NCAA Men's Basketball

FINAL
Northern Illinois Huskies 53
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Iowa Hawkeyes 106
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NIU272653
IOWA5155106
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Match Report

Garza scores 23, No. 3 Iowa routs Northern Illinois 106-53

— Luka Garza scored 23 points and Joe Wieskamp added 20 as No. 3 Iowa beat Northern Illinois 106-53 on Sunday.

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Team Stats

NIU IOWA
24-70
FG
41-73
34
Field Goal %
56
2-15
3PT
12-30
13
Three Point %
40
3-9
FT
12-18
33
Free Throw %
67
39
Rebounds
45
20
Offensive Rebounds
15
19
Defensive Rebounds
30
10
Assists
29
5
Steals
12
1
Blocks
7
18
Turnovers
8
1
Team Turnovers
0
18
Total Turnovers
8
0
Technical Fouls
0
0
Total Technical Fouls
0
0
Flagrant Fouls
0
9
Points Off Turnovers
20
5
Fast Break Points
30
34
Points in Paint
58
17
Fouls
9
3
Largest Lead
53

Top Performers

NIU

  • Trendon Hankerson G MIN 27 · PTS 8 · FG 3-9
  • Anthony Crump F MIN 34 · PTS 10 · FG 5-12
  • Adong Makuoi C MIN 27 · PTS 14 · FG 7-10
  • Darius Beane G MIN 28 · PTS 5 · FG 2-11

IOWA

  • Luka Garza C MIN 20 · PTS 23 · FG 8-10
  • Joe Wieskamp G MIN 19 · PTS 20 · FG 9-13
  • Patrick McCaffery F MIN 21 · PTS 14 · FG 4-9
  • Keegan Murray F MIN 15 · PTS 10 · FG 4-5

Play by Play

  1. JumpShot 0:25 53-106

    Austin Ash made Three Point Jumper.

    4277949 2nd Half
  2. LayUpShot 1:02 53-103

    Adong Makuoi made Layup.

    4703525 2nd Half
  3. LayUpShot 1:29 51-103

    Tony Perkins made Layup.

    4433130 2nd Half
  4. JumpShot 1:55 51-101

    Ahron Ulis made Jumper.

    4432454 2nd Half
  5. LayUpShot 2:00 51-99

    Adong Makuoi made Layup.

    4703525 2nd Half
  6. JumpShot 2:28 49-99

    Austin Ash made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ahron Ulis.

    4277949 2nd Half
  7. LayUpShot 2:36 49-96

    Adong Makuoi made Layup. Assisted by Anthony Crump.

    4703525 2nd Half
  8. MadeFreeThrow 3:06 47-96

    Zool Kueth made Free Throw.

    4703524 2nd Half
  9. PersonalFoul 3:06 46-96

    Foul on Josh Ogundele.

    4433231 2nd Half
  10. LayUpShot 3:06 46-96

    Zool Kueth made Layup. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton.

    4703524 2nd Half
  11. MadeFreeThrow 3:56 44-96

    Patrick McCaffery made Free Throw.

    4432836 2nd Half
  12. MadeFreeThrow 3:56 44-95

    Patrick McCaffery made Free Throw.

    4432836 2nd Half
  13. PersonalFoul 3:56 44-94

    Foul on Zool Kueth.

    4703524 2nd Half
  14. DunkShot 4:29 44-94

    Patrick McCaffery made Dunk. Assisted by Joe Toussaint.

    4432836 2nd Half
  15. JumpShot 4:55 44-92

    Patrick McCaffery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tony Perkins.

    4432836 2nd Half
  16. MadeFreeThrow 5:19 44-89

    Patrick McCaffery made Free Throw.

    4432836 2nd Half
  17. MadeFreeThrow 5:19 44-88

    Patrick McCaffery made Free Throw.

    4432836 2nd Half
  18. PersonalFoul 5:19 44-87

    Foul on Chinedu Okanu.

    4703523 2nd Half
  19. PersonalFoul 5:50 44-87

    Foul on Darius Beane.

    4397490 2nd Half
  20. PersonalFoul 6:00 44-87

    Foul on Keenon Cole.

    4595438 2nd Half
  21. PersonalFoul 6:18 44-87

    Foul on Anthony Crump.

    4397550 2nd Half
  22. LayUpShot 8:19 44-87

    Joe Toussaint made Layup. Assisted by Tony Perkins.

    4432880 2nd Half
  23. JumpShot 8:58 44-85

    Kaleb Thornton made Jumper.

    4703521 2nd Half
  24. LayUpShot 9:33 42-85

    Keegan Murray made Layup.

    4594327 2nd Half
  25. LayUpShot 10:03 42-83

    Ahron Ulis made Layup.

    4432454 2nd Half
  26. JumpShot 10:24 42-81

    Trendon Hankerson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Crump.

    4397854 2nd Half
  27. PersonalFoul 11:02 37-81

    Foul on Patrick McCaffery.

    4432836 2nd Half
  28. LayUpShot 11:02 37-81

    Anthony Crump made Layup.

    4397550 2nd Half
  29. LayUpShot 11:28 35-81

    Tony Perkins made Layup.

    4433130 2nd Half
  30. PersonalFoul 11:49 35-79

    Foul on Keenon Cole.

    4595438 2nd Half
  31. PersonalFoul 11:49 35-79

    Foul on Connor McCaffery.

    4277950 2nd Half
  32. JumpShot 13:04 35-79

    CJ Fredrick made Jumper.

    4397032 2nd Half
  33. LayUpShot 13:08 35-77

    Anthony Crump made Layup.

    4397550 2nd Half
  34. DunkShot 13:34 33-77

    Jack Nunge made Dunk. Assisted by Connor McCaffery.

    4277948 2nd Half
  35. LayUpShot 14:17 33-75

    Jack Nunge made Layup. Assisted by Patrick McCaffery.

    4277948 2nd Half
  36. PersonalFoul 14:28 33-73

    Foul on Jack Nunge.

    4277948 2nd Half
  37. LayUpShot 14:53 33-73

    Joe Toussaint made Layup. Assisted by Connor McCaffery.

    4432880 2nd Half
  38. MadeFreeThrow 15:07 33-71

    Keenon Cole made Free Throw.

    4595438 2nd Half
  39. PersonalFoul 15:07 32-71

    Foul on Jack Nunge.

    4277948 2nd Half
  40. LayUpShot 15:23 32-71

    Luka Garza made Layup. Assisted by Jordan Bohannon.

    4277951 2nd Half
  41. LayUpShot 15:48 32-69

    Luka Garza made Layup. Assisted by Jordan Bohannon.

    4277951 2nd Half
  42. LayUpShot 16:11 32-67

    Joe Wieskamp made Layup. Assisted by Connor McCaffery.

    4397033 2nd Half
  43. DunkShot 16:48 32-65

    Joe Wieskamp made Dunk. Assisted by Connor McCaffery.

    4397033 2nd Half
  44. LayUpShot 17:34 32-63

    Joe Wieskamp made Layup. Assisted by Jordan Bohannon.

    4397033 2nd Half
  45. JumpShot 17:42 32-61

    Trendon Hankerson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chinedu Okanu.

    4397854 2nd Half
  46. PersonalFoul 17:55 29-61

    Foul on Joe Wieskamp.

    4397033 2nd Half
  47. LayUpShot 18:22 29-61

    Joe Wieskamp made Layup. Assisted by Jordan Bohannon.

    4397033 2nd Half
  48. PersonalFoul 18:23 29-59

    Foul on Adong Makuoi.

    4703525 2nd Half
  49. PersonalFoul 18:31 29-59

    Foul on Jordan Bohannon.

    4066366 2nd Half
  50. JumpShot 18:31 29-59

    Anthony Crump made Jumper.

    4397550 2nd Half
  51. MadeFreeThrow 18:48 27-59

    Luka Garza made Free Throw.

    4277951 2nd Half
  52. MadeFreeThrow 18:48 27-58

    Luka Garza made Free Throw.

    4277951 2nd Half
  53. PersonalFoul 18:48 27-57

    Foul on Adong Makuoi.

    4703525 2nd Half
  54. JumpShot 19:24 27-57

    Connor McCaffery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Bohannon.

    4277950 2nd Half
  55. JumpShot 19:51 27-54

    Luka Garza made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by CJ Fredrick.

    4277951 2nd Half
  56. JumpShot 0:04 27-51

    Connor McCaffery made Jumper. Assisted by Luka Garza.

    4277950 1st Half
  57. LayUpShot 0:29 27-49

    Zool Kueth made Layup. Assisted by Darius Beane.

    4703524 1st Half
  58. LayUpShot 1:07 25-49

    Adong Makuoi made Layup.

    4703525 1st Half
  59. JumpShot 1:30 23-49

    Darius Beane made Jumper.

    4397490 1st Half
  60. LayUpShot 1:58 21-49

    Joe Wieskamp made Layup. Assisted by Connor McCaffery.

    4397033 1st Half
  1. End Game 0:00 53-106

    End of Game

    2nd Half
  2. End Period 0:00 53-106

    End of 2nd half

    2nd Half
  3. Steal 0:16 53-106

    Nicolas Hobbs Steal.

    4397034 2nd Half
  4. Lost Ball Turnover 0:16 53-106

    Zool Kueth Turnover.

    4703524 2nd Half
  5. JumpShot 0:25 53-106

    Austin Ash made Three Point Jumper.

    4277949 2nd Half
  6. Defensive Rebound 0:26 53-103

    Michael Baer Defensive Rebound.

    4397031 2nd Half
  7. Block Shot 0:34 53-103

    Michael Baer Block.

    4397031 2nd Half
  8. JumpShot 0:34 53-103

    Kaleb Thornton missed Jumper.

    4703521 2nd Half
  9. Defensive Rebound 0:37 53-103

    Anthony Crump Defensive Rebound.

    4397550 2nd Half
  10. JumpShot 0:50 53-103

    Nicolas Hobbs missed Three Point Jumper.

    4397034 2nd Half
  11. LayUpShot 1:02 53-103

    Adong Makuoi made Layup.

    4703525 2nd Half
  12. Offensive Rebound 1:19 51-103

    Adong Makuoi Offensive Rebound.

    4703525 2nd Half
  13. JumpShot 1:19 51-103

    Daniel Filippone missed Jumper.

    4595436 2nd Half
  14. LayUpShot 1:29 51-103

    Tony Perkins made Layup.

    4433130 2nd Half
  15. Offensive Rebound 1:29 51-101

    Tony Perkins Offensive Rebound.

    4433130 2nd Half
  16. LayUpShot 1:33 51-101

    Austin Ash missed Layup.

    4277949 2nd Half
  17. Steal 1:38 51-101

    Austin Ash Steal.

    4277949 2nd Half
  18. Lost Ball Turnover 1:38 51-101

    Trendon Hankerson Turnover.

    4397854 2nd Half
  19. JumpShot 1:55 51-101

    Ahron Ulis made Jumper.

    4432454 2nd Half
  20. LayUpShot 2:00 51-99

    Adong Makuoi made Layup.

    4703525 2nd Half
  21. Offensive Rebound 2:00 49-99

    Adong Makuoi Offensive Rebound.

    4703525 2nd Half
  22. LayUpShot 2:03 49-99

    Anthony Crump missed Layup.

    4397550 2nd Half
  23. JumpShot 2:28 49-99

    Austin Ash made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ahron Ulis.

    4277949 2nd Half
  24. LayUpShot 2:36 49-96

    Adong Makuoi made Layup. Assisted by Anthony Crump.

    4703525 2nd Half
  25. Lost Ball Turnover 2:50 47-96

    Kris Murray Turnover.

    4594326 2nd Half
  26. MadeFreeThrow 3:06 47-96

    Zool Kueth made Free Throw.

    4703524 2nd Half
  27. PersonalFoul 3:06 46-96

    Foul on Josh Ogundele.

    4433231 2nd Half
  28. LayUpShot 3:06 46-96

    Zool Kueth made Layup. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton.

    4703524 2nd Half
  29. Defensive Rebound 3:28 44-96

    Anthony Crump Defensive Rebound.

    4397550 2nd Half
  30. JumpShot 3:31 44-96

    Tony Perkins missed Three Point Jumper.

    4433130 2nd Half
  31. Steal 3:36 44-96

    Kris Murray Steal.

    4594326 2nd Half
  32. Lost Ball Turnover 3:36 44-96

    Trendon Hankerson Turnover.

    4397854 2nd Half
  33. MadeFreeThrow 3:56 44-96

    Patrick McCaffery made Free Throw.

    4432836 2nd Half
  34. MadeFreeThrow 3:56 44-95

    Patrick McCaffery made Free Throw.

    4432836 2nd Half
  35. OfficialTVTimeOut 3:56 44-94

    Official TV Timeout

    2nd Half
  36. PersonalFoul 3:56 44-94

    Foul on Zool Kueth.

    4703524 2nd Half
  37. Defensive Rebound 4:10 44-94

    Patrick McCaffery Defensive Rebound.

    4432836 2nd Half
  38. JumpShot 4:14 44-94

    Kaleb Thornton missed Jumper.

    4703521 2nd Half
  39. DunkShot 4:29 44-94

    Patrick McCaffery made Dunk. Assisted by Joe Toussaint.

    4432836 2nd Half
  40. Steal 4:33 44-92

    Tony Perkins Steal.

    4433130 2nd Half

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