The Iowa men’s basketball team never trailed and beat Portland State 85-51 on Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Keegan Murray dropped in 21 points on 9 of 13 shooting in the first half and finished with 23 points, 9 rebounds, two steals, and a block.

Kris Murray added 13 points and Patrick McCaffery had 14 points for the Hawkeyes. Iowa lead 31-20 at half and used a 10-0 in the second half to really pull away. Iowa scored 46 points in the paint compared to just 22 for the Vikings.

Iowa improved to 6-0 on the season and will next up play at Virginia in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Monday at 6:00 p.m. We’ll have that game on KJAN with pregame at 5:00 p.m.