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Iowa pummeled by Wisconsin , 82-50

logo_iowa_hawkeyesMADISON, WI – Iowa came out flat against a seasoned, veteran Wisconsin Badger basketball team and lost a game that was never close, 82-50.

In losing its first true road game of the season, Jarrod Uthoff lef Iowa with 12 points.

Wisconsin was led by Frank Kaminsky with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

The Badgers were up by 18 at the half as Iowa shot just 28 per cent from the field before the break.

Fran McCaffery, Iowa head basketball coach
Fran McCaffery, Iowa head basketball coach
On Iowa’s defensive lapses at the beginning of the game, Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said
“We broke down. They’re an excellent 3-point shooting team, but they’re also a very good 1-on-1 team. We stayed a little longer than we probably should have on our help and didn’t recover quickly enough. They hit a couple early (3s) and that’s not how you want to start, obviously.”

“I thought we did a lot of good things helping one another defensively,” said Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan. “You don’t hold a team like that for that long without having guys really buying in and doing their job. Iowa’s good on both ends of the floor, but it was nice to see our guys listen to the instructions and try to make the opposition try to score in some different ways. I thought we did a good job of that.”

“We didn’t get the concentration. It takes tremendous concentration and effort to beat a team of this caliber, (and) with this much experience,” McCaffery said of his disappointment in the game’s outcome. “They’re very efficient with their passing and their ball movement, very physical defensively, (and) tough to rebound against. So anything short of complete effort and concentration, you’re going to struggle to win this game. I was disappointed in our execution when we got behind and that happens a lot on the road. Sometimes you try to get it all back at once. We started quick-shooting the ball, and that’s when I’m talking about concentration. You can’t come into this environment, fall behind and then quick-shoot the ball and expect to win. It’s just not going to happen and it didn’t. That’s disappointing and hopefully we’ll learn from that.”

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