Iowa Falls to Duke, 74-62

NEW YORK – The College of Iowa males’s basketball workforce fell, 74-62, to No. 15 Duke within the Jimmy V Basic on Tuesday night time at Madison Sq. Backyard. Iowa strikes to 6-2 on the season.

Redshirt junior Patrick McCaffery and freshman Dasonte Bowen led the Hawkeyes in scoring with 12 factors, apiece. Bowen’s factors got here on 5-of-7 capturing from the ground, whereas McCaffery added 4 rebounds and an help towards the Blue Devils.

Duke led for 37 minutes of recreation time, although Iowa stored issues shut all through. The Hawkeyes halved a 12-point lead throughout the waning minutes of the primary half. Iowa additionally went on an 8-0 scoring run to deliver the deficit again to single digits with 1:11 left to play within the recreation.

Nonetheless, the Blue Devils in the end transformed a pair of free throws and a transition rating to stymie the late run.

Fifth-year Filip Rebraca pounded out 10 factors down low and led Iowa flattening eight rebounds within the contest. Junior Kris Murray added eight factors and 7 rebounds to the Hawkeye effort.

Iowa earned 22 factors off the bench, capturing 25-of-63 (40 p.c) as a workforce. The Hawkeyes shot 3-of-16 (19 p.c) from 3-point land and misplaced, 35-45, on the glass.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH FRAN MCCAFFERY

“I’ll be sincere with you, I although our offense was fairly good. We obtained good pictures. Yeah, they’re bodily. Yeah, they work. I believe they’re linked. You’ve obtained to provide them credit score for that, however we obtained it to the entrance of the rim. We obtained open threes. We moved the ball. I do suppose that in case you miss 38 pictures, you’ve obtained to get greater than 9 [rebounds] again. It’s laborious while you shoot 3-of-16 from three. I don’t bear in mind a extremely dangerous three. Generally, it’s dangerous as a result of it’s early within the possession, perhaps, however we try this anyway. In order that’s no large factor to us. In case you are open, shoot it. Now we have good shooters that didn’t make pictures tonight. I assumed we moved the ball and shot open pictures, and so they didn’t go in.

Give them credit score. They made seven [threes]. Jeremy Roach was on fireplace. Give him credit score. Good participant. I assumed there have been some actually good issues. We performed laborious. We did good on Kyl [Filipowski]. You understand, he’s a lottery choose. We actually fought him. Our rebounding within the second half wasn’t what it wanted to be. The primary half was just about even, they solely obtained one offensive rebound. Within the second half, they obtained us. Give them credit score for that.”

HAWKEYE NOTABLES

• Patrick McCaffery and Dasonte Bowen led Iowa in factors (12) and Filip Rebraca led the Hawkeyes in rebounding (8).
• True freshman Dasonte Bowen posted private bests in scoring (12) and subject targets made (5), all within the second half. Bowen scored eight straight Hawkeye factors late within the second half.
• Duke held Iowa to a season low in factors (62) and 3-pointers made (3).
• Tonight was the third of three video games towards ACC opponents over a span of 12 days (Clemson, Georgia Tech, Duke).
• Tonight was Iowa’s first look within the Jimmy V Basic.
• Iowa’s subsequent 4 video games might be at house (Iowa State, Wisconsin, Southeast Missouri State, Jap Illinois).

UP NEXT
Iowa (6-2) returns to competitors on Thursday towards No. 20 Iowa State (7-1) within the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Collection. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:01 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Court docket at Carver-Hawkeye Area in Iowa Metropolis. Tickets can be found for buy at hawkeyesports.com/tickets.