Iowa has won nine of its last 11, and 20 of its 23 wins have come by double digits.

The Wildcats couldn't get closer than 26 in the second half - until Iowa pulled the last of its starters with 7 1/2 minutes to play - and failed to reach the Big Ten quarterfinals for the fifth consecutive year. The Hawkeyes opened the game on a 17-4 run, extended the margin to 50-26 late in the first half and headed to the locker room with a 64-31 cushion. They had won two in a row, including a 71-69 victory over Nebraska in the first round of the tournament on Wednesday.īut Northwestern never had a chance against Iowa. The Wildcats (15-16) were led by Ryan Young with 14 points and Boo Buie with 12. “I don't how anyone beats them when they're playing like that and they've been playing like that the last couple of weeks.' “Every time we had a defensive breakdown, they made us pay,' Northwestern coach Chris Collins said. The offensive show allowed Iowa to rest its starters for the final 7 1/2 minutes as it tries to win four games in four days for its third conference tourney crown. Both records fell on Josh Ogundele’s putback with 4:33 to go.īy then the Hawkeyes already had 17 3s – three more than Illinois made in tourney games in 20. Their 43 field goals were six more than Ohio State's mark of 37 in 2016. The Hawkeyes broke Maryland’s single-game tournament record of 97 points, set in 2016. “Everything was really clicking, our shooting was really good.' “We can't play much better than we did tonight,' McCaffery said.

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