#23 Isaia Howard Season 2025-26

2025-26 Honors -- CSC Academic All-District selection. 2025-26 -- Saw action in all 37 games with five starts... averaged 5.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and one steal in 18.2 minutes per game... shot 45 percent from the field... was second on the team with 38 steals... scored in double figures in four games, had five or more rebounds five times and 3+ steals six times... had six points and a career-high eight rebounds in the win over Rutgers (1/20)... scored 10 points and had six boards at Minnesota (1/6)... finished with 11 points and five rebounds vs. UCLA (1/3)... had a career-high seven steals -- the most by a Hawkeye since 2010 and the fourth-most in a game in school history -- in the win over Bucknell (12/20)... netted a career-high 19 points, making 7-of-10 field goals, including 3-of-5 3-pointers, in the Acrisure Classic championship game victory over Grand Canyon (11/26)... netted 10 points in his Hawkeye debut against Robert Morris (11/4).

At Drake (2024-25) -- Played in 30 games as a freshman reserve guard, averaging 4.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 0.8 assists… shot 43.5 percent from the field... averaged 15.4 minutes per game... scored in double figures in three games and had five or more rebounds seven times... finished with a career-high 21 points on 8-of-17 shooting with four 3-pointers and six assists in 36 minutes in the MVC Tournament win over Southern Illinois... netted 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting against Murray State (1/5) and scored seven points on 3-of-4 shooting in the NCAA Tournament win over sixth-seeded Missouri... helped the team win 31 games, win a MVC regular season and tournament title and advance to the Round of 32 at the NCAA Tournament.

High School -- Named 2024 Missouri Class 2 Player of Year after averaging 34.4 points, 13.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 5.6 steals... led Plattsburg High School to 25-6 record and quarterfinal round of state tournament... three-time first team all-state and all-league selection... scored 3,001 points in prep career with 541 steals (which ranks No. 16 on national career prep list)… finished prep career with 77 double-doubles and four triple-doubles.

Personal -- Born March 24, 2006... son of Lisa and Michael Howard... has three siblings, Letecia, Quincey and Cece... mother played volleyball and ran track at Missouri Valley... father played football at Fort Scott... pre-business major.

CAREER BESTS
Points: 21 vs. Southern Illinois, 3/7/25
Rebounds: 8 vs. Rutgers, 1/20/26
FGM: 8 vs. Southern Illinois, 3/7/25
FGA: 17 vs. Southern Illinois, 3/7/25
3-pt FG: 4 vs. Southern Illinois, 3/7/25
3-pt FGA: 9 vs. Southern Illinois, 3/7/25
FTM: 6 vs. Robert Morris, 11/4/25
FTA: 8 vs. Robert Morris, 11/4/25
Assists: 4, 3X, last vs. Purdue, 2/14/26
Steals: 7 vs. Bucknell, 12/20/25
Blocks: 2 at Evansville, 2/26/25
Minutes: 36 vs. Southern Illinois, 3/7/25