NCAAB

North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Iowa Hawkeyes

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
68 - 110
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Sandfort scores 21 points to lead balanced Iowa attack past North Dakota 110-68

Ben Krikke scored 18, reserve Owen Freeman scored 14 points, Dasonte Bowen had 12 and Patrick McCaffery 11 for Iowa. The Hawkeyes shot 12 for 24 from 3-point range and 53.3% overall (40 for 75). Freeman, a freshman, made 7 of 8.

Iowa never trailed. The Hawkeyes built a 21-9 lead when Sandfort made a 3 with 14:28 before halftime. He had 10 points within the game's first five minutes, and Iowa led 56-32 at halftime.

B.J. Omot scored 24 points for North Dakota.

Iowa moved its record to 8-0 all-time against North Dakota.

Entering the season, Iowa added eight newcomers to the roster — including Krikke, a Valparaiso transfer — and returned two starters and eight letterwinners from a team that won 19 games, finished fifth in the Big Ten and advanced to its fourth straight NCAA Tournament.

Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery is 10 wins from becoming the winningest coach in program history. Tom Davis has 271 victories as a Hawkeyes coach.

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Matchup Prediction

Iowa: 95.5%
North Dakota: 4.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 68 - 110
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 68 - 110
2nd 0:19 Carter Kingsbury Defensive Rebound. 68 - 110
2nd 0:20 Amar Kuljuhovic missed Free Throw. 68 - 110
2nd 0:20 Foul on Pryce Sandfort. 68 - 110

Statistics

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27-67 FG 40-75
40.3 Field Goal % 53.3
4-25 3PT 12-24
16.0 Three Point % 50.0
10-17 FT 18-20
58.8 Free Throw % 90.0
38 Rebounds 44
12 Offensive Rebounds 11
26 Defensive Rebounds 33
9 Assists 23
5 Steals 12
3 Blocks 2
19 Turnovers 7
1 Team Turnovers 0
19 Total Turnovers 7
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
6 Points Off Turnovers 31
3 Fast Break Points 27
44 Points in Paint 50
19 Fouls 18
0 Largest Lead 44

Game Information

Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Location: Iowa City, IA
Attendance: 7,653 | Capacity:

2023-24 Summit League Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
South Dakota State 12-4 - 22-13
North Dakota 10-6 2 18-14
Kansas City 10-6 2 16-16
St. Thomas-Minnesota 9-7 3 20-13
North Dakota State 8-8 4 15-17
Omaha 7-9 5 15-18
Denver 6-10 6 17-17
Oral Roberts 5-11 7 12-19
South Dakota 5-11 7 12-20

2023-24 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Purdue 17-3 - 34-5
Illinois 14-6 3 29-9
Nebraska 12-8 5 23-11
Northwestern 12-8 5 22-12
Wisconsin 11-9 6 22-14
Indiana 10-10 7 19-14
Michigan State 10-10 7 20-15
Iowa 10-10 7 19-15
Ohio State 9-11 8 22-14
Minnesota 9-11 8 19-15
Penn State 9-11 8 16-17
Maryland 7-13 10 16-17
Rutgers 7-13 10 15-17
Michigan 3-17 14 8-24
Full Standings