No. 10 Iowa 76, Northwestern 50: Roy Devyn Marble scored 14 points to lead the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten road win over the pesky Wildcats.
Gabriel Olaseni tied his season highs with 14 points and 10 rebounds off the bench for Iowa (16-4, 5-2 Big Ten), which shot 51.9 percent. Mike Gesell added 11 points and six assists for the Hawkeyes.
Drew Crawford scored a game-high 20 points to lead Northwestern (10-11, 3-5), which had a two-game winning streak snapped. Tre Demps scored 11 points off the bench for the Wildcats, who hit just 4-of-20 from 3-point range.
The first half was close throughout as the Hawkeyes led most of the way but were never able to pull away. The lead was eight before Crawford scored seven points in the final 4:16 to pull the Wildcats within six.
Iowa started to take over early in the second half, scoring 20 points in just over eight minutes to push its lead to 12 at 50-38. The Hawkeyes increased their advantage to 24 with just over five minutes to play and cruised the rest of the way.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Iowa's Aaron White, who came into the game averaging 14.2 points, scored a season-low five points on 2-of-6 shooting from the field. … The Hawkeyes dominated the glass, more than doubling the Wildcats 44-20. … Northwestern shot 6-of-9 from the free-throw line while Iowa was 15-of-20.
Iowa | Northwestern | |
Roy Devyn Marble 14 | Scoring | Drew Crawford 20 |
Mike Gesell 6 | Assists | JerShon Cobb 5 |
Gabriel Olaseni 10 | Rebounds | JerShon Cobb 6 |
Roy Devyn Marble 7 | Free Throws Made | Alex Olah 4 |
Mike Gesell 2 | Steals | Sanjay Lumpkin 5 |
Melsahn Basabe 1 | Blocks | Alex Olah 4 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Iowa | 76 | 51.9 | 5-12 | 15-20 | 17 | 39 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
Northwestern | 50 | 36.4 | 4-20 | 6-9 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 10 |