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McCaffery wins No. 350 as Iowa beats Marquette 89-61

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November 20th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Fran McCaffrey won his 350th career game and Peter Jok scored 20 points to lead six players in double figures as Iowa cruised past Marquette 89-61 Thursday night. Jarrod Uthoff scored 15 points, Anthony Clemmons 11, Mike Gesell 11, Adam Woodbury 10 and Dom Uhl 10 for Iowa (3-0).

McCaffery (350-252) also won his 99th at Iowa (99-75) in his sixth season since being named head coach in 2010. He’s won 20-plus games the previous three seasons, Iowa’s longest streak in 15 years, and taken the Hawkeyes to the NCAA Tourney the last two.

Trailing 48-21 at halftime, Marquette (1-2) scored the first eight points of the second half and pulled to 48-29, but Iowa countered with its own 8-0 run. Woodbury started it with a 14-foot jump shot and Uthoff’s basket ended it as Iowa led 57-29. Marquette never challenged the rest of the way.