Iowa rallied from 8-points down in the second half and edged past Illinois 81-79 on Saturday afternoon in Iowa City. Tony Perkins had a monster game to lead the Hawkeyes with a career-high 32 points. He scored 17 of Iowa’s final 28 points in the game.

Iowa also got 19 points and 7 rebounds from Kris Murray and 13 points from Filip Rebraca.

The Hawkeyes improved to 15-8 overall and 7-5 in the Big Ten. Next up for the Hawks is a trip to take on top-ranked Purdue on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. We’ll have coverage on KJAN with pregame at 5:00 p.m.