GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Iowa 79, Rutgers 66
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP
Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Joe Wieskamp scored 26 points and Luka Garza overcame a slow start to score 22 as No. 15 Iowa beat No. 25 Rutgers 79-66.
The Hawkeyes (14-6, 8-5 Big Ten), who fell out of the top 10 of the Associated Press poll this week for the first time this season, were coming off a stretch of four losses in the last five games.
Wieskamp, who had 16 points in the first half, added 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season.
Garza, the nation's leading scorer at 25.5 points per game, missed his first five shots and didn't score until the 8-minute mark of the first half. He had just eight points in the first half on 2 of 10 shooting, but was 6 of 10 from the field in the second half.
Garza also had 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season.
Jordan Bohannon had 12 points for the Hawkeyes.
Geo Baker led Rutgers (11-7, 7-7) with 11 points, and Jacob Young added 10.
February 10, 2021
| Rutgers | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Johnson | C | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| G. Baker | G | 30 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| C. McConnell | G | 28 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 3-7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| P. Mulcahy | G | 28 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| R. Harper Jr. | G | 27 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| J. Young | 25 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| C. Omoruyi | 22 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| M. Mathis | 15 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| M. Doucoure | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| O. Palmquist | 4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| J. Jones | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Mag | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| D. Reiber | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 28-64 (.438) |
4-6 (.667) |
6-28 (.214) |
11-31 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 66 | |
| Iowa | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| L. Garza | C | 35 | 8-20 | 5-6 | 1-4 | 4-10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| J. Wieskamp | G | 35 | 9-14 | 3-4 | 5-7 | 0-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| J. Bohannon | G | 32 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| C. Fredrick | G | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| C. McCaffery | G | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Murray | 27 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| P. McCaffery | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| J. Nunge | 11 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| T. Perkins | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| J. Toussaint | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| A. Ulis | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| K. Murray | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 26-60 (.433) |
16-20 (.800) |
11-23 (.478) |
16-42 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 79 | |
Officials: Larry Scirotto, D.J. Carstensen, Brooks Wells