National Basketball Association
Iowa 76, Northwestern 50
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 25, 2014
Where: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois
Officials:
# Chris Beaver, # Michael Kitts, # Paul Szelc
Attendance:
8117
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No. 10 Iowa 76, Northwestern 50:
Roy Devyn Marble scored 14 points to lead the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten road win
over the pesky Wildcats.
Gabriel Olaseni tied his season
highs with 14 points and 10 rebounds off the bench for Iowa (16-4,
5-2 Big Ten), which shot 51.9 percent. Mike Gesell added 11 points
and six assists for the Hawkeyes.
Drew Crawford scored a game-high
20 points to lead Northwestern (10-11, 3-5), which had a two-game
winning streak snapped. Tre Demps scored 11 points off the bench for
the Wildcats, who hit just 4-of-20 from 3-point range.
The first half was close
throughout as the Hawkeyes led most of the way but were never
able to pull away. The lead was eight before Crawford scored seven
points in the final 4:16 to pull the Wildcats within six.
Iowa started to take over early
in the second half, scoring 20 points in just over eight minutes to
push its lead to 12 at 50-38. The Hawkeyes increased their advantage to 24
with just over five minutes to play and cruised the rest of the way.
GAME
NOTEBOOK: Iowa's Aaron White, who came into the game averaging 14.2
points, scored a season-low five points on 2-of-6 shooting from the field. …
The Hawkeyes dominated the glass, more than doubling the Wildcats 44-20. … Northwestern shot 6-of-9 from the free-throw line while Iowa was 15-of-20.
Top Game Performances
Iowa |
|
Northwestern |
Roy Devyn Marble 14 |
Scoring |
Drew Crawford 20 |
Mike Gesell 6 |
Assists |
JerShon Cobb 5 |
Gabriel Olaseni 10 |
Rebounds |
JerShon Cobb 6 |
Roy Devyn Marble 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Alex Olah 4 |
Mike Gesell 2 |
Steals |
Sanjay Lumpkin 5 |
Melsahn Basabe 1 |
Blocks |
Alex Olah 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Iowa
|
76 |
51.9 |
5-12 |
15-20 |
17 |
39 |
3 |
7 |
15 |
Northwestern
|
50 |
36.4 |
4-20 |
6-9 |
12 |
17 |
7 |
8 |
10 |