IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jordan Bohannon’s tremendous 3-point shooting — and the respect he showed in preserving a record held by Iowa legend Chris Street — gave Hawkeyes fans a rare reason to smile at the tail end of a dismal season.

Bohannon scored 25 points with seven 3s and Iowa held off Northwestern 77-70 in its home finale on Sunday night, snapping a six-game losing streak. Luka Garza had 18 points for the Hawkeyes (13-18, 4-14), who locked down the No. 12 seed for next week’s Big Ten tournament with its first victory in nearly a month. They’ll face Illinois on Wednesday in New York.

Bohannon had a chance to break the school record for consecutive free throws of 34 held by Street, who died in a car accident midway through the 1993 season, late in the second half. But Bohannon, an Iowa native, pointed to the sky and intentionally missed the free throw that would’ve knocked Street out of the record books — with Street’s parents in attendance. “That’s not my record to have. That record deserves to stay in his name,” Bohannon said. “It’s been on my mind for a while….life is a lot bigger than basketball.”

“A family member of ours was taken from us. We remember that,” McCaffery said of Bohannon’s gesture. This was the final home game for senior Dom Uhl, who entered play with just 65 minutes logged all season. The only player from Uhl’s class that has made a significant impact for the Hawkeyes this season is reserve redshirt junior Nicholas Baer — and he came to Iowa as a walk-on. That’s just part of the reason the program has fallen so far this season.