Iowa edges Minnesota, 77-75

MINNEAPOLIS – A game-winning shot by Jarrod Uthoff was just enough for Iowa to escape Williams arena with a victory Tuesday night.

Uthoff led Iowa with a career high 22 points in the win, including a game-winning jumper with just a few seconds left. A game-tying layup by Minnesota was waived off.

“Coach (McCaffery) had faith in me to knock the last shot down and called a play for me,” said Uthoff. “Luckily it went in.”

“Any time you hit a shot like that, it has to make Jarrod feel good and make the guys feel good because they executed the play to perfection,” said coach Fran McCaffery. “Somebody has to make that shot. You can set any kind of play, somebody has to make a play, and Jarrod made a big, big basket there.”

Iowa’s Aaron White is now No. 10 on Iowa’s all-time career scoring list (1,569 points). He moves ahead of Dean Oliver, formerly of Mason City.

Iowa had 7 steals in the win at Minnesota, 1 steal each by 7 different Hawkeyes. All 9 players who played scored points.

Iowa led by as many as 17 points, but Minnesota came back to lead 73-69 with about 3 minutes to play.

With the victory, Iowa has 3 true road wins by Jan. 13, which is the fastest a Hawkeye team has posted 3 true road wins since the 1998-99 season. Iowa has a share of first place in the Big Ten 4+ games into the season for the first time since 2005-06.

Iowa next faces Ohio State in a home contest on Saturday.

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Postgame Reaction-Iowa 77 Minnesota 75 http://t.co/C0ibPhGw6X

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