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Iowa defeats Northwestern, 85-71

logo_iowa_hawkeyesIOWA CITY, IOWA – The third-ranked University of Iowa men’s basketball team defeated Northwestern, 85-71, Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. With the win, Iowa moves to 17-4 overall and 8-1 in Big Ten play.

Iowa has won 14 straight home games, dating back to last February. The Hawkeyes are 11-0 at home this year.

Seven of Iowa’s eight Big Ten wins this season have come by double digits.

Jarrod Uthoff became the third Hawkeye in program history to accumulate 1,000 points and 150 career blocks (Acie Earl, Greg Stokes).

Peter Jok led the Hawkeyes with 26 points today — 22 of his total points scored came in the second half. He went 4-of-7 from behind the arc and converted on a career-high 10 free throws on 12 attempts (.833).

Jarrod Uthoff (23 points) scored 20+ points for the 11th time this season. He also added six rebounds and three blocks.

The Hawkeyes went 28-of-36 from the free throw line in today’s win — both season bests.

Iowa’s 12 steals today were a season high during Big Ten games this season.

The Hawkeyes are back in action this Wednesday, hosting Penn State (11-11, 2-7) inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. (CT) and the game will be broadcast live on ESPNU.

University of Iowa Basketball Media Conference

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Fran McCaffery, Iowa head basketball coach
Fran McCaffery, Iowa head basketball coach
Fran McCaffery

Q. Inaudible.
COACH McCAFFERY: But then the activity level was really good with him. I wasn’t pleased with some of the shots we gave Vince and some of our recognition of where he is, but you know, you take 15 threes, and you’re going to probably get a bunch of points. He’s tough. He’s a handful.

Q. What do you think of your team’s ability to always bounce back?
COACH McCAFFERY: You know, again, I think it’s a confidence. You have to have confidence in yourself and confidence in the guy that lines up next to you, and confidence to overcome mistakes.

In the beginning, they were really doing a terrific job, I thought, executing their offense against us. We were down 18-16, they were moving the ball, they got great looks at it. Demps had ten quick. We marked him and already he’s got ten. So there was no panic there. I think that’s the maturity side of it.

Q. That one stretch, I think Uthoff was actually on the bench and you guys went on the big run.
COACH McCAFFERY: That’s not the first time that that’s happened, and I think that’s the beauty of this team. I was able to rest him and extend the lead, and that’s a beautiful thing, because now when he comes back in, he’s fresh and he impacted the rest of that half.

Q. Coach Collins was just saying, he used to call you “White Magic.” Where does that come from?
COACH McCAFFERY: Well, the thing you’ve got to remember, Doug Collins’ first coaching job, he was an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania my senior year. Now, Chris was one of our ball boys, so I’ve known Chris and his dad for a very long time. We got operated on at the same time at the same place by the same doctor, so we saw each other every day. So I was in Chris’s home when he was a kid, and I was a college student.

So he remembers the league that I played in at that time. I’ve told this story before, but Lewis Lloyd, the former Drake great, we both played the same year with the same group, and he was Black Magic. So I got White Magic, but I used to throw the ball a lot behind my back and stuff. He was an easy target. He was great. Man, he was great.

Q. Uthoff had a big first half, Jok got it going in the second half; how big of a luxury is it to have two great scorers like that on the wing?
COACH McCAFFERY: It stretches the defense. So you see Clemmons drive to the hole and Gessell driving to the hole, Baer driving to the hole, screens slipping to the basket, that’s because you’ve got to go out and guard those guys and No. 4 at the same time.

Q. Are you surprised Clemmons?
COACH McCAFFERY: Yeah, I was. Seemed like whoever was throwing the ball to Pete would have had 10 assists (laughter), but he did get fouled a lot.

Hawkeyes Back on Winning Track

Hawkeyes Back on Winning Track

Posted by Iowa Men's Basketball on Sunday, January 31, 2016

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