Overview
- Bennett Stirtz scored 20 points to pace the Hawkeyes, who improved to 14-5 overall and 4-4 in Big Ten play.
- Tate Sage delivered a career-high 17 points on 4-for-6 shooting from three and hit key free throws in the closing seconds.
- The game turned in the final 22 seconds with two Tariq Francis free throws, two Sage foul shots after an intentional foul, a missed Lino Mark 3, and two sealing free throws by Isaia Howard.
- Iowa shot 47% from the field, with Tavion Banks adding 12 points in a game that swung from a 31-24 halftime lead to a second-half response.
- Rutgers fell to 9-10 and 2-6 in the conference, getting 17 from Darren Buchanan Jr. and 15 from Francis as the Scarlet Knights dropped their second straight.