6-0 Overall, 0-0 Big Ten

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Michael Baer ...BEAR Luka Garza ... LOU-kuh Jack Nunge ... NONE-jee (rhymes with bungee) Josh Ogundele ...Oh-GOON-duh-lay

Joe Toussaint ...two-SAHNT Ahron Ulis ... YOU-liss

Joe Wieskamp... WEEZ-camp

Date Opponent (TV) Time

Nov. 25 N.C. Central W, 97-67 Nov. 27 Southern University W, 103-76 Dec. 3 Western Illinois W, 99-58 Dec. 8 #16 North Carolina % W, 93-80 Dec. 11 Iowa State + W, 105-77 Dec. 13 Northern Illinois W, 106-53

Dec. 19 vs. Gonzaga ^ (CBS) 11:06 a.m.

Dec. 22 Purdue (BTN) 8 p.m. Dec. 25 at Minnesota (BTN) 7 p.m. Dec. 29 Northwestern (FS1) 8 p.m. Jan. 2 at Rutgers ESPN/2/U

Jan. 7 at Maryland ESPN/2

Jan. 10/11 Minnesota BTN

Jan. 14 Michigan State FS1 Jan. 17/18 at Northwestern BTN

Jan. 21 Indiana FS1

Jan. 24 Nebraska BTN

Jan. 29 at Illinois FS1

Feb. 4 Ohio State ESPN/2

Feb. 7 at Indiana FS1

Feb. 10 Rutgers BTN

Feb. 13 at Michigan State FOX Feb. 18 at Wisconsin ESPN/2

Feb. 21 Penn State FS1

Feb. 28 at Ohio State CBS

March 4 at Michigan ESPN/2

March 7 Wisconsin FOX

March 10-14 at Big Ten Tournament*

all times listed are central

^ -- played at Sioux Falls, South Dakota % -- ACC/Big Ten Challenge

+ -- Presented by Iowa Corn * -- Big Ten Tournament - Chicago

3 FINAL FOURS 8 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLES 26 NCAA TOURNAMENTS

6-0 Overall, 0-0 Big Ten

• Saturday will be the sixth time that Iowa will be involved in a men’s basketball game

where both Iowa and its opponent are ranked in the top five nationally. Saturday will

be just the second time in program history that Iowa will play in a contest pitting No.

1 against No. 3. No. 1 Iowa beat No. 3 Indiana (101-88) on Jan. 22, 1987, in Iowa City.

• Saturday will be the fourth meeting between Iowa and Gonzaga. The Hawkeyes won

twice (1984 in Iowa City and 1985 in Spokane), while the Bulldogs won the last contest

(2015 in the NCAA Tournament Second Round in Seattle).

• Iowa opened its season with 93+ points in each of its first six games for the first time

in program history.

• Head Coach Fran McCaffery, who is in his 25th season as a head coach, recorded his

450th career victory last Friday and victory No. 200 as Iowa’s head coach last Sunday.

• Iowa, who has led the Big Ten in scoring each of the last two seasons, is the highest

scoring offense in the country, averaging 100.5 points per game.

• Luka Garza was named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 24.3

points, 8.3 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks in wins over No. 16 North Carolina (93-80), Iowa

State (105-77), and Northern Illinois (106-53). Garza made 61 percent (27-of-4) of his

field goal attempts, including a blistering 72.7 percent from 3-point range (8-of-11).

• Luka Garza ranks first in the country in points per game (29.2 ppg) and 3-point percent

-age (min. 15 attempts), making 68.4 percent (13-of-19) of his attempts.

• Luka Garza has scored 336 points against AP Top 25 teams, the most of any player since

the start of the 2019-20 season.

• Luka Garza has scored at least 30 points on 90 percent shooting twice in five games. He

is the only major conference player over the last 25 years to have two such games in a

season since N.C. State’s J.J. Hickson (2007-08) and Duke’s Carlos Boozer (2001-02).

• Iowa sank 12 3-pointers against Northern Illinois, marking the fifth time in six games that

the Hawkeyes sank 10+ triples. The Hawkeyes have four players who have made 11+

triples through six games: Luka Garza, CJ Fredrick, Jordan Bohannon, and Joe Wieskamp.

• Iowa is the only school from a major conference to have three players shooting better

than 50 percent from 3-point range (minimum 10 made): Luka Garza (.684 13-of-19),

Joe Wieskamp (.500, 12-of-24) and CJ Fredrick (.550, 11-of-20).

• Assistant Coach Billy Taylor was named last week to the class of 2021 for the Illinois

Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

• Iowa returns a large percentage of its production: scoring (81%), rebounding (76%), assists

(77%), steals (83%), and blocks (67%). Iowa is one of eight schools from Power 5

confer-ences to have at least 65 percent of its production return from the previous season.

2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

NONCONFERENCE FINALE STORYLINES

MULTIMEDIA GAME INFORMATION

TELEVISION

• CBS

MOBILE APPS/ONLINE

• CBS SPORTS APP

Tom McCarthy (PxP)

Clark Kellogg (analyst)

RADIO

• Hawkeye Radio Network

• XM TBA / Sirius TBA

Gary Dolphin (PxP)

Bob Hansen (analyst)

LIVE STATISTICS

• Statbroadcast

hawkeyesports.com

IOWA HAWKEYES

Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Statistical Summary

G 3 Jordan Bohannon 6-1 175 RS-Sr. Marion, Iowa 7.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 5.1 apg G 5 CJ Fredrick 6-3 195 RS-So. Cincinnati, Ohio 9.5 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 2.8 apg F 10 Joe Wieskamp 6-6 212 Jr. Muscatine, Iowa 15.2 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.5 apg F 30 Connor McCaffery 6-5 205 RS-Jr. Iowa City, Iowa 4.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.3 apg C 55 Luka Garza 6-11 265 Sr. Washington, D.C. 29.2 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 2.1 bpg Head Coach: Fran McCaffery (Penn, 1979); 11th Season at Iowa (200-143); 23rd Season Overall (451-320)

#1 GONZAGA (3-0) at #3 IOWA (6-0)

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School)

0 Michael Baer F 6-7 215 Jr.^ Bettendorf, Iowa (Bettendorf) 1 Joe Toussaint G 6-0 190 So. Bronx, N.Y. (Cardinal Hayes) 2 Jack Nunge F 6-11 245 So.^ Newburgh, Ind. (Castle) 3 Jordan Bohannon G 6-1 175 Sr.^ Marion, Iowa (Linn-Mar) 4 Ahron Ulis G 6-3 190 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Marion Catholic) 5 CJ Fredrick G 6-3 195 So.^ Cincinnati, Ohio (Covington Cathlic) 10 Joe Wieskamp G/F 6-6 212 Jr. Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine) 11 Tony Perkins G 6-4 210 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North) 13 Austin Ash G 6-3 179 Jr.^ Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Mount Vernon)

15 Keegan Murray F 6-8 215 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Prairie/DME Academy, FL) 20 Kris Murray F 6-8 215 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Prairie/DME Academy, FL) 22 Patrick McCaffery F 6-9 200 Fr.^ Iowa City, Iowa (West)

23 Josh Ogundele C 6-10 285 Fr. London, England (Worcester Academy) 24 Nicolas Hobbs G 6-2 200 Jr.^ Chicago, Ill. (Fenwick)

30 Connor McCaffery G/F 6-5 205 Jr.^ Iowa City, Iowa (West) 55 Luka Garza C 6-11 265 Sr. Washington, D.C. (Maret)

Head Coach: Fran McCaffery

Assistant Coaches: Kirk Speraw, Sherman Dillard, Billy Taylor

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Double-Figure Scoring Games...

Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Luka Garza 20 20 30 6 76 Jordan Bohannon 17 22 20 4 1 64 Joe Wieskamp - - - 21 24 5 50 CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 13 2 15 Jack Nunge 7 - - - 2 2 11 Connor McCaffery - - - 3 6 - - - 9 Joe Toussaint - - - - - - 8 - - - 8 Patrick McCaffery - - - - - - - - - 3 3 Keegan Murray - - - - - - - - - 2 2 20-Point Scoring Games...

Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Luka Garza 4 8 25 5 42 Jordan Bohannon 5 8 3 1 1 18 Joe Wieskamp - - - 4 5 1 10 CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 3 1 4 Double-Figure Rebounding Games...

Player 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Luka Garza 5 1 15 3 24 Joe Wieskamp - - - 1 3 - - - 4 Jack Nunge - - - - - - 1 1 2 Connor McCaffery - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 Double-Doubles... Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Luka Garza 4 1 15 3 23 Jordan Bohannon 3 3 - - - - - - - - - 6 Joe Wieskamp - - - 1 3 - - - 4 Jack Nunge - - - - - - 1 1 2 4+ Three-Pointer Games... Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Jordan Bohannon 8 14 7 2 1 32 Joe Wieskamp - - - 6 3 2 11 CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 1 1 2 Luka Garza - - - - - - 1 1 2 5+ Assists Games... Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Jordan Bohannon 20 22 11 1 5 59 Connor McCaffery - - - 9 8 3 20 CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 7 1 8 Joe Toussaint - - - - - - 4 1 5 Joe Wieskamp - - - 1 2 1 4 3+ Steals Games... Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Connor McCaffery - - - 1 5 - - - 6 Jordan Bohannon - - - 3 1 - - - - - - 4 Joe Wieskamp - - - - - - 4 - - - 4 Jack Nunge 2 - - - - - - - - - 2 Luka Garza 1 - - - 1 - - - 2 Joe Toussaint - - - - - - 1 1 2 3+ Blocks Games... Player 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 Career Luka Garza 4 1 8 3 16 Jack Nunge 2 - - - - - - - - - 2 Keegan Murray - - - - - - - - - 2 2

THE SETTING

No. 3 Iowa (6-0) will challenge top-ranked Gonzaga (3-0) on Saturday. Tipoff is scheduled

for 11:06 a.m. (CT) at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Due to the

pan-demic, there will be no general admission admittance for this game.

Both head coaches will be wearing custom sneakers on the sidelines on Saturday to

raise awareness for the American Cancer Society and Coaches vs. Cancer.

ON THE AIR

Radio:

Iowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles

the play-by-play, along with color commentator Bob Hansen. The network includes more

than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska,

Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. The Hawkeye Radio Network coverage includes a

60-minute pregame show.

TV:

Saturday’s game will be televised nationally on CBS. Tom McCarthy and Clark Kellogg

will call the action.

HAWKEYES REMAIN UNBEATEN, BEAT NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Iowa doubled up Northern Illinois in its last outing, 105-53, on Sunday in Iowa City. The

win was Fran McCaffery’s 200th as Iowa’s head coach.

• Iowa, who leads the country in scoring, netted a season-high 106 points. The Hawkeyes

have topped the century mark in three of six games.

• Iowa won by 53 points, tying the 18th largest margin of victory in program history.

• Iowa sank 12 3-pointers, marking the fifth time in six contests that the Hawkeyes have

made 10+ triples.

• Joe Wieskamp and Luka Garza combined for 43 points. Wieskamp tallied a season-high

20 points in 19 minutes, while Garza registered 23 points in 20 minutes. Garza has

topped 20 points in five of six games this season.

• Luka Garza made 80 percent (8-of-10) of his field goals. The All-American has shot 75

percent or better from the field in four of six games this season.

• Iowa has scored 50+ points in the first half in three of its six games, including the last two.

• Iowa has won all nine meetings against Northern Illinois, including an 8-0 record in

games played in Iowa City.

• Iowa has won 19 of its last 20 games inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, dating back to last

season.

RAINING THREES

Three Hawkeyes sank five or more 3-pointers in Iowa’s victory over No. 16 North Carolina:

Jordan Bohannon (7), CJ Fredrick (5), and Joe Wieskamp (5). It was the first time in UNC

history that three opponent players made five or more triples in a game. It is also the only

time in the last 25 years that three teammates (on any team) have made 5+ threes apiece

in regulation against an AP Top 25 opponent.

MISCELLANEOUS STATS

IOWA GU Scoring Average 100.5 93.0 Scoring Defense 68.5 79.7 Scoring Margin +32.0 +13.3 FG% .510 .553 FG% Defense .389 .428 FT% .756 .741 3-PT FG% .398 .291 3-PT FG% Defense .301 .343 Rebound Margin +4.3 +5.3 Assists Per Game 24.0 19.0 Turnovers Per Game 9.3 13.3 Steals Per Game 7.2 8.0 Blocks Per Game 5.2 2.3

MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT

Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 15+ 20+

Wins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5

Losses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Fran McCaffery, who is signed through the 2024 sea-son, is in his 1th season as the head basketball coach at the University of Iowa and his 25th year overall as a college head coach. McCaffery has reached the 20-win plateau nine of the last 13 seasons, including four of the last six years.

McCaffery spent five seasons (2005-10) as the head coach at Siena, six years at UNC-Greensboro (1999-2005) and three seasons at Lehigh (1985-88) before joining the Hawkeyes.

McCaffery has over three decades of Division I coaching experience. He concluded his 38th

sea-son as a collegiate coach in 2020, which includes 24 years as a head coach and 14 as an assistant. McCaffery is one of 14 coaches to lead at least four different Division I teams to the NCAA Tournament.

McCaffery, 61, holds a career mark of 451-320 (.585) and guided his teams to 12 postseason appearances (nine NCAA & four NIT). Iowa likely would have competed in another NCAA Tournament in 2020, if not for the NCAA canceling the postseason due to COVID-19. He is 200-143 (.583) at Iowa; the second winningest coach in program history. McCaffery led Iowa to wins in three of the last five NCAA Tournaments (2015, 2016, and 2019).

Since taking over the Iowa program in 2010, Iowa has earned seven post-season tournament berths (4 NCAA, 3 NIT). McCaffery coached Iowa to 25 victories in 2013, equaling the second-most win total in program history. Mc-Caffery has guided five different first team honorees over the last seven years, including the 2020 National and Big Ten Player of the Year, Luka Garza. McCaffery has posted upper division finishes in seven of the last eight sea-sons at Iowa and 19 of 24 seasea-sons as a head coach. He has posted 20 wins or more 10 of the last 14 seasons, including six of the last eight years at Iowa (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2020). Iowa’s 163 victories between 2013-19 are the most over an eight-year span at Iowa since 2013-1987-94.

McCaffery and the Hawkeyes boast a 110-29 (.791) home record the last eight seasons, which includes a school-record 18 wins in 2014 and 13 consecu-tive victories in 2019-20.

McCaffery’s five years at Siena were the best in its 70-year history. He led the Saints on an incredible run that ended with three straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. McCaffery’s Saints owned a 112-51 (.687) record in his five years with the program. He guided the Saints to four consecutive 20-win seasons. McCaffery’s achievements earned the head coach Siena Hall of Fame recognition in 2017. The 2009 MAAC Coach of the Year and 2010 District I Coach of the Year is the third winningest coach, by percentage, in league history (68-22, .756). He is the only coach to guide a MAAC program to two NCAA Tournament wins. McCaffery led his 2008 and 2009 teams to first round NCAA Tournament victo-ries over Vanderbilt and Ohio State, respectively.

In his final two seasons at Siena, he coached the Saints to back-to-back 27-win campaigns and boasted a combined 39-3 (.929) record against MAAC op-ponents, which included MAAC Tournament contests.

McCaffery began his coaching career as an assistant at Penn (1982-83) and Lehigh (1983-85). After three seasons as head coach at Lehigh, he spent 11 seasons as an assistant at Notre Dame (1988-99).

McCaffery played basketball at Wake Forest his freshman year (1977-78) and then concluded his collegiate playing career at Penn his final three seasons (1979-82).

He earned his B.S. degree in Economics from The Wharton School (Penn) in 1982. McCaffery also earned a Master of Education from Lehigh in 1985.

COACHING HONORS

NABC District I Coach of the Year, 2009-10 MAAC Coach of the Year, 2008-09

HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE

Lehigh (1985-88): ...49-39 (.557); 8-6 (.571) League

UNC-Greensboro (1999-05) ...90-87 (.508); 49-47 (.510) League

Siena (2005-10) ...112-51 (.687); 68-22 (.756) League

Iowa (2010-present): ...200-143 (.583); 89-95 (.484) League

Born: May 23, 1959

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

High School: LaSalle, 1977

College: B.S. in Economics, The Wharton School (Penn), 1982

Master of Education, Lehigh, 1985

Family: Wife, Margaret

Sons, Connor, Patrick and Jonathan Francis

Daughter, Marit Katherine

Brother, Jack (sportswriter in Philadelphia area)

Coaching Honors

MAAC Coach of the Year, 2009

NABC District I Coach of the Year, 2009-10

Coaching History (38 years)

1982-83 Assistant Coach, Penn 1983-85 Assistant Coach, Lehigh

1985-88 Head Coach, Lehigh

1988-99 Assistant Coach, Notre Dame

1999-05 Head Coach, UNC-Greensboro

2005-10 Head Coach, Siena

2010-present Head Coach, University of Iowa

Coaching Chart

Overall (25 seasons): 451-320 (.585) At Iowa (11 seasons): 200-143 (.583)

At Siena (five seasons): 112-51 (.688)

At UNCG (six seasons): 90-87 (.508) At Lehigh (three seasons): 49-40 (.551) NCAA Tournament (nine appearances*): 5-8 NIT (four appearances): 6-4

*McCaffery is the first coach to bring three different programs from one-bid leagues to the NCAA Tournament (conferences that sent just one team the year his program advanced).

McCaffery in Postseason Play

1988 NCAA Tournament -- Lehigh

1989 NCAA Tournament -- Notre Dame

1990 NCAA Tournament -- Notre Dame

1992 NIT - - Notre Dame

1997 NIT - - Notre Dame

2001 NCAA Tournament -- UNC-Greensboro

2002 NIT - - UNC-Greensboro

2008 NCAA Tournament -- Siena

2012 NIT -- Iowa

2013 NIT -- Iowa

2014 NCAA Tournament -- Iowa

2017 NIT -- Iowa

2020 NCAA Tournament postponed (COVID-19)

Playing Experience

Wake Forest, 1977-78 Penn, 1979-82

THE McCAFFERY FILE

HEAD COACH FRAN McCAFFERY

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Team Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct. Illinois 1-0 1.000 5-2 .714 Michigan 1-0 1.000 6-0 1.000 Rutgers 1-0 1.000 5-0 1.000 IOWA 0-0 .000 6-0 1.000 Michigan State 0-0 .000 6-0 1.000 Ohio State 0-0 .000 5-0 1.000 Wisconsin 0-0 .000 5-1 .833 Northwestern 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 Indiana 0-0 .000 4-2 .667 Purdue 0-0 .000 4-2 .667 Nebraska 0-0 .000 3-3 .500 Maryland 0-1 .000 4-2 .667 Minnesota 0-1 .000 6-1 .857 Penn State 0-1 .000 3-2 .600

Iowa captains are Jordan Bohannon, Luka Garza, Connor McCaffery, and Joe Wieskamp.

LUKA GARZA CONTINUES WHERE HE LEFT OFF

• Luka Garza has passed seven former players (Dean Oliver, Adam Haluska, Jess Settles,

Matt Gatens, Ronnie Lester, Devyn Marble, and B.J. Armstrong) on Iowa’s all-time scor

-ing chart in only six games played so far this season. He is 35 points from surpass-ing

Greg Stokes for fourth in Iowa career scoring.

• R

eached the 30-point plateau eight career times, tying Hall of Famer Don Nelson for

third most in program history.

• Garza scored 44 points at Michigan (Dec. 7, 2019) and 41 points versus Southern

Uni-versity (Nov. 27, 2020). He is one of two players in program history to score 40 points

or more in two games in a career (John Johnson, 49 and 46).

• He tallied 102 points in three games; t

hat is the most points by any Division I player

over his first 3 games of a season since Davidson’s Stephen Curry had 106 in 2008-09.

• Garza is the only Division I player in the last 25 years to score 100+ points on 75.0

percent shooting over any 3-game span. The last NBA player to accomplish that over

a 3-game span was Shaquille O’Neal in January, 1996.

• Torched Southern University for 41 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks. Garza

net-ted 36 first-half points, which is believed to be the most points scored by a Hawkeye

in a half in program history. In the first half, Garza made all 12 field-goal attempts and

was 10-of-12 from the free throw line.

• His 41 points are the most points scored by a Hawkeye in a single-game in

Carver-Hawkeye Arena history (1983), besting 36 scored by Adam Haluska (2006) and Rob

Griffin (2000). The arena record is 45 points by Brian Quinnett of Washington State in

a neutral site contest contested against Loyola Marymount (1986).

• Finished the Southern University contest with a .933 field goal percentage (14-of-15),

including a perfect 1.000 (3-of-3) from 3-point range, which is the best single-game

mark by a Big Ten player since 1984 (Minnesota’s Tommy Davis, 15-of-16, at Indiana).

• Posted his third double-double of the season and 23rd of his career with 16 points, 14

rebounds, and a season-high four blocks against No. 16 North Carolina.

VALUING THE BASKETBALL

Three of Iowa’s guards have outstanding assist-to-turnover numbers through six games.

Connor McCaffery, who led the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio last season, has a 6.5

ratio (26 assists, 4 turnovers). CJ Fredrick has a 5.6 ratio (17 assists, 3 turnovers), while

Jordan Bohannon has a 3.9 ratio (31 assists, 8 turnovers).

SCOUTING GONZAGA

• Gonzaga’s men’s basketball program has been on pause since last playing on Dec. 2. The

Zags opened the season with a pair of wins in the state of Florida over Kansas (102-90)

and Auburn (90-67), and a victory over West Virginia (87-82) in Indianapolis.

• Gonzaga received the program’s first-ever preseason AP No. 1 ranking this season. The

Zags return two starters and eight letterwinners from last season’s squad that claimed

Gonzaga’s eighth consecutive West Coast Conference (WCC) regular season title.

• The Zags have two players averaging 20+ points per game: Drew Timme (23.3) and

Corey Kispert (22.3). Gonzaga has three other players averaging in double figures: Joel

Ayayi (13.7), Jalen Suggs (13.3), and Andrew Nembhard (11.7).

• Gonzaga averages 93 points, 5.3 3-pointers, 19 assists, and eight steals per contest.

• Corey Kispert joined Gonzaga’s 1,000-point club in the win over Kansas.

• Drew Timme was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week, while Jalen

Suggs was tabbed the league’s Freshman of the Week following Gonzaga’s wins over

the Jayhawks and Tigers.

• Gonzaga won 31 games last season, including 16-0 in WCC play. It was the fourth straight

30-win season and sixth in the last eight seasons. The Zags are the only program in the

nation to have reached 30 wins in each of the past four seasons.

• Head Coach Mark Few reached 600 wins in his career with the win over Kansas. He

tied Roy Williams as the fastest to 600 wins in years coaching (22). Few boasts the best

winning percentage among active head coaches at 82.8 percent.

AP Poll Dec. 14 1. Gonzaga 2. Baylor 3. IOWA 4. Michigan State 5. Kansas 6. Houston 7. Villanova 8. West Virginia 9. Creighton 10. Tennessee 11. Texas 12. Wisconsin 13. Illinois 14. Texas Tech 15. Florida State 16. Missouri 17. Virginia 18. San Diego State 19. Rutgers 20. Ohio State 21. Duke 22. North Carolina 23. Louisville 24. Clemson 25. Michigan

USA Today Poll Dec. 14 1. Gonzaga 2. Baylor 3. IOWA 4. Michigan State 5. Kansas 6. Villanova 7. West Virginia 8. Houston 9. Creighton 10. Tennessee 11. Texas 12. Wisconsin 13. Illinois 14. Texas Tech 15. Florida State 16. Virginia 17. Rutgers 18. Missouri 19. Ohio State 20. San Diego State 21. North Carolina 22. Louisville 23. Duke 24. Michigan 25. Richmond

Big Ten Standings/Schedule

2020-21 IOWA CAPTAINS

National Rankings

Wednesday, Dec. 16

Ohio State at Purdue, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 19

Gonzaga vs. Iowa, 11 a.m.

Louisville at Wisconsin, 11 a.m. Notre Dame vs. Purdue, 1:30 p.m. North Carolina vs. Ohio State, 3:15 p.m. Indiana vs. Butler, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 20

Illinois at Rutgers, Noon

Michigan State at Northwestern, 6 p.m. Saint Louis at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 22

Nebraska at Wisconsin, 6 p.m. La Salle at Maryland, 6 p.m.

Purdue at IOWA, 8 p.m. All times are central

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LAST MEETING VERSUS GONZAGA

Gonzaga shot a blistering 61 percent from the field, including 62

percent from 3-point range in an 87-68 win over Iowa in the 2015

NCAA Tournament second round played in Seattle.

• Iowa senior Aaron White finished with 19 points and a

game-high three steals.

• Junior Jarrod Uthoff led the Hawkeyes with 20 points and eight

rebounds.

• Junior guard Anthony Clemmons netted 10 points, equaling a

career high with three 3-pointers.

• Junior Mike Gesell contributed nine points and dished out a

game-high five assists.

• Gonzaga outscored Iowa 30-15 via the 3-point field goal and

13-7 at the foul line.

IN THE RANKINGS

• The last time the Hawkeyes were ranked No. 3 in the AP Poll

was Jan. 25, 2016.

• Iowa’s No. 5 preseason ranking is its highest preseason position

in 65 years (No. 4 in the 1955-56 preseason poll). This marks

the eighth time in program history that Iowa is ranked in the AP

Preseason Top 10: No. 4 in 1954-55, No. 4 in 1955-56, No. 9 in

1981-82, No. 7 in 1983-84, No. 7 in 1988-89, No. 8 in 1995-96,

and No. 9 in 2001-02. Iowa last started a season ranked in the

AP Poll 15 seasons ago (No. 20 in 2005-06).

• Six Big Ten teams are ranked in the AP Top 25, led by No. 3

Iowa. Michigan State is No. 4, followed by No. 6 Illinois, No. 13

Wisconsin, No. 21 Rutgers, and No. 22 Ohio State.

IOWA HAD 4 BIG TEN STAT CHAMPIONS IN 2019-20

The Hawkeyes had four different players lead the conference in

four major statistical categories. Luka Garza was first in points per

game (23.9), Joe Wieskamp led all players in free throw accuracy

(.856), CJ Fredrick was tops in 3-point field goal percentage (.461),

while Connor McCaffery led the league and nation in

assist-to-turnover ratio (4.6).

All four return in 2020-21, along with redshirt senior Jordan

Bo-hannon, who is Iowa’s all-time 3-point leader.

HAWKEYE TRIFECTA

Iowa has had a student-athlete lead the Big Ten in free throw

per-centage (league games only) each of the past three seasons.

Jor-dan Bohannon led the conference in 2018 (.949) and 2019 (.901),

while Joe Wieskamp was first in 2020 (.874).

GARZA RETURNS FOR SENIOR SEASON

All-American Luka Garza has been named to every major

pre-season America list, including headlining the AP Prepre-season

All-America Team. Garza, who is the first Iowa men’s basketball player

named to a preseason AP All-American, was the lone unanimous

selection, receiving all 64 votes. Below is a sampling of Garza’s

preseason recognition:

• Associated Press Unanimous Preseason All-American • Blue Ribbon First Team Preseason All-American • CBS Sports First Team Preseason All-American • USA Today First Team Preseason All-American • Dick Vitale Preseason Player of the Year • Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year • NABC Player of the Year Watch List • Wooden Award Top 50 Watch List

• Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List • Unanimous All-Big Ten Preseason Team

• Kareem Abdul Jabbar Center of the Year Watch List

EMOTIONAL YEAR FOR NUNGE

It has been a difficult 12 months for forward Jack Nunge. On Nov.

24, 2019, Nunge tore his ACL (right knee) in the fifth game of the

2019-20 season after sitting out the previous season (redshirt).

Nearly 12 months to the day later, Nunge’s father (Dr. Mark Nunge)

passed away unexpectedly at the age of 53 on Nov. 28, 2020.

Nunge did not play in Iowa’s first two games against N.C. Central

and Southern University as the redshirt sophomore was with family

back home in Indiana. Nunge returned to Iowa City on Dec. 1, and

played in his first game in over a year, tying a career high with 18

points and snagging five rebounds versus Western Illinois (Dec. 3).

Nunge is Iowa’s leading scorer off the bench and third overall

leading scorer, averaging 10.8 points per game.

CJ FREDRICK MADE IMMEDIATE IMPACT

CJ Fredrick made an impact in 2019-20 as a freshman. He was third

in team scoring (10.2), and first in the Big Ten in 3-point accuracy

(.461, 47-of-102) and 14th in field goal accuracy (.483, 87-of-180).

His 10.2 points per game ranked third among Big Ten freshmen.

The native of Cincinnati, Ohio, has made 11 of his first 20 (.550)

3-point attempts in 2020-21. He also has dished out 17 assists to

only three turnovers through six games this season. Fredrick ranks

fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 9.5 points per contest.

Fredrick was one of only three players nationally -- and only player

from a major conference dating back to 1993 -- with 65+ assists,

32 or fewer turnovers, and shoot 46%+ from 3-point range.

Last season, Fredrick missed six full games and two second halves

due to different injuries (quad, ankle, stress reaction in foot).

Fredrick was named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team, Big Ten

Freshman of the Week (Jan. 20, 2020), and earned all-tournament

honors at the Las Vegas Invitational.

CONNOR McCAFFERY VALUES THE BASKETBALL

Connor McCaffery was the nation’s best in taking care of the basket

-ball in 2019-20 as a redshirt sophomore. He was the only player in

the country with 120+ assists and less than 30 turnovers. He finished

the 2019-20 campaign as the national leader in assist-to-turnover

ratio (4.6).

He was the only player nationally, dating back to 1993, with 120+

assists, 120+ rebounds, 175+ points, 25+ steals, and 27 or fewer

turnovers in a season.

McCaffery is allergic to turnovers, having dished out 26 assists to

only four turnovers through the first six games of the 2020-21 season.

Over the last 10 games last season, he had three

seven-assist/0-turnover efforts, boasting a 6.85 assist-to-seven-assist/0-turnover ratio (48 assists;

seven turnovers in a combined 322 minutes).

McCaffery, who played multiple positions in 2019-20 due to lack

of depth (1-4), had more steals (35) than turnovers (27).

In addition to his accolades on the court, the two-sport

student-athlete is a role model off the court. McCaffery (finance major) was

named UI’s Male Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree, and earned

NABC Honors Court, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic

All-District First Team, and Academic All-Big Ten recognition in 2020.

He is also on the Big Ten

Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition

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FAMILY AFFAIR

Redshirt junior Connor McCaffery and redshirt freshman Patrick

McCaffery are one of 16 father/coach and son/player duos in Divi

-sion I in 2020-21 (Boise State, Connecticut, Detroit Mercy, Illinois,

Liberty, Memphis, Michigan State, USC Upstate, Southern,

Syra-cuse, Texas Southern, Utah, Western Illinois, Western Kentucky,

and Wright State). Of the 16 schools, the McCaffery’s are the only

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LUKA GARZA HAD HISTORIC SEASON

Luka Garza had a historic season in 2019-20, earning National Player of the Year honors

by six major news outlets, recognized as the Big Ten and USBWA District VI Player of the

Year, Pete Newell Big Man of the Year and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year, as

well as being honored as a unanimous consensus first-team All-American.

The six news outlets to name Garza National Player of the Year include:

Sporting News

,

Basketball Times

,

Stadium

,

Bleacher Report

, FOX, and ESPN. He is the first Iowa men’s bas

-ketball player to earn national player of the year distinction. Garza was also a unanimous

consensus first-team All-America selection. He joins former Hawkeyes Murray Wier (1948)

and Charles Darling (1952) as the program’s only consensus first team All-Americans. Garza

is also the first Hawkeye to win the Abdul-Jabbar and Newell national awards.

Garza (740 points and 305 rebounds) is one of three Big Ten players to ever total 740+

points and 300+ rebounds in a single-season (Purdue’s Glenn Robinson in 1994 and Pur

-due’s Joe Barry Carroll in 1979). He ranked second nationally with 12 20-point/10-rebound

performances, 20-point games (25); third in total field goals made (287) and points per 40

minutes played (29.8), fifth in scoring (23.9), 10th in 30-point games (5), 19th in

double-doubles (15) and offensive rebounds per game (3.58), and 34th in rebounding (9.8). His

15 double-doubles are third most in a single-season by a Hawkeye in three decades. Garza

averaged 26.7 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks in 12 games against AP ranked

op-ponents in 2019-20, including recording 11 straight 20-point performances, the longest

streak by any player since UConn’s Kemba Walker in 2011.

Iowa’s Male Athlete of the Year, Garza finished the 20-game league schedule averaging

26.2 points per game, becoming the first player to average at least 26 points in Big Ten

play since Purdue’s Glenn Robinson in 1994 (31.1 ppg). Garza scored a school-record 740

points, breaking the program’s 50-year old record previously set by John Johnson in 1970.

He scored 20 points or more in a school-record 16 straight Big Ten games, the longest

streak by any player in the Big Ten since Ohio State’s Dennis Hopson 16 in 1987.

Garza is the only Big Ten player to register seven 25-point/10-rebound performances

in the same season in more than 17 years. He produced the two highest point totals in a

game by a Big Ten player last season (44 at Michigan; 38 at Indiana).

LUKA GARZA HONORS (2019-20)

• National POY (Sporting News, Basketball Times, ESPN, Stadium, Bleacher Report, FOX) • Unanimous Consensus First-Team All-America

• NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Year

• Naismith Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year

• Big Ten Men’s Basketball Player of the Year • USBWA District VI Player of the Year

• Naismith, Wooden, Oscar Robertson, and Lute Olson award finalist

• Iowa Male Athlete of the Year

JORDAN BOHANNON RETURNS FOR REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON

Jordan Bohannon had surgery on his left hip last December after playing in 10 games in

2019-20. The native of Marion, Iowa, had the same procedure successfully performed

on his right hip May, 2019. He played in 10 games prior to his latest procedure, averaging

8.8 points and 3.3 assists per game.

Bohannon enters this week tied with Wisconsin’s D’Mitrik Trice for most games played

among active Division I players with 118. Bohannon averaged 11 points, 5.6 assists, 3.3

3-pointers, and 1.3 steals in three games last week. He tallied a season-high 24 points,

bolstered by draining seven triples in Iowa’s victory over No. 16 North Carolina.

Bohannon has made a school-record 294 3-pointers and is 80 triples from tying the

all-time Big Ten record (374, Jon Diebler). His 294 triples are the most of any active player

from a Power 5 conference. He is six 3-pointers from 300 and cracking the Big Ten’s top 10.

A third-team All-Big Ten performer in 2019, Bohannon was credited with a team-best

118 assists, becoming just the seventh Hawkeye to register three 100-assist seasons. He

is one of 10 Division I basketball players since 1992, to total at least 79 3-pointers and

118 assists in each of his first three seasons.

Bohannon became the seventh Hawkeye to register three 100-assist seasons (Dean

Oliver, Jeff Horner, B.J. Armstrong, Andre Woolridge, Mike Gesell, Devyn Marble).

Bohannon, who ranks fifth in Iowa career assists, has dished out 10 assists or more

seven times in his career.

1. 297 Jordan Bohannon

2016-2. 262 Jeff Horner 2003-06

3. 239 Matt Gatens 2009-12

4. 226 Chris Kingsbury 1994-96

UI CAREER 3-POINT FGM

UI CAREER B1G COACHING WINS

1. 125 Tom Davis 1986-99 2. 92 Lute Olson 1975-83

3. 89 Fran McCaffery

2010-UI ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

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UI CAREER SCORING

5. 1,734 Luka Garza 2018-6. 1,705 B.J. Armstrong 1986-89 7. 1,694 Roy Devyn Marble 2011-14 8. 1,675 Ronnie Lester 1977-80 9. 1,635 Matt Gatens 2009-12 10. 1,611 Jess Settles 1994-97, 99 11. 1,578 Adam Haluska 2005-07 12. 1,561 Dean Oliver 1998-01 13. 1,525 Andre Woolridge 1995-97 14. 1,522 Don Nelson 1960-62 15. 1,516 Greg Brunner 2003-06 16. 1,508 Peter Jok 2014-17 17. 1,502 Jeff Horner 2003-06 18. 1,372 Ed Horton 1986-89 19. 1,361 Bruce King 1975-77 20. 1,354 Jordan Bohannon

2016-UI CAREER COACHING WINS

1. 269 Tom Davis 1986-99 2. 200 Fran McCaffery 2010-1. 612 Jeff Horner 2003-06 2. 575 Andre Woolridge 1995-97 3. 561 Dean Oliver 1998-01 4. 557 Mike Gesell 2012-16 5. 535 Jordan Bohannon

2016-UI CAREER ASSISTS

NCAA NET ... -KenPom ...4 Sagarin ...1 BPI ...2

UI IN THE RANKINGS

1. 365 Acie Earl 1990-93 2. 229 Greg Stokes 1982-85 3. 212 Erek Hansen 2004-06 4. 177 Jarrod Uthoff 2013-16 5. 148 Melsahn Basabe 2011-14 6. 141 Gabriel Olaseni 2011-15 7. 124 Ryan Bowen 1995-98 8. 121 Nicholas Baer 2016-19 9. 120 Michael Payne 1982-85 10. 117 Luka Garza

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HAWKEYE FASTBREAKS

• Iowa is 101-23 when scoring 80 points or more, the last 11

seasons. The Hawkeyes are 80-2 when holding opponents to

fewer than 61 points, the last 10 years.

• Iowa has won 19 of its last 20 games inside Carver-Hawkeye

Arena. The Hawkeyes have won 70 of its last 75 nonconference

home games, dating back to 2012.

• Iowa is one of six teams from last year’s final AP Top 25 that

returns their leading sc

orer; the other five teams include Baylor,

Illinois, Houston, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

• Iowa’s second conference game will be played on Christmas Day

at Minnesota. It marks just the third time in program history that

the Hawkeyes will play on Christmas; the previous two times

were in holiday tournaments in Hawaii in 1984 and 1988.

• Iowa’s 105 points and 28-point victory on Dec. 11, are the most

points scored and the largest margin of victory, respectively, in

the 74-game series history with Iowa State.

• Iowa led the Big Ten in scoring offense (77.7) in 2019-20; the

Hawkeyes have led the conference in scoring three of the last

seven seasons, including the last two years.

• The Hawkeyes sank 17 3-pointers against the Tar Heels. The 17

triples were two shy of a school record (19 against Savannah

State on Dec. 22, 2018).

Additionally, the 17 3-pointers tie for

the third most ever against North Carolina.

• Luka Garza scored 20+ points in 19 straight games (Jan. 10-Dec.

3, 2020), including 16 straight against Big Ten opponents,

break-ing the school’s 49-year old record. The 16-game streak against

Big Ten opponents is the longest streak since Ohio State’s Dennis

Hopson accomplished the feat in 1987. Garza scored 20+ points

in 19-of-20 Big Ten games in 2019-20.

• Jordan Bohannon joined Bob Hansen, Kevin Boyle, and Mark

Gannon as the only Hawkeyes to register four victories over the

Cyclones in their career.

• Luka Garza (23.9) and Joe Wieskamp (14.0) combined to

aver-age 37.9 points per game, which was

the fifth best

scoring duo

in the country in 2019-20. Garza and Wieskamp combined for

1,175 points, the third highest scoring duo in program history.

Garza and Wieskamp are one of four returning tandems who

averaged 37+ points per game from last season (IUPUI, Austin

Peay, Texas-San Antonio).

• Head Coach Fran McCaffery has coached a first-team All-Big Ten

honoree five of the last seven seasons, the most over a

seven-year span since 1956-62. Garza joins Devyn Marble (2014), Aaron

White (2015), Jarrod Uthoff (2016), and Peter Jok (2017) as first

team selections.

• As a result of Iowa’s win over No. 16 North Carolina,

the

Hawkeyes have won six of their last eight ACC/Big Ten Challenge

games and four straight Challenge home games.

• Fran McCaffery

has guided Iowa to 20 wins or more in six of

the last eight seasons. He has led Iowa to Big Ten upper division

finishes seven of the last eight years. Only Michigan State (8)

has more first division finishes than

Iowa (7) and Wisconsin (7)

since the 2013 season.

• If not for the COVID-19 global pandemic, Iowa would have

competed in its 27th NCAA Tournament in 2020, including its

fifth appearance in seven seasons.

• The Hawkeyes have won 10 or more Big Ten games five of

the

last six seasons.

• Iowa had the Big Ten Athlete of the Year in five sports in

2019-20: Luka Garza (men’s basketball), Kathleen Doyle (women’s

basketball), Spencer Lee (wrestling), Wayne Lawrence (indoor

track & field), and Laulauga Tausaga (women’s track & field).

• Iowa posted a 14-2 record at home in 2019-20, winning 13

straight contests between Nov. 15 and Feb. 29. The 13-game

home winning streak was the second longest in a single-season

in Carver-Hawkeye Arena history (17 in 2006). Iowa was the last

team to win a loose a Big Ten home game in 2019-20.

• Iowa has qualified for four NCAA tournaments over the last six

completed seasons (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019) and seven

post-season tournaments over the last eight completed post-seasons (4

NCAA; 3 NIT).

5 NEWCOMERS TO JOIN ROSTER IN 2020-21

The Iowa basketball program welcome five freshmen to the 2020-21

roster: Keegan Murray, Kris Murray, Josh Ogundele, Tony Perkins,

and Ahron Ulis.

Perkins was one of 13 seniors named to the 2020 Indiana All-Star

Team. As a senior, Perkins averaged 18.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.5

assists and 1.8 steals leading Lawrence North to a 25-2 record. He

shot 58 percent from the field and 35 percent from 3-point range.

Ulis was the ESCC Player of the Year and named to the AP All-State

Class 4A First Team. The three-year starter finished with over 1,500

points, trailing only his brother, Tyler, in the school’s record book.

COOL HAND LUKA

Last season, Luka Garza became the sixth Hawkeye to average

22+ points per game and first in 49 years since Fred Brown aver

-aged 27.6 points per game in 1971. He became the fourth Big Ten

player since 1993 to average at least 23 points per game (Glenn

Robinson, Shawn Respert, and Carsen Edwards).

Garza finished the 20-game conference schedule averaging

26.2 points per game to become Iowa’s first scoring leader in Big

Ten games only since Adam Haluska (21.3 ppg) in 2007. Garza’s

26.2 Big Ten scoring average is the highest by a true center since

Minnesota’s Tom Kondla (28.3 ppg) in 1967.

Garza tallied 38 points at Indiana (Feb. 13, 2020). The 38 points

were two points shy of matching the Assembly Hall single-game

record by an opponent. Garza had the two highest single-game

point totals in the Big Ten in 2019-20: 44 at Michigan & 38 at

Indiana. He amassed 77 points in two games against Michigan,

the most points by any Big Ten player versus a single opponent in

regular season conference play over the last 20 seasons.

Garza, who is 12th on Iowa’s career scoring chart with 1,559

points, is the fourth Hawkeye over the last four decades to

aver-age better than 20 points per game. He totaled 287 field goals

and 530 field goal attempts; two field goals from John Johnson’s

record of 289 in 1970 and five attempts from tying Fred Brown’s

record of 535 in 1971.

He is one of six Hawkeyes in school history with 1,550 points

and 650 rebounds and is the only Iowa player to post those

num-bers through his junior season. Garza joined Jarrod Uthoff (2015

& 2016) as the only players in program history to total 50+ blocks

and 35+ 3-pointers in a season.

Garza is also

one of only five Big Ten

players since the 2010-11

season to register multiple 30-point/10-rebounds games in the

same season.

Garza scored 25 points or more 13 times in 2019-20 (fifth na

-tionally). He controlled 10 rebounds or more in 14 games. He

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OVERCOMING ADVERSITY

Last season, Iowa had six players miss time due to injuries or ill

-ness: Patrick McCaffery (29), Jack Nunge (26), Jordan Bohannon

(21), CJ Fredrick (5), Cordell Pemsl (3), and Riley Till (1).

Collec-tively the group missed 86 games, which ranked fourth highest

amongst Division I teams.

1. Louisiana 105

2. North Carolina 104

3. George Mason 91

4. IOWA 86

3 HAWKEYES GRANTED MEDICAL HARDSHIP WAIVERS

Forwards Jack Nunge and Patrick McCaffery, and guard Jordan

Bohannon were each granted medical hardship waivers in 2019-20.

Nunge suffered a season-ending torn anterior cruciate ligament

(ACL) of his right knee in November. Bohannon had season-ending

hip surgery in December, while McCaffery was dealing with residual

health and wellness issues related to his thyroid.

20-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

This season is the 20-year anniversary of Iowa’s first Big Ten Tour

-nament championship. The Hawkeyes won four games in four

days, knocking off Northwestern (72-55), Ohio State (75-66), Penn

State (94-74), and Indiana (63-61). Reggie Evans was voted the

Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

RECENT GRADUATES PLAYING PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

A number of recent Iowa basketball graduates are playing

profes-sionally: Jarrod Uthoff (NBA Washington Wizards), Devyn Marble

(Kazakhstan), Tyler Cook (NBA Denver Nuggets), Adam Woodbury

(NBA G League: Grand Rapids Drive), Anthony Clemmons (Bosnia),

Gabriel Olaseni (Turkey), Peter Jok (Spain), and Aaron White (Greece).

IOWA VS. RANKED TEAMS

Iowa won its first game of the season on Dec. 8, dropping No. 16

North Carolina (93-80) in Iowa City.

The Hawkeyes have won seven straight home games against AP

ranked opponents. That’s the longest such streak in program his

-tory during the AP Poll era (since 1948-49).

Iowa won seven contests against ranked opponents last season,

the most by any team nationally and the most by a Hawkeye team

in a single-season since 2006 (8).

Below are Iowa’s most recent victories over nationally-ranked

opponents:

At Home: 93-80 over 16th-ranked North Carolina, 12/8/20 77-68 over 16th-ranked Penn State, 2/29/20 85-76 over 25th-ranked Ohio State, 2/20/20

On the Road: 59-57 over 21st-ranked Wisconsin, 3/2/17 83-69 over 24th-ranked Maryland, 2/25/17 76-59 over 4th-ranked Michigan State, 1/14/16 Neutral Court: 72-61 over 12th-ranked Texas Tech, 11/28/19 79-72 over 22nd-ranked Cincinnati, 3/22/19 77-69 over 13th-ranked Oregon, 11/15/18

McCAFFERY RECORDS WIN NO. 20

Fran McCaffery and the Iowa Hawkeyes have reached the 20-win

plateau six of the last eight seasons. McCaffery joins Lute Olson

(6) and Tom Davis (10) as the only Iowa head coaches to win 20 or

more games in at least five seasons.

McCaffery has taken Iowa to the NCAA Tournament four times,

and likely a fifth time last March if not for the postseason cancel

-lation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among Iowa’s head basket

-ball coaches, McCaffery ranks third in tournament appearances

behind Davis (9) and Olson (5). Davis is Iowa’s all-time winningest

coach, while McCaffery is second.

LUKA GARZA MAKES HISTORY

• Luka Garza netted a career-high 44 points at Michigan on Dec. 6,

2020. Garza’s 44 points are the most by an Iowa big man, third

most in a game in program history, and are the most scored by a

Hawkeye in a single-game since guard John Johnson poured in a

school-record 49 points against Northwestern on Feb. 24, 1970.

• Garza’s 44 points are the most scored by a visiting player in

Crisler Center history, besting Ohio State’s Dennis Hopson’s 39

points on Jan. 8, 1987. The 44-point outburst is the second

high-est scoring output by any player in Crisler Center history (48 by

Rudy Tomjanovich vs. Indiana on Jan. 7, 1969).

• Garza’s 44 points are believed to be the most in a game by a

Big Ten player since Purdue’s Glenn Robinson scored 44 against

Kansas on March 24, 1994.

• Garza scored all 44 of his points against the Wolverines at the

char-ity stripe and inside the 3-point arc. Garza is the first Big Ten player

to score 40 points or more without making a 3-pointer since Jared

Sullinger had 40 points without a triple against IUPUI in 2010.

COACHING EXPERIENCE

Fran McCaffery has the most experienced coaching staffs in the

country. The Iowa men’s basketball staff has 73 years of combined

collegiate head coaching experience and more than 125 years of

collegiate coaching under their belts.

Iowa is one of two programs nationwide who have four current/

former Division I head coaches on their active coaching staffs (Pitt).

Coach __________________________ Years

Fran McCaffery __________________ 24 years Kirk Speraw _____________________ 20 years Sherman Dillard __________________ 10 years Billy Taylor _______________________ 14 years Al Seibert _______________________ 5 years

IOWA SIGNS PAYTON SANDFORT

PAYTON SANDFORT // F, 6-7, 210 // Waukee, Iowa (Waukee High School) • Averaged 19.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 4.0 assists as a junior team captain

in 2019-20

• Shot at a 45 percent clip from 3-point range each of the last two seasons • First-team All-State (Iowa Newspaper Writers Association), first-team all-conference, State All-Tournament Team, and All Substate Team honoree as a junior

• Led Waukee High School to a school-record 23 wins, conference and sub-state championship, and State tournament runner-up finish last season as a junior

• Member of the Waukee 2018 and 2019 conference and substate cham-pionship team that also placed third at the Iowa State tournament both seasons

• Competed on Kingdom Hoops AAU team in 2020, averaging 21 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists

• Starter on the Waukee Golf Team that won the 2020 state and district championship

• Individual runner-up at the district tournament, shooting an even-par 71 • National Honor Society member

• Three-time All-Academic Award (Central Iowa Metro League)

• Powerlife Leader for Lutheran Church of Hope middle school students the last three years

FRAN McCAFFERY ON PAYTON SANDFORT

“We’re thrilled to have Payton join our program. I offered a scholarship the very first time I saw him play. He is perfectly suited for our style of play with his size, versatility, competitiveness, 3-point accuracy, ball handling and post-up skill. I believe he is going to have a tremendous career here at the University of Iowa.”

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13 AUSTIN ASH

YEAR G/GS FG-A PCT 3-PT PCT FT-A PCT REB AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

Fresh. 9/0 5-18 .278 5-16 .313 0-1 .000 5 0.6 1-0 4 0 0 3 15 1.7 Soph. 8/0 3-12 .250 3-11 .273 3-4 .750 5 0.6 3-0 2 2 0 3 12 1.5

Junior 4/0 4-8 .500 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 2 0.5 1-0 2 0 0 1 11 2.8

TOTALS 21/0 12-38 .316 11-32 .344 3-5 .600 12 0.6 5-0 8 2 0 7 38 1.8

RS-Junior

• Guard • 6-3 • 179

Cedar Rapids, Iowa • Mount Vernon HS

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POINTSSeason: 6 vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Career: 9 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18) REBOUNDS

Season: 1, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20) Career: 2, 2x, last at Indiana (2/13/20) ASSISTS

Season: 1, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20) Career: 2 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18) BLOCKS Season: Career: -STEALS Season: 1 vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Career: 2 at Indiana (2/13/20) MINUTES

Season: 4, 2x, last vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Career: 19 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18) FIELD GOALS MADE

Season: 2 vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Career: 3 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18) FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED

Season: 3, 2x, last vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Career: 9 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE Season: 2 vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Career: 3 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Season: 2 vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Career: 8 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18) FREE THROWS MADE

Season:

-Career: 2 vs. Nebraska (2/8/20) FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Season:

-Career: 2, 2x, last at Indiana (2/13/20)

• Non-scholarship athlete

• Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2019)

pROduCTiON

TRACkER

2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Season Career Scored 10+ Points: 0 0 Scored 15+ Points: 0 0 Scored 20+ Points: 0 0 Had 5+ Assists: 0 0 Had 3+ Blocks: 0 0 Had 3+ Steals: 0 0 Made 3+ 3-Pointers: 0 1

Led Team in Scoring: 0 0

Led Team in Rebounding: 0 0

Led Team in Assists: 0 0

Led Team in Steals: 0 2

Led Team in Blocks: 0 0

Double-Double: 0 0

CAREER

STATS

2020-21 Iowa Men's Basketball Individual Game-by-Game

All games

Page 9/16 as of Dec 13, 2020

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Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds

Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG

N.C. Central 11/25/2020 03:26 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Western Ill. 12/03/2020 03:41 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.0 Iowa St. 12/11/2020 01:38 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.7 Northern Ill. 12/13/2020 03:56 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 6 2.8 Totals 0 12:41 4-8 .500 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.5 1 2 0 0 1 11 2.8 Player Averages Games

Played Minutes/game Points/game FG Pct 3FGPct PctFT Rebounds/game Assists/game Turnovers/game Assist/Turnoverratio Steals/game Blocks/game

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0 MICHAEL BAER

Fresh. 9/0 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 1-4 .250 4 0.4 1-0 0 1 0 0 6 0.7

Soph. 4/0 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 5 1.3 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5

Junior 3/0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0.0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0

TOTALS 16/0 3-6 .500 1-1 1.000 1-6 .167 10 0.6 3-0 0 1 1 0 8 0.5

RS-Junior

• Forward • 6-7 • 215

Bettendorf, Iowa • Bettendorf HS

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POINTSSeason:

-Career: 3, 2x, last vs. Savannah St. (12/22/18) REBOUNDS

Season: 1 vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Season: 3 vs. Kennesaw State (12/29/19) ASSISTS Season: Career: -BLOCKS Season: 1 vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Career: -STEALS Season: Career: -MINUTES

Season: 1, 3x, last vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Career: 7 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18) FIELD GOALS MADE

Season:

-Career: 1, 3x, last vs. Kennesaw State (12/29/19) FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED

Season:

-Career: 2 vs. Alabama State (11/21/18) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE Season:

-Career: 1 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Season:

-Career: 1 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18) FREE THROWS MADE

Season:

-Career: 1 vs. Alabama State (11/21/18) FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Season:

-Career: 2, 3x, last vs. Kennesaw State (12/29/19)

• Brother of former Hawkeye and 2017 Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year Nicholas Baer • Non-scholarship athlete

• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree

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N.C. Central 11/25/2020 01:03 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Western Ill. 12/03/2020 01:08 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Northern Ill. 12/13/2020 01:28 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 Totals 0 03:39 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 Player Averages Games

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Fresh. 34/28 118-304 .388 89-214 .416 47-55 .855 76 2.2 55-0 175 76 2 29 372 10.9 Soph. 33/33 137-324 .423 96-223 .430 75-83 .904 74 2.2 59-0 178 68 0 22 445 13.5 Junior 35/35 112-294 .381 79-206 .383 102-117 .880 84 2.4 61-0 118 58 0 23 405 11.6 Senior 10/6 25-84 .298 20-61 .328 18-18 1.000 16 1.6 17-0 33 11 0 8 88 8.8 RS-Senior 6/6 15-47 .319 13-41 .317 1-2 .500 15 2.5 4-0 31 8 0 5 44 7.3 TOTALS 118/108 407-1053 .387 297-745 .499 243-275 .884 265 2.2 196-0 535 221 2 87 1,354 11.5

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POINTSSeason: 24 vs. North Carolina (12/8/20) Career: 30 vs. UAB (11/22/17)

REBOUNDS

Season: 6 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20) Career: 6, 4x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20) ASSISTS

Season: 7 vs. Southern (11/27/20) Career: 13 vs. TCU (3/19/17) BLOCKS

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-Career: 1, 2x, last at Minnesota (2/8/17) STEALS

Season: 2, 2x, last vs. N. Illinois (12/13/20) Career: 6 vs. Pittsburgh (11/27/18) MINUTES

Season: 31 vs. North Carolina (12/8/20) Career: 45 at Minnesota (2/8/17) FIELD GOALS MADE

Season: 8 vs. North Carolina (12/8/20) Career: 9 vs. UAB (11/22/17)

FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED

Season: 17 vs. North Carolina (12/8/20) Career: 18 at Notre Dame (11/29/16) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE

Season: 7 vs. North Carolina (12/8/20) Career: 8 at Maryland (2/25/17) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Season: 16 vs. North Carolina (12/8/20) Career: 16 vs. North Carolina (12/8/20) FREE THROWS MADE

Season: 1 vs. North Carolina (12/8/20) Career: 10, 2x, last vs. Nebraska (1/6/19) FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED

Season: 2 vs. North Carolina (12/8/20) Career: 10, 4x, last vs. Nebraska (1/7/19)

• Five straight games with 5+ assists

• Needs eight points to move into 19th all-time on Iowa’s career scoring list and 19 points to move into 18th place • Three 3-point field goals away from 300 career makes, which would rank 10th all-time in Big Ten history • Leads the Big Ten in 3-point field goal attempts (41) and tied for third in 3-point field goals made (13) • Ranks fourth in the Big Ten in assists per game (5.2) and fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.88)

• Posted season highs in points (24) and 3-pointers made (7) in win over #16 North Carolina -- his seven triples tied for the second most by an individual in any ACC/Big Ten Challenge contest and one shy of a career high • Part of a trio (Fredrick, Wieskamp) that had three individual players sink five or more 3-pointers for the first time

ever against North Carolina and the first time, in regulation, against an AP Top 25 opponent in the last 25 years • Sank Iowa’s 17th 3-pointer in win over #16 North Carolina to help set the record for most 3-pointers made by

a team in the 21-year history of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge

• Passed B.J. Armstrong for fifth all-time in career assists (524) against Western Illinois • Underwent two hip surgeries: right hip (May, 2019) and left hip (December, 2020)

• Tied with Wisconsin’s D’Mitrik Trice for most games played among active Division I players with 116 • His 297 3-pointers are most in school history and most of any active player from a Power 5 conference • Sixth Hawkeye in program history to total 1,000+ points and 500+ assists

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N.C. Central 11/25/2020 * 25:30 2-8 .250 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 0 5 5 5.0 1 2 1 0 1 6 6.0 Southern U. 11/27/2020 * 28:02 2-7 .286 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.5 1 7 0 0 0 5 5.5 Western Ill. 12/03/2020 * 19:07 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 6 6 4.3 0 5 2 0 0 0 3.7 North Carolina 12/08/2020 * 31:26 8-17 .471 7-16 .438 1-2 .500 0 0 0 3.3 0 6 4 0 0 24 8.8 Iowa St. 12/11/2020 * 26:43 1-7 .143 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 0 2 2 3.0 1 5 1 0 2 3 7.6 Northern Ill. 12/13/2020 * 16:38 2-5 .400 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.5 1 6 0 0 2 6 7.3 Totals 6 147:26 15-47 .319 13-41 .317 1-2 .500 1 14 15 2.5 4 31 8 0 5 44 7.3 Player Averages Games

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