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Iowa at Northwestern men’s basketball glance: Time/TV/game info (Feb. 28, 2025)
Two teams go into the cage with 6-11 Big Ten records. One comes out ... at 7-11.
Feb. 28, 2025 9:39 am, Updated: Feb. 28, 2025 2:32 pm
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What: Iowa (15-13 overall, 6-11 Big Ten) at Northwestern (15-13, 6-11)
When/where: Friday, 8 p.m., Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Ill.
TV: FS1 (Connor Onion, LaPhonso Ellis)
Livestream: Fox Sports Live
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates
Series: Iowa leads, 126-61
NCAA NET rankings: Northwestern 55th, Iowa 66th
Line: Northwestern by 4
Records against the spread: Iowa 10-17-1, Northwestern 14-14
Iowa’s next game: Michigan State in Iowa City on March 6, 7 p.m.
What to know: Josh Dix made a 3-pointer just before the final horn to give Iowa 80-79 win over Northwestern in Iowa City last Dec. 3.
The Hawkeyes are coming off an 81-61 defeat at Illinois Tuesday, a season-low in points for Iowa. Illinois had allowed an average of 102.5 points in its previous two games.
Northwestern won 75-62 at Minnesota the same night for its second-straight victory, both on the road. The other was a 70-49 win at Ohio State on Feb. 20.
Thursday, Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery said guard Drew Thelwell will return to play Friday after missing Tuesday’s game with an ankle issue.
Wildcats junior forward Nick Martinelli is the Big Ten’s leading scorer. He had 29 points at Minnesota to raise his average to 20.1 points per game.
Northwestern forward Brooks Barnhizer had 21 points and 10 rebounds against Iowa in December. He is out for the rest of the season with a foot injury after averaging 17.1 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists. Senior guard Jalen Leach (14.3 ppg) is also done for the season, with an ACL injury.
Iowa is 1-7 on the road, having been outscored by 14.9 points per game.
Northwestern is billing this as Gothic Night, with fans encouraged to wear black.
Former Iowa player Devyn Marble is averaging 15.8 points for professional team FC Porto in Portugal. Marble’s senior season at Iowa was 2013-14. He scored 1,694 points in his Hawkeyes career. One of his teammates at Porto is Wes Washpun, formerly of Cedar Rapids Washington and Northern Iowa.
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