the game early, 10-2. Alvaro Folgueiras had 10 points in a 17-0 run after that putting the Hawkeyes ahead for good.

The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Bucknell Bison 94-39.

Iowa plays Saturday afternoon against Bucknell at Casey’s Center in Des Moines, formerly known as Wells Fargo Arena. Hawkeye head coach Ben McCollum said this week he’d like to continue playing games in the state’s capital city, against a power-five conference opponent.

Iowa’s men’s basketball team played No. 4 Iowa State to the wire Thursday night before losing by four. As it did two weeks ago after a loss to nationally ranked Michigan State, the Hawkeyes were able to get an immediate bounce back, stomping Western Michigan, 91-51, Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

See photos as the fourth ranked Cyclones hosted the Hawkeyes for an NCAA men’s basketball game at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames.

Lipsey always wins those tendon-testing battles. Eventually, anyway. Now he’s back in the No. 4 Cyclones’ starting lineup for the second straight time after missing three games because of a groin injury — and the opponent just happens to be Cy-Hawk rival Iowa (8-1).

The Hawkeyes struggled on the road against Michigan State last week. Heading into another true road game against No. 4 Iowa State, Iowa expects to apply the corrections it learned since the Big Ten opener.

Michigan State dismantled Iowa’s men’s basketball team Tuesday night in the Big Ten Conference opener for each team, 71-52. It’ll be interesting how the Hawkeyes respond from that shellacking when they host Maryland on Saturday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

See photos as the Iowa Hawkeyes hosted the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

McCollum and many of his Iowa players have experienced winning and postseason success. Now they try to add to that at college basketball’s highest level.