IOWA CITY – Iowa trailed 16-6 over the first 5:03 before outscoring Quincy, 43-16, over the final 15 minutes, to pull out a home exhibition win Monday night in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Over the final 35 minutes, Iowa outscored the Hawks, 97-60.
Seven Hawkeyes finished in double figures in the game – Patrick McCaffery (16), Ben Krikke (14), Payton Sandfort (13), Owen Freeman (12), Josh Dix (10) and Tony Perkins (10).
Freeman and Krikke both had seven rebounds to lead the team.
Iowa had a total of 11 players score in the game.
The reserves scored 44 points and the team scored 50 points in the paint.
Iowa had 21 assists on its 34 field goals with nine different players registering at least one assist.
The Hawkeyes shot 53.1 percent from the field (34-of-64) and made seven 3-point field goals.
The Hawkeyes were in the bonus for the final 9:08 of the first half and 15:51 of the second.
Iowa got to the free throw line 41 times in the game but made just 28-of-41 attempts.
Iowa went on a 13-0 run in the first half, turning a two-point advantage into a 44-29 lead.
Defensively, Iowa limited Quincy to 11 points over the final 10 minutes and 16 points over the final 15 minutes of the first half.
Quincy shot 38.8 percent for the game, but 14 of their field goals came from 3-point range.
HEAD COACH FRAN MCCAFFERY POST-GAME QUOTE:
“[The freshman] were brought in here with that expectation [of playing] by the staff. I think their expectation is they are going to play. They have been terrific from day one. There hasn’t been much difference, no matter how I split the teams up. Those guys can all make plays for each other. They can all make shots. There is a sense of toughness and mindset that they have. They are all winners. In high-school they were big winners. Obviously, it makes us a lot bigger.”
The Hawkeyes open the regular season against North Dakota at 7 p.m. on Nov. 7 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
