Iowa men’s basketball offense keeps cruising in Spain as Payton Sandfort, Owen Freeman produce double-doubles

VALENCIA, Spain — Payton Sandfort’s double-double helped the Iowa men’s basketball team earn its second win on its foreign tour Friday, defeating the Valencia All-Stars, 119-83.

The Hawkeyes jumped out to a 10-2 lead and broke the game open in the second quarter with hot 3-point shooting and defense, taking a 62-39 lead into the break.

Sandfort scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Senior Tony Perkins finished with 16 points. Freshman Owen Freeman earned a double-double with 10 points and 16 rebounds.

Five other Hawkeyes got into double-figure scoring, including sophomore Dasonte Bowen (13), freshman Brock Harding (12) and the trio of fifth-year Ben Krikke, sophomore Josh Dix and freshman Pryce Sandfort (11).

The Hawkeyes outrebounded Valencia by 40 and collected eight steals and four blocked shots. As a team, Iowa shot 46.9 percent from the floor and knocked down 15 3-pointers. The Hawkeyes had 19 assists to 11 turnovers.

Here’s the box score.

The team wraps up the overseas trip Monday against the Barcelona All-Stars.