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Iowa MBB: Iowa 85, Seton Hall 72

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November 25th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

Game Notables

  • Iowa improves to 3-1 all-time against Seton Hall, including posting wins in back-to-back years.
  • The win is head coach Fran McCaffery’s 265th as Iowa’s head coach, seven wins shy of becoming the winningest coach in school history.
  • Junior Payton Sandfort scored a season-high 22 points and went 7-of-14 from the field, including four 3-pointers.  He also had a team-high nine rebounds.
    • He was named to the Rady Children’s Invitational All-Tournament team.
    • It is his second 20-point game of the season and the ninth of his career.
    • It is Sandfort’s second game this season with four or more 3-pointers and the eighth such game of his career.
  • Graduate Ben Krikke scored 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting, making a season-high 80 percent of his attempts.  He also tied for the team lead with five assists.
    • He has been in double figures in every game this season.
    • Krikke has shot at least 60 percent from the field in four games.
  • The Hawkeyes had at least four players reach double figures for the fifth time in six games – Sandfort, Krikke, Tony Perkins (14), Patrick McCaffery (10).
  • Iowa shot a season-high 56.4 percent from the floor, making 31-of-55 field goals.
    • It is the fourth time this season the team has shot at least 50 percent.
  • Iowa finished with 20 assists on its 31 field goals.  It’s fourth game with at least 20 assists.
  • Iowa shot 60 percent from the field in the first half, making 18-of-30 field goals.  It is the team’s best shooting first half of the season and second-best overall shooting half (61.8 – second half vs. North Dakota).
    • Krikke and Perkins scored 17 of Iowa’s first 22 points in the game… Iowa led 15-4 over first five minutes and by as many as 18 (36-18) in the first half.
  • The Hawkeyes limited Seton Hall to 27.5 percent (11-of-40) in the first half – the lowest shooting half of the season.  The Pirates missed 11 straight shots for a 6 ½ minute stretch in the opening 20 minutes.
    • Seton Hall had a 36.0 field goal percentage this season, the second lowest by an opponent.

Up Next

Iowa returns to action Wednesday, hosting North Florida at 8 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.  The game will be televised on BTN.