Hawkeyes Fall at No. 4 Iowa State

AMES, Iowa – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team fell to No. 4 Iowa State, 66-62, in an Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series matchup on Thursday night inside Hilton Coliseum. The Hawkeyes move to 8-2 on the season.

The Hawkeyes took a 17-12 lead with just under 10 minutes remaining in the opening half. Iowa started the game shooting 7-of-11 from the field.

Iowa would build on its lead, using a 10-0 run over four minutes, to take a 25-12 lead, marking Iowa State’s largest deficit of the season. Over that stretch, Iowa made five straight field goals while forcing the Cyclones to miss six straight shots, including a five-minute scoring drought.

After the first 20 minutes, Iowa led, 33-25. The Hawkeyes finished the first half shooting 14-of-22 (63.6) from the field and 5-of-7 (71.4) beyond the arc. Iowa State was held to 12-of-32 (37.5) from the field and 2-of-10 from 3-point range. Six different players scored in the first half for Iowa led by junior Cam Manyawu with eight points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field.

Iowa State used a 22-4 run over the first eight minutes of the second half to take a double-digit lead. The Hawkeyes would respond, using an 8-0 run, to cut the deficit to just two with nine minutes remaining. The Cyclones would build their lead to six before Iowa cut it to just one with under two minutes remaining. Iowa State was then able to clinch the game with a pair of free-throws as the Hawkeyes fell to the Cyclones, 66-62.

Iowa was led by senior Tavion Banks with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field and 2-of-2 from beyond the arc. Manyawu added 10 points to go along with a team high six rebounds. Senior Bennett Stirtz rounded out Hawkeyes in double digits with 10 points, five rebounds, and four assists.

The Hawkeyes shot 26-of-51 (51.0) from the field and 7-of-15 (46.7) from three-point range. Iowa outrebounded Iowa State, 31-28.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH BEN MCCOLLUM
“Credit to Iowa State. I thought they did a great job defensively. Obviously, a very physical game and they came out on top. I was proud of our guys’ effort. I didn’t think we came out of the half great. I thought we, kind of, started some guys who had two fouls in the first half, and they had sat for a long time, and they weren’t totally tuned in, and it was really difficult to recover from that stretch. But hats off to Iowa State and the atmosphere, I thought the crowd was fantastic. I thought they played a great game.”

GAME NOTES

• No. 4 Iowa State rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit to down RV/No. 23 Iowa, 66-62, in an Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series matchup on Thursday night inside Hilton Coliseum.
• The Hawkeyes led by as many as 13 points and by eight points at the break, but the Cyclones used a 19-0 and 22-4 run over the first eight minutes of the second half to build a double-digit lead. 
  • The 13-point deficit marked Iowa State's largest of the season.
• Trailing 47-37 with 11:59 to play, Iowa fought back with an 8-0 run to close to within 47-45.
• Iowa had three players finish in double figures – Tavion Banks 14, Cam Manyawu 10, Bennett Stirtz 10 
  • Banks made a season-best two 3-pointers to reach double figures for the first time in five games.
  • Manyawu landed in double figures for the second straight game and he led the team with six rebounds.
• After shooting 63.6 percent in the first half, Iowa shot 41.4 percent in half two (and 51 percent for the game). 
  • The Cyclones shot 42.3 percent for the game. It marked the first time this season that an opponent finished with a better field goal shooting percentage than Iowa State.
• Iowa didn’t attempt its first free throw until the 14:20 mark in the second half. 
  • Iowa State went 17-of-23 from the free throw line; Iowa was 3-of-5.
• The Hawkeyes won the rebounding battle, 31-28.
• The Hawkeyes went on a 10-0 and 13-2 run over a 5:51 stretch to build a 27-14 lead at the 4:24 mark of the first half. 
• Iowa made 12 of its first 16 shots to open the game before missing four of its final six field goals.
• Iowa’s defense held ISU to a 5:03 scoring drought in the first half.

UP NEXT
Iowa returns to action Sunday, hosting Western Michigan at 2 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tickets are available at the Iowa Athletics Ticket Office at hawkeyesports.com.