Dawson Garcia scored 20 points, Femi Odukale added 18 and Minnesota held off Iowa for a 72-67 victory on Tuesday night. Minnesota led by double digits for most of the second half until Owen Freeman scored six points during Iowa’s 13-3 run to cut the deficit to 70-67 with 30 seconds left.
Minnesota led by 17 points, 63-46, with just over six minutes to play in the second half before Iowa started to eat away at the lead. The lead was still 11 points when there was a lengthy delay for an injured cheerleader with 2:42 to play. From there, the Hawkeyes cut the deficit to three before the Gophers sealed the win at the free-throw line.
Dawson Garcia scored 20 points, Femi Odukale added 18 and Minnesota held off Iowa for a 72-67 victory on Tuesday night.
Iowa is playing a dangerous game, in which the volume of the broader program narrative will only get louder should it continue down this path.
Dawson Garcia scored 20 points and grabbed six rebounds and Minnesota escaped with a 72-67 win over Iowa in a Big Ten Conference matchup Tuesday night in Iowa City.
Minnesota saw its 17-point lead dwindle to three with 30 seconds left, but Frank Mitchell hit a pair of free throws to seal it.
Iowa men's basketball hosted Minnesota in a Big Ten contest at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday. Here's how it went.
The cheerleader was carried off in a stretcher after falling on his neck during a TV timeout Tuesday night. The Iowa cheerleader who was taken off the court in a stretcher during the Gophers men's basketball team's game against the Hawkeyes Tuesday night appears to be OK and was later seen giving a thumbs up in a social media post.
Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, said he will introduce a bill in the Iowa General Assembly to purchase the bottom nine counties of Minnesota and make them part of Iowa.
There was a scary situation in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Tuesday night when a male cheerleader for the Hawkeyes had to be carted off the court on a stretcher after a stunt gone wrong during Iowa's game against Minnesota.
The Iowa men’s basketball team dropped its third consecutive game with a 72-67 loss to Minnesota at home on Friday.
Dawson Garcia scored 20 points and grabbed six rebounds and Minnesota escaped with a 72-67 win over Iowa in a Big Ten Conference matchup Tuesday night in Iowa City.