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.
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.
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.
Lawmakers introduced a slew of bills in the second week of the session, including hands-free driving legislation, new traffic camera rules and a ban on citizen police review boards.  To add on to the chilly week,
Iowa (13-7, 3-6 Big Ten) ended its five-game losing skid and picked up a much-needed Quad 1 victory in the process. The win over the Huskies salvages a road split for Iowa in its two-game road swing and now Iowa has some time to rest and recover before returning to action against Northwestern (7-10, 0-6 Big Ten).
Femi Odukale added 18 points as the Gophers got a win out of Iowa City for the first time since 2015. The Gophers were up double digits most of the second half by the Hawkeyes did cut the lead to 70-67 with just 30 seconds left on the clock. But Frank Mitchell his a pair of free throws to ice the victory.