Dawson Garcia scored 20 points, Femi Odukale added 18 and Minnesota held off Iowa for a 72-67 victory on Tuesday night.
Iowa men's basketball hosted Minnesota in a Big Ten contest at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday. Here's how it went.
Minnesota saw its 17-point lead dwindle to three with 30 seconds left, but Frank Mitchell hit a pair of free throws to seal it.
Iowa is playing a dangerous game, in which the volume of the broader program narrative will only get louder should it continue down this path.
Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, said he will introduce a bill in the Iowa General Assembly to purchase the bottom nine counties of Minnesota and make them part of Iowa.
There was a scary situation in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Tuesday night when a male cheerleader for the Hawkeyes had to be carted off the court on a stretcher after a stunt gone wrong during Iowa's game against Minnesota.
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery provided an update on the status of Payton Sandfort for Tuesday's contest against Minnesota.
Dawson Garcia scored 20 points and grabbed six rebounds and Minnesota escaped with a 72-67 win over Iowa in a Big Ten Conference matchup Tuesday night in Iowa City.
IOWA CITY — The Iowa men’s basketball team lost for the third time in eight days, falling 72-67 to Minnesota Tuesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes dropped to 3-5 in the Big Ten, 12-7 overall. Minnesota is 2-6, 10-9.
Minnesota visits the Iowa Hawkeyes after Dawson Garcia scored 27 points in the Golden Gophers' 84-81 overtime win over the Michigan Wolverines.
Iowa cannot solve all of its problems this week but at the very least, it serves as a chance to steady the ship after a disastrous road trip.