Rutgers-Iowa men’s basketball glance: Time/TV/other info

It’s a Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and the Scarlet Knights are two games in front of Iowa in the Big Ten standings

Mike Hlas

Jan. 28, 2023 11:02 am, Updated: Jan. 28, 2023 8:27 pm

Rutgers' Clifford Omoruyi is defended by Iowa's Ahron Ulis (1) during the Hawkeyes’ 76-65 win over the Scarlet Knights on Jan. 8 in Piscataway, N.J. (Frank Franklin II/Associated Press)

What: Rutgers (14-6 overall, 6-3 Big Ten) at Iowa (12-8, 4-5)

When/where: Sunday, 1:07 p.m., Carver-Hawkeye Arena

TV: BTN (Dave Revsine, Brian Butch)

Livestream: Fox Sports Live

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

Series: Iowa leads, 11-3

Iowa’s next game: Northwestern, 8 p.m., Tuesday in Iowa City

Five facts:

1. Rutgers is coming off a 65-45 home win over Penn State Tuesday. The Scarlet Knights are 3-1 since their 76-65 home loss to Iowa on Jan. 8. Payton Sandfort had 22 points for the Hawkeyes.

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2. Iowa was the last team to sweep two games from Rutgers in a season, in 2020-21.

3. Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery said Friday that junior forward Patrick McCaffery would practice this weekend. “I think he’s getting closer (to playing),” Fran McCaffery said, “but we’ll see.”

4. Junior 6-foot-11 Clifford Omoruyi leads Rutgers in scoring (13.3 ppg) and rebounding (10.1). He is third in the Big Ten in rebounding and blocked shots (2.0 per game). Teammate Cam Spencer is second in steals per game, with 2.5, on the team that leads the conference in that category with 9.6 per game.

5. Ulis is averaging 14.5 points over his last two games, and is coming off a career-high 17-point effort.