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Washington Men’s Basketball at Iowa: Game Preview & How to Watch

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February 22, 2025

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Washington Men’s Basketball at Iowa: Game Preview & How to Watch

How to Watch (and bet)

Date: Saturday, 2/22/25

Tip-Off Time: 1:00 pm PT

TV: FS1

Streaming: Foxsportsgo.com

Radio: Huskies Gameday App, Sports Radio KJR

Location: Iowa City, IA

Betting Line: Washington Huskies +7

Iowa Hawkeyes 2024-25 Statistics:

Record: 14-12 (5-10)

Points For per Game: 83.9 ppg (7nd)

Points Against per Game: 79.5 ppg (334th)

Adjusted Offensive Efficiency: 118.9 (28th)

Adjusted Defensive Efficiency: 106.6 (154th)

Strength of Schedule: 45th

Iowa Key Players:

G- Brock Harding, So. 6’0, 165: 8.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 5.5 apg, 43.7% FG, 36.4% 3pt, 76.3% FT

Harding is a poor man’s Braden Smith. They’re basically the same size. Harding is 4th in B1G play compared to Smith’s 1st. Their steal rate and 3-pt percentage for the season are close to identical with Harding coming in a little worse. The big differences are that Harding’s numbers have dropped off since hitting conference season and he doesn’t take nearly as many shots as Smith. Still, he’s a good pass-first point guard and can make you pay from deep if you leave him alone.

G- Josh Dix, Jr. 6’6, 210: 14.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.8 apg, 52.1% FG, 42.7% 3pt, 78.9% FT

Every team would love to have a shooter like Dix. He has made at least 40% of his outside shots every year of his career and is at 44% in B1G play despite going 5/17 over their past 3 games. He doesn’t do the little stuff as his defensive numbers are lacking but he also doesn’t turn the ball over and doesn’t commit fouls so he’s a clear net positive with his offensive contributions.

F- Pryce Sandfort, So. 6’7, 210: 8.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.3 apg, 47.3% FG, 38.1% 3pt, 60.6% FT

Pryce is the younger of the Sandfort brothers but is essentially the 6th man for this Iowa squad, finishing games but not getting the start. His shooting splits are very similar to Josh Dix above except Pryce takes way more 3-pointers than 2-pointers which lowers his overall field goal percentage but both are over 60% in effective field goal percentage.

F- Payton Sandfort, Sr. 6’8, 215: 16.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 3.0 apg, 41.0% FG, 34.8% 3pt, 87.5% FT

Sandfort the elder, Payton, is the star of the team although his numbers have basically plateaued from last year. His 3-point shooting has dipped below 35% this season but he is an elite free throw shooter at 91% in conference play. The majority of his shots come from 3 so he is more of a pure shooter than a driver but he can still do both at 6’8 and should be an intriguing matchup for Osobor/Harris.

C- Ladji Dembele, So. 6’8, 255: 4.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 0.2 bpg, 46.2% FG, 39.2% 3pt, 61.5% FT

Dembele has taken over the starting center role after an injury to Owen Freeman. Iowa will mix a few different players in at this spot but Dembele has gotten the starts recently. He’s almost a non-entity as a shot blocker and defensive rebounder but does well on the offensive glass and can space the floor.

The Outlook

Iowa hasn’t finished outside the top-60 at KenPom or won fewer than 19 games since 2018 but they’re in serious danger of doing both right now at 14-12 and 66th in the rankings. It didn’t help that they lost star center Owen Freeman for the season due to a finger injury a few weeks ago. Freeman was averaging 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 blocks per game for Iowa and they are just 1-4 since he went down.

His rim protection was sorely needed because Iowa is one of the most all-offense, no-defense teams in the country. You have to respect it though when a team has a clear identity even if it presents plenty of problems. They are either fantastic or awful in just about every major statistical category.

Iowa loves to race up and down the floor and are content to try to outscore you in a shootout. The offense is absolutely dynamite. They rank 11th in average possession length so they push the ball as quickly as possible. Yet they rank top-30 nationally in 2-point %, 3-point %, and turnover % on offense. So they go quickly, they make shots from everywhere on the floor, and they don’t turn the ball over. That’s generally a pretty good combination.

The offense still isn’t perfect though. Almost everyone on the team is a good shooter but they rely almost entirely on jump shots. The Hawkeyes rank 343rd in free throw rate and also somehow aren’t very good when they do get to the line at 69.3% (272nd nationally). If Iowa’s 3-point shot isn’t falling on any given night then they probably aren’t going to win.

That’s in part because the defense is often a sieve. Iowa will often run a full-court press off of makes which is something UW traditionally hasn’t handled very well. They need to try something though because conventional defense doesn’t work for Iowa. Opponents shoot 56% on 2-point shots against Iowa which is 340th nationally. The Hawkeyes have the worst defense in B1G conference play and it isn’t remotely close, finishing 18th in opponent 2-pt%, 3-pt %, and defensive rebounding rate. Teams make all their shots against Iowa and if they don’t make the shot somehow then they usually get the rebound.

The only reason Iowa’s defense is semi-functional is that somehow they never commit fouls. Iowa is 356th in free throws on offense and 357th on defense. Refs just never call fouls during any of their games. Against Oregon on Thursday night, Iowa had their first foul of the half called against them with 4 minutes left in the game and their head coach reacted like he’d been told his family was being evicted.

That presents an interesting contrast for Washington. The Huskies just lost versus Rutgers in part because of a very one-sided whistle (click the link for a fact-based display of that). Washington had both Great Osobor and Franck Kepnang unavailable for long stretches due to foul trouble and had both Osobor and Mason foul out. That shouldn’t happen against Iowa but Osobor likely is not going to be able to draw fouls to bail him out if he gets into trouble.

I called Rutgers a must-win for Washington’s chances of making the Big Ten tournament. It wasn’t quite a must-win but the odds went down dramatically. This one though drops the odds down to low single-digits if the Huskies can’t pull off the road upset.

Washington is currently one game below Iowa in the conference standings at 17th (Iowa is 15th). Only the top-15 teams qualify. A win here puts the Huskies tied with Iowa and in possession of the tiebreaker. The Hawkeyes will be underdogs in all their remaining games including 3 on the road plus a home game against Michigan State. Washington is also a projected underdog in the rest of their games but at least has multiple home games against middle-of-the-pack B1G teams.

The most realistic scenario for UW squeaking in is this:

-UW beats Iowa on the road and then Indiana at home to finish 6-14.

-Iowa’s only remaining win comes at Northwestern to finish 6-14 (losses at Illinois, at NW, at Nebraska, vs. Michigan St).

-Northwestern’s only remaining win comes at Minnesota to finish 6-14 (losses vs. Iowa, vs. UCLA, at Maryland)

-Penn State goes no better than 2-2 down the stretch to finish 6-14 or worse (losses vs. Maryland, at Wisconsin)

That would put Washington in a tie for 15th place against only teams they’ve beaten. A loss to Iowa puts them further behind and eliminates a tiebreaker win.

The Huskies have won every other game for the last month. That pattern would suggest a win. Washington managed to squeak out last second finishes against Minnesota and Penn State on the road before doing the opposite in Hec Ed against Rutgers. I just don’t think UW will be able to run with Iowa heading out on the road following the OT let down on Wednesday night.

Prediction

Washington Huskies– 72, Iowa Hawkeyes- 80

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Iowa woman accused of pandering for prostitution and harassment after incidents at Casey’s and a daycare

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January 8, 2026

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Iowa woman accused of pandering for prostitution and harassment after incidents at Casey’s and a daycare

AURELIA, Iowa (KTIV) – A Northwest Iowa woman is facing charges of harassment and pandering for prostitution after two incidents took place in December 2025.

Forty-seven-year-old Kristal Miller of Odebolt was taken into custody on an arrest warrant and faces three charges: one count of pandering for prostitution and two counts of first-degree harassment, according to court documents.

Kristal Miller(Cherokee County Jail)

The charges stem from two separate incidents that took place on Thursday, Dec. 18. 2025.

According to court documents, at 6:15 a.m., Miller reportedly went to the Casey’s General Store, located at 100 Pearl St. in Aurelia. Documents state Miller approached an employee and customers, requesting money from them.

Authorities state Miller claimed she was wanted by the FBI and told people, if anyone called the police, “she would kill them.”

During this encounter, she also allegedly asked an employee to remove the string from her hooded sweatshirt. Documents state when the employee refused this request, she threatened to strangle them.

That same day at 7 a.m., Miller reportedly approached a female employee outside an Aurelia daycare and asked them for money.

Court documents stated Miller suggested the unnamed employee leave her boyfriend. Miller reportedly told the employee, if she did, then she and Miller would both be paid.

Authorities say when she was told no by the employee, Miller became upset and started yelling at them.

Miller also allegedly threatened to “steal her car” and ”take her away to her guys to start a new life.”

She was booked into the Cherokee County Jail on a cash-only bond of $5,000. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled in Cherokee for Friday, Jan. 9, at 10 a.m.

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Iowa law on police appeals ‘constitutionally vacuous,’ prosecutor says

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January 8, 2026

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Iowa law on police appeals ‘constitutionally vacuous,’ prosecutor says

The Iowa Supreme Court is reviewing a 2024 law that allows law enforcement officers to appeal their placement on a Brady-Giglio list.
A dispute between Jefferson County’s attorney and sheriff led to the sheriff being placed on the list, which identifies officers with credibility issues.
The county attorney argues the law is unconstitutional because it lets judges interfere with a prosecutor’s duty to disclose evidence to defendants.

A feud between two Jefferson County officials has landed before the Iowa Supreme Court, which must decide if a 2024 addition to Iowa’s Rights of Peace Officers law is unconstitutional.

Jefferson County Attorney Chauncey Moulding is asking the state’s high court to overturn what he calls the “constitutionally vacuous” law, which allows officers to petition the courts to be removed from their county’s Brady-Giglio list.

Named for two U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the lists compiled by prosecutors identify law enforcement officers and others whose credibility is in question, and it can provide grounds for questioning their testimony in court.

After a dispute over a case involving a sheriff’s deputy’s use of force, Moulding in 2024 notified Jefferson County Sheriff Bart Richmond he was placing him on the Brady-Giglio list. Richmond petitioned a court to reverse Moulding’s decision, and a district judge did, finding Richmond’s actions in connection with the case, while unprofessional, did not bring his honesty or credibility into question.

In his appeal, Moulding argues that’s not up to the court to decide, and that the law lets judges improperly intrude on prosecutors’ professional judgment and, ultimately, defendants’ rights.

“The practical real application of (the 2024 law) is to create a Kafkaesque scenario where a criminal defendant could face the prospect of criminal charges involving a State witness who is so lacking in credibility that the State’s attorney has qualms about even calling him to testify, but is prevented from disclosure,” Moulding wrote. “Such a situation is unconscionable, and underlines the constitutional vacuousness of the statute itself.”

The court has not yet scheduled arguments for the case, which could have impacts far beyond Jefferson County. Attorney Charles Gribble, representing Richmond, said this is just one of three Iowa Brady-Giglio appeals he personally is involved in.

What is a Brady-Giglio list?

Under the Fifth Amendment, criminal defendants are entitled to due process of law. In Brady v. Maryland in 1963 and in subsequent cases the U.S. Supreme Court held that due process requires a prosecutor to disclose any known exculpatory evidence to the defense. That includes anything giving rise to doubts about the credibility of the prosecution’s witnesses, including law enforcement officers.

In 2022, Iowa formalized that process by mandating prosecuting agencies maintain a Brady-Giglio list of officers whose credibility can be questioned due to past dishonesty or other misconduct. The law requires agencies to notify officers when they are being put on a list and allows them to seek reconsideration.

Being placed on a list can damage or destroy an officer’s career, as prosecutors generally will decline to call them as witnesses or to bring charges that would depend on their testimony.

2024 law gives courts a role in Brady-Giglio lists

Iowa’s 2024 law went beyond requiring officers be notified of their placement on a Brady-Giglio list by giving them the right to appeal to a district court if their prosecuting agency refuses to take them off a list. The law requires judges to confidentially review evidence and allows them to affirm, modify or reverse an officer’s Brady-Giglio listing “as justice may require.”

In less than two years, courts have reversed local prosecutors on several Brady-Giglio placements, including a messy Henry County dispute in which prosecutors accused a sheriff’s deputy of making misleading statements on a search warrant application.

What happened in Jefferson County?

The lawsuit before the Iowa Supreme Court involves an April 2024 traffic stop by a Jefferson County deputy. As laid out in a subsequent memo by Moulding, video recordings show the deputy handling the driver roughly and, when the man complains, telling him “I can do whatever I want” and, “You’re not going to tell me what I can and can’t do. … You’re going to learn what respect is, young man.”

After learning about the incident, Moulding wrote, he repeatedly emailed Richmond, asking if the deputy’s actions had violated any county policies. Richmond did not respond. Concerned about possible litigation against the county, Moulding then asked another county to conduct an investigation. While the details are disputed, Moulding accuses Richmond of stonewalling both his office and the outside investigators and instructing his subordinates also not to cooperate.

“A county sheriff ordering deputies not to cooperate with an inquiry into a deputy’s use of force represents a fundamental lapse in judgment and raised serious concerns regarding the Sheriff’s honesty, candor and ethics as a law enforcement official,” Moulding wrote.

He scheduled a meeting that Richmond did not attend and then placed him on the county’s Brady-Giglio list. In an emailed statement, Moulding called the entire matter “unfortunate.”

“Frankly, I am shocked that instead of attempting to address this matter with my office cooperatively, the Sheriff instead decided to stonewall an investigation, stonewall the Brady-Giglio investigation, and then take this matter to court instead of sitting down and addressing the matter like an adult and an elected official,” he said.

In a letter, Moulding warned Richmond that he would no longer be called as a law enforcement witness and advised him to limit his involvement with criminal investigations, as “your engagement in such activities could likely negatively impact the outcomes in court.”

Judge disagrees with sheriff’s placement on list

After Moulding denied Richmond’s request for reconsideration, Richmond filed suit. In February 2025, Judge Jeffrey Farrell ruled Richmond should be removed from the list.

Farrell’s order criticized both parties, finding that Moulding had failed to comply with some procedural elements of the law but that Richmond could have avoided the whole situation with “basic and professional” responses to Moulding’s emails. Nonetheless, he found Richmond’s actions did not demonstrate dishonesty or deceit that would justify placement on a Brady list.

“This is not a case in which an officer lied to a court, was convicted of a crime, manufactured or destroyed evidence, or committed some other act that would serve as the basis for impeachment in any criminal case,” Farrell wrote. “Game-playing the county attorney is not the standard of professionalism that Iowans expect of our elected county sheriffs,” he added, but does not constitute grounds for a Brady-Giglio listing.

Prosecutor appeals, argues law is unconstitutional

In his appeal, Moulding does not address Farrell’s factual findings, instead asking the court only to decide whether the law is constitutional.

“The most glaring constitutional defect in (the 2024 law) is that it impedes a criminal Defendant’s substantive and procedural due processes of law, and right to a fair trial,” the appeal says. “These fundamental rights constitute the bedrock raisons d’être for the entire body of Brady-Giglio jurisprudence in the first place.”

Iowa appears to be the only state with a law allowing officers to sue to be removed from a Brad-Giglio list, but Moulding cites a recent federal lawsuit where a judge rejected a South Dakota officer’s attempt to get removed from a list, finding the request “in essence, asks this Court to require a State’s Attorney to violate the constitution.” He further argues that the law violates the constitutional separation of powers and is “so poorly drafted as to be unenforceable and void for vagueness.”

Sheriff’s attorney says single lapse of judgment is not grounds for listing

Gribble, Richmond’s attorney, argued in his Supreme Court brief that the law is constitutional and that the sheriff’s actions fall well short of Brady-Giglio standards.

“Under (the 2024 law), placement on the Brady-Giglio list results not from a single lapse of judgment but rather from repeated, sustained, intentional and egregious acts over a period of time,” he wrote. “Thus, while a singular act of bad judgement may undermine a police officer’s credibility in a particular case, placement on the Brady-Giglio list places a permanent and unreviewable scarlet letter on the officer that he/she is unlikely to be able to ever overcome.”

He also suggests that a court order removing an officer from a list “does not in any way alter the prosecuting attorney’s duty to provide exculpatory evidence in all cases.” In an interview, he argued there should be a legal distinction between prosecutors disclosing concerns about an officer’s conduct in the case in which it occurred, and doing so in every future case involving them.

“To me, that’s what Brady-Giglio is for, not for occasional or first-time wrongs, even if established of a police officer, but those that have a history of that sort of thing,” he said.

The Supreme Court has not yet set a date for arguments in the case.

William Morris covers courts for the Des Moines Register. He can be contacted at wrmorris2@registermedia.com or 715-573-8166.

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Univ. of Iowa students practice life-saving skills through realistic medical simulations

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January 7, 2026

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Univ. of Iowa students practice life-saving skills through realistic medical simulations

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Some students at the University of Iowa are getting hands-on medical experience before the spring semester officially begins — and they’re doing it inside a mobile simulation lab.

Wednesday, Simulation in Motion-Iowa (SIM-IA) brought its high-tech training truck to the university’s main hospital campus during what’s known as “transitions week,” just days before physician assistant students head out on clinical rotations.

Instead of practicing on classmates, students worked through simulated emergency scenarios using lifelike mannequins designed to closely mimic real patients. The mannequins can breathe, blink, sweat, and even go into cardiac arrest — giving students a realistic first taste of what they’ll soon face in hospitals and clinics.

“So they have pulses like you and I, they have lung sounds, breath tones, so they get to practice their patient assessments — their head-to-toes, what they think is wrong with that patient, determine what treatments they’re going to offer and do,” said Lisa Lenz, a Simulation in Motion-Iowa instructor.

Lenz controls the mannequins’ movements and symptoms behind the scenes, adjusting each scenario based on how students respond in real time.

“We can kind of assess and watch and make sure they’re doing the skills that we would expect them to do, we then get to change and flow through our scenario,” Lenz said. “So we start out with a healthy patient, maybe something like chest pains and continue through states of either progression or decline.”

Faculty members say the goal is to help students bridge the gap between classroom learning and real patient care — especially with clinical rotations beginning soon.

“This is now putting book work to the clinical practice,” said Jeremy Nelson, a clinical assistant professor in the university’s Department of PA Studies and Services. “We’re getting them ready to go out to various scenarios.”

Nelson says repetition is key, especially since some medical emergencies are rare while others are unpredictable.

“They may see them 10 times on rotation, they may see them once,” Nelson said. “This gives them that ‘first touch’ so when they do see it they have a better chance of learning more and being engaged and practicing.”

The spring semester at the University of Iowa officially begins January 20 for those students. Faculty say experiences like this help boost confidence and reduce anxiety before students ever step into a real emergency situation.

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