Fairleigh Dickinson Knights at Iowa Hawkeyes

No. 23 Iowa beats Fairleigh Dickinson 92-59

The Hawkeyes still had more than enough energy to put aside the Knights.

Gabe Olaseni tied a career high with 14 points and had 10 rebounds as Iowa pulled away to a 92-59 victory Monday night, its 10th win of the season.

Melsahn Basabe had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (10-1), who broke the game open with an early 19-0 run and led by at least 20 points for the entire second half.

Iowa got 51 points from its bench, which was led by Olaseni and Jarrod Uthoff, who had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

"The bench has been great. We got the break going. We threw it ahead, really attacked," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said.

Iowa outrebounded the Knights 54-32, including 30-13 in the first half, and cracked the 90-point plateau for the fourth time this season.

The Knights shot 32.3 percent overall (21 of 65).

It didn't take long for Iowa to let FDU know it was in for a long night.

Iowa, which later went on a 13-2 run for a 40-18 lead, committed just eight turnovers against 19 assists.

"They're really good. We played Arizona, and I think Iowa is probably in that class," Knights coach Greg Herenda said. `'They're very deep. They're very long. They're well coached. Preparing for them, we couldn't find a weakness, and then we didn't find a weakness."

They didn't need Marble to do much on a night when Olaseni continued to show why he could be one of the breakout players in the Big Ten this season.

"You can see it coming with Gabe. I mean, every game he just seems to get better," McCaffery said. "You can see how much more comfortable he is. ... I love the aggressiveness and the confidence he has in himself right now."

Now Iowa can focus on one of its biggest non-conference game in years.

"You try not to look forward too much. But now that this game is over with, we're looking forward to playing Iowa State," Uthoff said.

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