Hawkeyes Win, 112-71, Over North Carolina A&T

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The College of Iowa males’s basketball crew improved to 2-0 on Friday night time with a dominating, 112-71, win over North Carolina A&T on Mediacom Court docket at Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment.

Iowa jumped out to a, 14-3, result in open the sport, however the Aggies battled again to inside three factors with underneath seven minutes to play within the first half. It was all Hawkeyes the remainder of the way in which, as a steal and driving transition layup from redshirt junior Patrick McCaffery helped spark a, 17-2, Iowa scoring run to shut out the primary half.

Junior Kris Murray posted a steal and layup of his personal to place the Hawkeyes up 16 factors with 90 seconds to play within the interval, and junior Tony Perkins ended the half in model with an inbound steal and short-range jumper to provide Iowa a, 52-32, benefit on the break.

Iowa cruised to victory within the second half, ending 52 % (41-of-79) from the ground with 58 factors within the paint and 11 threes.  

Iowa’s first 78 factors of the competition had been scored by starters. Murray led the way in which, posting a game-best 22 factors and eight rebounds by means of 23 minutes of play. McCaffery was shut behind with 21 factors, 5 rebounds and two assists on the night time.

Different starters included Sandfort, Perkins and fifth-year Filip Rebraca. Sandfort racked up 17 factors on 7-of-10 (.700) taking pictures from the sphere, together with three triples. Sandfort additionally completed with 5 rebounds, three assists and a steal towards the Aggies.

Rebraca scored 12 factors with 5 rebounds, two blocks and two assists. The Hawkeye huge was additionally 4-of-4 from the free throw line, bettering to 7-of-7 from the stripe by means of two video games this season. Perkins added six factors and two rebounds whereas main the sport with six assists.

The Iowa bench completed with the crew’s remaining 33 factors of the competition. Junior Ahron Ulis, freshman Dasonte Bowen and junior Josh Ogundele led the cost with six factors, every. Ogundele nabbed 5 rebounds by means of eight minutes of play.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH FRAN MCCAFFERY
“We didn’t do an actual good job on the glass the entire starting of the sport. They outrebounded us within the first half. Give them credit score, they got here to play. They had been bodily. We had that one stretch the place I believed we had fairly respectable photographs, however 5 or 6 possessions in a row we didn’t rating. They hit some photographs, they had been operating their stuff. I believed two huge performs within the recreation had been Patrick [McCaffery’s] steal and Tony [Perkins’] steal within the first half. They had been huge momentum performs for us.

[Patrick McCaffery] has been enjoying rather well. It was nice to see him be aggressive, get out and run. Guys had been actually on the lookout for him. , you take a look at stats that leap out at you, 25 assists and 4 turnovers. We’re sharing the ball, throwing it forward and attacking it… That crew is placing strain on the ball. That they had quickness. That they had pace. They had been placing warmth on the dribbler, however I believed our operating recreation was actually good tonight. After we did get stops, particularly, we had been capable of get out and run and discover individuals. Tony had six assists, no turns. Peyton [Sandfort], Ahron [Ulis], Connor [McCaffery], all people is passing it nicely. Everyone had a optimistic assist-to-turnover ratio. Plenty of guys are in double figures as a result of we’re sharing the ball.”

HAWKEYE NOTABLES

• Iowa’s 112 factors are essentially the most in a recreation since scoring 112 versus Northwestern on March 10, 2022.
• 4 Hawkeye starters netted double figures: Kris Murray (22), Patrick McCaffery (21), Payton Sandfort (17), and Filip Rebraca (12).
• Patrick McCaffery’s 21 factors are a brand new profession excessive, besting his earlier excessive of 19 versus Nebraska in 2021.
• Iowa dedicated simply 4 turnovers, equaling the third fewest in a recreation by the Hawkeyes within the Fran McCaffery period and fewest since Nov. 29, 2021 at Virginia.
• Murray surpassed 20 factors for the third time in his profession.
• Payton Sandfort has made three 3-pointers in every of Iowa’s first two video games.
• Tony Perkins dished out a game-best six assists. The junior guard has had 5+ assists in every of Iowa’s first two contests.
• Iowa has gained 79 of its final 84 nonconference residence video games, courting again to 2012.
• Twelve Hawkeyes scored three factors or extra.
• Iowa had scoring runs of 16-0, 11-0 and 10-0 tonight. The 11-point scoring spurt closed the primary half. The Hawkeyes scored 16 straight factors after North Carolina A&T netted the primary basket of the second half.
• Iowa improved to 2-0 all-time towards North Carolina A&T.

UP NEXT
Iowa returns to motion Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Seton Corridor within the Gavitt Video games. Tipoff is slated for six:30 p.m. (CT) on the Prudential Middle in South Orange, New Jersey.