Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball glance: Time, TV, live stream, 6 facts

It’s a rare Saturday home game for the Hawkeyes

Jan. 21, 2022 10:53 am, Updated: Jan. 21, 2022 12:41 pm

Iowa guard Jordan Bohannon (3) rolls over the ball as he is pursued by Penn State forward John Harrar (21) during the Hawkeyes’ 74-68 win over the Nittany Lions last Feb. 21 in Iowa City. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

What: Penn State (8-7 overall, 3-4 Big Ten) at Iowa (13-5, 3-4)

When/where: Saturday, 3:31 p.m., Carver-Hawkeye Arena

TV: BTN (Kevin Kugler/Nick Bahe)

Livestream: FoxSports.com or Fox Sports app

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates, including WMT (600), KKRQ-FM (100.7) and KXIC (800).

Series: Iowa leads, 32-18

Six facts:

1. The game is sold out.

2. Iowa is coming off a 48-46 loss at Rutgers Wednesday. It was the Hawkeyes’ lowest point total since their 65-45 defeat at Wisconsin three years ago.

3. Penn State hasn’t played since its 61-56 loss at Ohio State Sunday. It was supposed to host Minnesota Wednesday, but the game was postponed because of COVID-19 issues in the Gophers program. The Nittany Lions had three nonconference games canceled because of COVID.

4. First-year Penn State head coach Micah Shrewsberry was an associate head coach at Purdue the previous two seasons, and was an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics in the six seasons before that.

5. Penn State has held nine of its last 12 opponents to 10 or more points under their season averages.

6. This is Iowa’s first Saturday home game since it hosted Penn State on Feb. 29, 2020.