National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Iowa 74, Nebraska 60
When: 2:21 PM ET, Saturday, March 9, 2013
Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
Officials: # Steve McJunkins, # Lamont Simpson, # Darryl Smith
Attendance: 15400

Iowa 74, Nebraska 60: Aaron White scored 19 points as the host Hawkeyes used a big second-half run to pull away from the Cornhuskers.

Iowa (20-11, 9-9 Big Ten) clinched at least a tie for sixth in the conference with the win, the Hawkeyes' sixth in eight games. Adam Woodbury scored 12 points on 6-for-6 shooting fwhile Melsahn Basabe added 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Nebraska (14-17, 5-13) got 22 points from Ray Gallegos, who shot 7-for-14 from 3-point range. Dylan Talley added 11 for the Cornhuskers.

The Hawkeyes jumped out to a 12-3 lead in the early minutes of the game and led throughout the first half, taking the nine-point lead into the second half.

Nebraska finally pulled within two at 46-44 with 14:21 to play in the game, but the Hawkeyes responded with a game-changing 17-0 run, holding the Cornhuskers scoreless for 8:34. Nebraska was 0-for-8 from the field and turned the ball over four times during the scoreless stretch.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Iowa shot 57.1 percent from the field. … Iowa G Roy Devyn Marble entered the game averaging 14.4 points, but shot 2-for-9 and finished with six points. Marble still reached the 1,000-point plateau, joining his father, Roy Sr., as the only father-son combo in Big Ten history to both score 1,000 career points.

Top Game Performances
 
Nebraska   Iowa
Ray Gallegos 22 Scoring Aaron White 19
Brandon Ubel 3 Assists Eric May 6
Brandon Ubel 7 Rebounds Melsahn Basabe 13
Brandon Ubel 3 Free Throws Made Aaron White 8
Shavon Shields 3 Steals Eric May 1
Andre Almeida 2 Blocks Gabriel Olaseni 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Nebraska 60 37.5 10-25 8-11 11 16 3 6 6
Iowa 74 57.1 5-14 13-15 21 37 7 2 12
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