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Historic offensive day sends Iowa past Northwestern

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March 10th, 2022 by admin

The Iowa Hawkeyes had a record setting day in their first game at the Big Ten Tournament, routing Northwestern 112-76. The Hawkeyes set a Big Ten Tournament record for points and three pointers made with 19 on the day. Iowa shot a blistering 65.5% from three and 61.4% from the field.

Keegan Murray dropped in 26 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. Jordan Bohannon added 17 and Payton Sandfort had 13. Every one of the 14 players that hit the floor scored at least 2 points for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa improves to 23-9 and will move on to the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals on Friday against Rutgers. We’ll have the game on KJAN with pregame at 12:00 p.m. and tipoff at 1:00 p.m.