Articles Tagged: Iowa men’s basketball

The Iowa men’s basketball team faces its second tough room in four days when it takes on Iowa State in Hilton Coliseum Thursday.

Purdue led Iowa 45-24 at halftime and went up by as much as 35 points after that in an 87-68 blowout. Zach Edey had 25 points in 24 minutes for Purdue.

Iowa opens the Big Ten men’s basketball season against the reigning National Player of the Year and the team favored to win the conference: Purdue.

Is there a bigger college basketball challenge than playing Purdue at Mackey Arena? Yes, but this is enough of one for Iowa Monday night.

Iowa freshman center Owen Freeman had three blocks in the space of five seconds during his team’s victory over North Florida Wednesday night, and also scored 16 points.

The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the North Florida Ospreys at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Wednesday.

Iowa will take 5-2 record to No. 1 Purdue next Monday after pulling away from the North Florida Ospreys of Jacksonville, 103-78.

Keegan Murray’s debut season in the NBA was impressive. However, the young ex-Hawkeye was far from content because he knew if he was to continue progressing in the NBA, he was going to have to work even harder. And that’s exactly what this talented 23-year-old did in his first full offseason as a professional.

Iowa hosts North Florida in men’s basketball Wednesday night. The Ospreys of Jacksonville love to shoot the 3-pointer.

The winner of Friday’s Iowa vs. Seton Hall men’s basketball game will avoid an 0-for-2 trip to San Diego. The loser will not.

Iowa’s men’s basketball team missed its first 14 3-point shots and fell to Oklahoma, 79-67, Thursday afternoon at the Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego.

Iowa-Oklahoma makes for what could be a very entertaining Thanksgiving afternoon men’s basketball matchup.

The Iowa men’s basketball team has a Thanksgiving encounter with the 4-0 Sooners in San Diego.

Iowa senior forward Ben Krikke had 25 points in Friday’s 88-74 win over Arkansas State, and 49 in two games this week. Dasonte Bowen had a career-high 17 points.

Iowa tries to bounce back after a loss to Creighton Tuesday, and to avenge a loss to Arkansas State ... in 1985.