Iowa 77, Indiana 63: Aaron White scored 21 points, including 9-of-10 shooting from the free-throw line, to lead the visiting Hawkeyes to their fifth straight win.
Jarrod Uthoff had 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field for Iowa (20-10, 11-6 Big Ten), while Gabriel Olaseni chipped in with 13 points and eight rebounds off the bench. Anthony Clemmons added 10 points and a team-high three assists off the pine.
Nick Zeisloft led Indiana (19-11, 9-8) with 15 points, all on 3-pointers, for his third straight game in double figures. James Blackmon Jr. had 14 points and Yogi Ferrell added 11, but Troy Williams, who came in averaging 13.7 points, was held to eight on 3-of-13 shooting from the field.
The Hoosiers' high-powered offense couldn't get going in the first half, shooting 35.7 percent from the field, including 3-of-12 from 3-point range, but Iowa wasn't any better, connecting on only 1-of-5 from beyond the arc. Indiana took a one-point lead with six minutes to go in the half on Hanner Mosquera-Perea's layup, but the Hawkeyes closed on a 9-4 run to take a four-point advantage into the break.
White scored six points in the first six minutes of the second half as the Hawkeyes opened with a 12-3 run to go up by 11 with just under 14 minutes to go. Blackmon cut the deficit to seven with under nine minutes to go, but Iowa's 15-7 run had the advantage up to 15 with under three to play and the Hoosiers never seriously threatened after that.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Hawkeyes snapped a three-game losing streak to the Hoosiers overall as well as a three-game skid in games played in Bloomington. … Iowa won the rebound battle, 37-33, despite a game-high 13 by Williams. … The Hawkeyes finished 4-of-12 from 3-point range, while the Hoosiers hit 10-of-25 attempts from beyond the arc.
Iowa | Indiana | |
Aaron White 21 | Scoring | Nick Zeisloft 15 |
Anthony Clemmons 3 | Assists | Troy Williams 4 |
Gabriel Olaseni 8 | Rebounds | Troy Williams 13 |
Aaron White 9 | Free Throws Made | Yogi Ferrell 3 |
Jarrod Uthoff 3 | Steals | Yogi Ferrell 1 |
Jarrod Uthoff 3 | Blocks | Emmitt Holt 1 |