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Iowa Men’s Hoops Defeats Longwood

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November 29th, 2014 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Aaron White scored 19 points as Iowa rolled to a 77-44 win over Longwood on Saturday.

Jarrod Uthoff added 11 points and six rebounds for Iowa (5-2). Gabriel Olaseni had 10 points and five blocks for the Hawkeyes. Josh Oglesby added nine points.

Shaquille Johnson had 16 points, six rebounds and six assists to lead the Lancers (2-5), who dropped their fourth straight game. Lotanna Nwogbo added eight points and 12 rebounds.

Iowa forced a season-best 20 turnovers, which led to 21 points.

The Hawkeyes normally try to go inside and get to the foul line, but they were held to a season-low nine free throw attempts. Iowa made nine 3-pointers on a season-high 30 attempts.

Iowa used a 17-2 run late in the first half to pull away from Longwood.