Overview
- Iowa snapped a three-game slide by leading throughout behind Bennett Stirtz’s 27 points, improving to 13-5 (3-4) as Indiana fell to 12-6 (3-4).
- Tavion Banks added a career-high 26 points with a 9-for-9 day at the line just days after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in a case that saw a public-intoxication charge dismissed.
- Indiana shot 38.5% from the field and 6-for-24 from three, enduring a 9-minute, 9-second second-half drought that allowed Iowa to pull away.
- Lamar Wilkerson, the Big Ten’s leading scorer in conference play entering the game, was held to nine points as Tucker DeVries’ slump persisted with seven on 2-for-9 shooting.
- Tayton Conerway led IU with 16 points and returned after an ankle scare, while persistent foul trouble again limited guard Conor Enright’s effectiveness.