BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team travels to Bloomington to face the Indiana Hoosiers on Tuesday night. The game starts at 6 PM and will be televised on BTN.
Iowa is having a successful road trip already, beating Michigan over the weekend, and forward Owen Freeman was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the seventh time this season on Monday. Iowa and Indiana have identical records so far this season (12-8, 4-5).
ON THE AIR
Radio: Tuesday’s game will be broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network with Gary Dolphin (play-by-play) and Bobby Hansen (color) on the call. The network includes more than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa
and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. The Hawkeye Radio Network includes a 60-minute pregame show.
TV: Tuesday’s game will be televised on BTN with Kevin Kugler (play-by-play) and Brian Butch (color) on the call.
SCOUTING INDIANA
• The Hoosiers have dropped three straight games — all to nationally ranked opponents — to fall to 12-8 overall and 4-5 in league play. Indiana lost 70-62 at No. 10 Illinois on Saturday in Champaign.
• Since the calendar turned to 2024, Indiana is 2-5 overall. The two wins were at home over Ohio State (71-65) and Minnesota (74-62).
• Indiana is 10-2 at home this season with losses to Kansas and Purdue.
• Four Hoosier players are averaging in double figures with Malik Reneau leading the team with a 16.7 scoring average. He is shooting a team-best 57.8 percent from the field.
• Kal’lel Ware averages 14.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and has 27 blocks, but he has missed the last two games with an ankle injury. Freshman Mackenzie Mgbako adds 10.9 points with a team-high 26 3s, while guard Trey Gallo- way averages 10.5 points to go along with a team-high 75 assists and 25 steals.
SERIES HISTORY
• Tuesday’s game will be the 189th all-time between Iowa and Indiana in a series that began in 1909. The Hoosiers lead, 106-82.
• Tuesday’s game in Bloomington is the lone meeting between the two schools in 2023-24.
• The Hawkeyes have won four straight over Indiana for the first time since 2010-11.
• Iowa posted a 90-68 win at Indiana last season, matching its largest margin of victory in Bloomington (1947).
LAST GAME | IOWA 88, MICHIGAN 78
Senior Tony Perkins and junior Payton Sandfort combined for 50 points to lead Iowa to an 88-78 road victory at Michigan on Jan. 27. The Hawkeyes trailed by as many as nine points in the first half before outscoring the Wolverines, 46-34, over the final 20 minutes. Sand- fort scored 21 points in the second half and made six 3-point field goals in the game. Iowa shot 53.4 percent as a team and went 18-for-18 at the foul stripe.
