Overview
- Reserve Alvaro Folgueiras scored 17 points with 15 before halftime to help build a 43-21 lead.
- Iowa forced 25 turnovers and converted them into 40 points to control the game end to end.
- The Hawkeyes posted a 36-16 rebounding edge, including 13 offensive boards that produced 15 second-chance points.
- Iowa shot 60% as 11 players scored, led by Tavion Banks with 16 points and Kael Combs with 13.
- Bucknell was held to 37% shooting and under 40 points for the first time by an Iowa opponent since November 2013, as Iowa moved to 10-2 with UMass Lowell next on Dec. 29 and Bucknell fell to 3-10 ahead of Holy Cross on Dec. 31.