#19 ILLINOIS (16-5, 8-2) at #18 IOWA (15-6, 6-4) 2019-20 ...

15-6 Overall, 6-4 Big Ten

3 FINAL FOURS 8 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLES 26 NCAA TOURNAMENTS

#19 ILLINOIS (16-5, 8-2) at #18 IOWA (15-6, 6-4)

Feb. 2, 2020 // Iowa City, Iowa // Carver-Hawkeye Arena // 12:01 p.m. CT

ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI

Pos. No. Name

Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown

Statistical Summary

G 11 Ayo Dosunmu

6-5 185 So. Chicago, Ill.

16.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.4 apg

G 1 Trent Frazier

6-2 175 Jr. Wellington, Fla.

9.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.95 apg

G 20 Da'Monte Williams

6-3 210 Jr. Peoria, Ill.

2.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.2 apg

F 15 Giorgi Bezhanishvili

6-9 235 So. Rustavi, Georgia

8.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.0 apg

C 21 Kofi Cockburn

7-0 290 Fr. Kingston, Jamaica

14.4 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 1.4 apg

Head Coach: Brad Underwood (Kansas State, 1986); Third Season at Illinois (42-44); Seventh Season Overall (151-71)

IOWA HAWKEYES

Pos. No. Name

Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown

Statistical Summary

G 1 Joe Toussaint

6-0 185 Fr. Bronx, N.Y.

7.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.8 apg

G 5 CJ Fredrick

6-3 195 RS-Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio

11.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.9 apg

G 30 Connor McCaffery

6-5 205 RS-So. Iowa City, Iowa

6.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 3.6 apg

F 10 Joe Wieskamp

6-6 210 So. Muscatine, Iowa

15.0 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.8 apg

C 55 Luka Garza

6-11 260 Jr. Washington, D.C.

23.0 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 1.7 bpg

Head Coach: Fran McCaffery (Penn, 1979); 10th Season at Iowa (189-138); 23rd Season Overall (440-315)

GAME #22 STORYLINES

? Sunday will be the fifth time in seven games that Iowa will face a ranked opponent. ? The Hawkeyes have posted five Quad 1 wins (Maryland, Texas Tech, Iowa State, Syracuse,

Rutgers) and four Quad 2 victories (Minnesota, Cincinnati, Michigan, Wisconsin). ? Iowa is 10-1 at home, winning its last nine straight at Carver-Hawkeye Arena since its

only loss to DePaul on Nov. 11. Iowa has won 24 of its last 29 (.828) home games, dating back to last season. ? Iowa has won the last four games against Illinois, each on a different court. The Hawkeyes beat the Illini in Champaign and New York in 2018, and Iowa City and Chicago in 2019. ? In last year's Illinois-Iowa game in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes established a Carver-Hawkeye Arena field goal percentage record, making 68 percent of its attempts (34-of-50). Iowa made a triple on five straight possessions over a two-minute span in the second half. Joe Wieskamp made all of his shot attempts (8-of-8 FG, 6-of-6 3-pt FG, 2-of-2 FT). ? Iowa and Maryland are the only Big Ten schools to have both their men's and women's basketball teams ranked in the AP Top 20 this week. ? Luka Garza (23.0) and Joe Wieskamp (15.0) combine to average 38 points per game, which is the sixth best Division I scoring duo in the country. ? All-America candidate Luka Garza is one of only two players nationally to average better than 23 points and 10 rebounds per game. Garza is first in the Big Ten in scoring (23.0 ppg) and double-doubles (12), and second in rebounding (10.4 rpg). ? Connor McCaffery is the only player in the country with 75+ assists and less than 20 turnovers. He ranks second nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.8). ? Iowa leads the Big Ten in scoring offense (79.2); the Hawkeyes led the conference in scoring two of the last six previous seasons, including last year. ? Luka Garza is 10 points from surpassing Jordan Bohannon for 21st on Iowa's all-time scoring list and 15 points from moving past former teammate Tyler Cook for 20th. ? Luka Garza is trying to become just the fourth Hawkeye over the last four decades to average better than 20 points per game. The other three are Adam Haluska (20.5) in 2007, Andrew Woolridge (20.2) in 1997, and Roy Marble (20.5) in 1989. ? Luka Garza's 482 points are the most points to start a season by a Hawkeye in 49 years. ? Iowa has five victories away from Iowa City (three true road wins), second most in the Big Ten behind Michigan State's six.

2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Date Nov. 8 Nov. 11 Nov. 15 Nov. 21 Nov. 24 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 21 Dec. 29 Jan. 4 Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 22 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 5 Feb. 8 Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 20 Feb. 25 Feb. 29 March 3 March 8

Opponent (TV)

Time

SIU Edwardsville

W, 87-60

DePaul ^

L, 78-93

Oral Roberts

W, 87-74

North Florida $

W, 83-68

Cal Poly $

W, 85-59

vs. #12/12 Texas Tech # W, 72-61

vs. San Diego State #

L, 73-83

at Syracuse %

W, 68-54

at #4/5 Michigan

L, 91-103

Minnesota

W, 72-52

at Iowa State +

W, 84-68

vs. Cincinnati *

W, 77-70

Kennesaw State

W, 93-51

vs. #21/21 Penn State ~

L, 86-89

at Nebraska

L, 70-76

#12/14 Maryland

W, 67-49

at Northwestern

W, 75-62

#19/20 Michigan

W, 90-83

#24/25 Rutgers

W, 85-80

Wisconsin

W, 68-62

at #15/15 Maryland

L, 72-82

#19/19 Illinois (FS1)

12:01 p.m.

at Purdue (BTN)

6:01 p.m.

Nebraska (BTN)

5 p.m.

at Indiana (BTN)

7 p.m.

at Minnesota (FS1)

Noon

Ohio State (ESPN/2)

6:01 p.m.

at Michigan State (ESPN/2) 6:01 p.m.

Penn State (BTN)

11 a.m.

Purdue (BTN)

8 p.m.

at Illinois (BTN)

6 p.m.

all times listed are central

^ -- Gavitt Games - Iowa City $ -- Las Vegas Invitational Preliminary Game # -- Las Vegas Invitational - Las Vegas % -- Big Ten/ACC Challenge + -- Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series * -- Chicago Legends - Chicago (United Center) ~ -- played at The Palestra - Philadelphia

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Michael Baer..................................................BEAR Bakari Evelyn....................buh-CAR-ee EVE-uh-lyn Luka Garza................................................ LOU-kuh Ryan Kriener.............................................KREE-ner Jack Nunge......... NONE-jee (rhymes with bungee) Cordell Pemsl............................................ PEM-sull Joe Toussaint........................................two-SAHNT Joe Wieskamp..................................... WEEZ-camp

MULTIMEDIA GAME INFORMATION

TELEVISION ? FS1

MOBILE APPS/ONLINE

? FOX SPORTS APP

Wayne Randazzo (PxP) Nick Bahe (analyst)

RADIO ? Hawkeye Radio Network ? XM 81 / Sirius 81

Gary Dolphin (PxP)

Bob Hansen (analyst)

LIVE STATISTICS ? Sidearm



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 INS IDE THE NUMBERS

Scoring Average Scoring Defense Scoring Margin FG% FG% Defense FT% 3-PT FG% 3-PT FG% Defense Rebound Margin Assists Per Game Turnovers Per Game Steals Per Game Blocks Per Game

IOWA 79.2 70.4 +8.8 .449 .424 .742 .351 .305 +4.4 17.8 12.0 6.3 3.9

ILL 74.6 63.9 +10.8 .458 .404 .738 .309 .317 +9.7 13.8 12.9 4.6 3.1

MISCELLEANOUS STATS

Double-Figure Scoring Games...

Player

16-17 17-18

Jordan Bohannon 17 22

Luka Garza

- - - 20

Bakari Evelyn

--- ---

Joe Wieskamp - - - - - -

Cordell Pemsl

15

8

Ryan Kriener

2

2

CJ Fredrick

--- ---

Jack Nunge

--- 7

Connor McCaffery - - - - - -

Joe Toussaint

--- ---

Riley Till

--- ---

18-19 20 20 - - 21 - - 7 - - - - 3 - - 1

19-20 4 20 1 18 1 5 11 2 4 7 - - -

Career 63 60 37 39 24 19 11 9 7 7 1

20-Point Scoring Games...

Player

16-17 17-18

Luka Garza

--- 4

Jordan Bohannon 5

8

Joe Wieskamp - - - - - -

CJ Fredrick

--- ---

Ryan Kriener

--- ---

18-19 8 3 4 - - - - -

19-20 15 1 4 3 1

Career 27 17 8 3 1

Double-Figure Rebounding Games...

Player

16-17 17-18 18-19

Luka Garza

--- 5

1

Joe Wieskamp - - - - - - 1

Cordell Pemsl

2

1 ---

Ryan Kriener

--- --- 1

Jack Nunge

--- --- ---

Connor McCaffery - - - - - - - - -

19-20 12 3 - - - - 1 1

Career 18 4 3 1 1 1

Double-Doubles...

Player

16-17

Luka Garza

- - -

Jordan Bohannon 3

Joe Wieskamp - - -

Cordell Pemsl

1

Jack Nunge

- - -

Ryan Kriener

- - -

17-18 4 3 - - - - - - - - -

18-19 1 - - 1 - - - - 1

19-20 12 - - 3 - - 1 - - -

Career 17 6 4 1 1 1

4+ Three-Pointer Games...

Player

16-17 17-18

Jordan Bohannon 8 14

Joe Wieskamp - - - - - -

CJ Fredrick

--- ---

18-19 7 6 - - -

19-20 2 3 1

Career 31 9 1

5+ Assists Games...

Player

16-17

Jordan Bohannon 20

Connor McCaffery - - -

CJ Fredrick

- - -

Joe Wieskamp - - -

Bakari Evelyn

- - -

Cordell Pemsl

1

Joe Toussaint

- - -

Ryan Kriener

- - -

17-18 22 - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - -

18-19 11 9 - - 1 - - - - - - 1

19-20 1 4 6 2 2 - - 2 - - -

Career 54 13 6 3 3 2 2 1

3+ Steals Games...

Player

16-17

Jordan Bohannon - - -

Joe Wieskamp - - -

Connor McCaffery - - -

Cordell Pemsl - - -

Jack Nunge

- - -

Joe Toussaint

- - -

Luka Garza

- - -

17-18 3 - - - - 2 2 - - 1

18-19 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - -

19-20 - - 4 2 - - - - 1 - - -

Career 4 4 3 2 2 1 1

3+ Blocks Games...

Player

16-17

Luka Garza

- - -

Ryan Kriener

2

Jack Nunge

- - -

Cordell Pemsl

1

17-18 4 - - 2 - - -

18-19 1 1 - - - - -

19-20 5 1 - - - - -

Career 10 4 2 1

Points Wins Losses

MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT

1 2 3 4 5 6789 0 0 0 0 1 1200 0 0 1 0 0 1000

10+ 15+ 20+ 4 24 3 10

THE SETTING No. 18/18 Iowa (15-6, 6-4) hosts No. 19/19 Illinois (16-5, 8-2) on Sunday at 12:01 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game is sold out.

The Fighting Illini enter Sunday's contest on a seven-game win streak, the longest active streak in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes had their five-game win streak snapped Thursday evening at No. 15/15 Maryland.

ON THE AIR Radio: Iowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles the play-by-play, along with color commentator Bob Hansen. The network includes more than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. TV: Sunday's game will be televised nationally on FS1. Wayne Randazzo and Nick Bahe will call the action.

IOWA FALLS AT MARYLAND THURSDAY NIGHT Anthony Cowan scored a career-high 31 points in an 82-72 triumph by No. 15 Maryland over No. 18 Iowa Thursday night at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland. ? Iowa and Maryland split the season series with each team winning on its home court. ? Maryland snapped Iowa's five-game win streak. Thursday was the Hawkeyes' first loss

since Jan. 7 (at Nebraska). ? Despite playing only 25 minutes due to foul trouble, Big Ten leading scorer Luka Garza

tallied a team-best 21 points. The 6-foot-11 center made two 3-pointers, sinking multiple 3-pointers in four of Iowa's last five contests. ? Cordell Pemsl grabbed a team-best eight rebounds off the bench, leading the team in rebounds for the first time this year. ? Maryland made and attempted nine more free throws than the visiting Hawkeyes. ? Iowa finished the month of January recording five wins. The Hawkeyes have won five or more Big Ten games during the month of January four of the last five seasons. ? Maryland scored 49 total points when the Terrapins played at Iowa on Jan. 10. Cowan (31) and Jalen Smith (18) combined for 49 points in Thursday's rematch in College Park. Aaron Wiggins (14) and Darryl Morsell (10) also scored in double figures.

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS Illinois holds an 85-75 advantage in the series. The Hawkeyes have won four straight over the Illini, including both contests last season: 95-71 in Iowa City and 83-62 in Chicago.

Iowa holds a 55-22 advantage in games played in Iowa City, including a 20-12 margin in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The two teams have split the last six meetings in Iowa City, dating back to 2010. Illinois' last victory in Carver-Hawkeye Arena was a 70-66 triumph on Feb. 18, 2017.

2019-20 IOWA HAWKEYES ROSTER

No. Name 0 Michael Baer 1 Joe Toussaint 2 Jack Nunge 3 Jordan Bohannon 4 Bakari Evelyn 5 CJ Fredrick 10 Joe Wieskamp 13 Austin Ash 15 Ryan Kriener 20 Riley Till 22 Patrick McCaffery 24 Nicolas Hobbs 30 Connor McCaffery 35 Cordell Pemsl 51 Aidan Vanderloo 55 Luka Garza

Pos. Ht. Wt. F 6-7 205 G 6-0 185 F 6-11 245 G 6-1 185 G 6-2 180 G 6-3 195 G 6-6 210 G 6-3 175 F 6-10 255 F 6-7 200 F 6-9 190 G 6-2 200 G 6-5 205 F 6-9 248 G 6-2 190 C 6-11 260

Yr. Jr. Fr. RS-So. Sr. RS-Sr. RS-Fr. So. RS-So. Sr. RS-Jr. Fr. Jr. RS-So. RS-Jr. Fr. Jr.

Hometown (Last School) Bettendorf, Iowa (Bettendorf) Bronx, New York (Cardinal Hayes) Newburgh, Ind. (Castle) Marion, Iowa (Linn-Mar) Detroit, Mich. (Nebraska/Valparaiso) Cincinnati, Ohio (Covington Catholic) Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine) Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Mount Vernon) Spirit Lake, Iowa (Spirit Lake) Dubuque, Iowa (Wahlert) Iowa City, Iowa (West) Chicago, Ill. (Fenwick) Iowa City, Iowa (West) Dubuque, Iowa (Wahlert) Sioux City, Iowa (Sioux City East) Washington, D.C. (Maret)

Head Coach: Fran McCaffery Assistant Coaches: Kirk Speraw, Sherman Dillard, Billy Taylor

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HEAD COACH FRAN McCAFFERY

THE McCAFFERY FILE

Fran McCaffery, who is signed through the 2023 season, is in his 10th season as the head basketball coach at the University of Iowa and his 24th year overall as a college head coach. McCaffery has reached the 20-win plateau eight of the last 12 seasons, including four of the last six years.

McCaffery spent five seasons (2005-10) as the head coach at Siena, six years at UNC-Greensboro (1999-2005) and three seasons at Lehigh (198588) before joining the Hawkeyes.

McCaffery has three decades of Division I coaching experience. He concluded his 37th season as a collegiate coach in 2019, which includes 23 years as a head coach and 14 as an assistant. McCaffery is one of 14 coaches to lead at least four different Division I teams to the NCAA Tournament.

McCaffery, 59, holds a career mark of 440-315 (.583) and guided his teams to 12 postseason appearances (nine NCAA & four NIT). He is 189138 (.578) at Iowa; the second winningest coach in program history. McCaffery led Iowa to NCAA Tournament wins in three of the last five years (2015, 2016, and 2019).

Since taking over the Iowa program in 2010, the Hawkeyes have earned seven postseason tournament berths (4 NCAA, 3 NIT). McCaffery coached Iowa to 25 victories in 2013, equaling the second-most win total in program history. McCaffery has guided seven different Hawkeyes to all-conference honors, including four straight first team honorees (2014-17). The last time Iowa had four consecutive first-team all-league honorees was 1945-48.

McCaffery has posted upper division finishes in six of the last seven seasons at Iowa and 18 of 23 seasons as a head coach. He has posted 20 wins or more nine of the last 13 seasons, including five of the last seven years at Iowa (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2019). Iowa's 163 victories between 2013-19 are the most over an eight-year span at Iowa since 1987-94.

McCaffery and the Hawkeyes have made Carver-Hawkeye Arena one of the most feared arenas to play nationally. Fans have embraced McCaffery and his team's style of play with attendance increasing by more than 50 percent since 2010. The Hawkeyes boast a 96-27 (.780) home record the last seven seasons, which includes a school-record 18 wins in 2014.

McCaffery's five years at Siena were the best in its 70-year history. He led the Saints on an incredible run that ended with three straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances.

McCaffery's Saints owned a 112-51 (.687) record in his five years with the program. He guided the Saints to four consecutive 20-win seasons. McCaffery's achievements earned the head coach Siena Hall of Fame recognition in 2017.

The 2009 MAAC Coach of the Year and 2010 District I Coach of the Year is the third winningest coach, by percentage, in league history (68-22, .756). He is the only coach to guide a MAAC program to two NCAA Tournament wins. McCaffery led his 2008 and 2009 teams to first round NCAA Tournament victories over Vanderbilt and Ohio State, respectively.

In his final two seasons at Siena, he coached the Saints to back-to-back 27-win campaigns and boasted a combined 39-3 (.929) record against MAAC opponents, which included MAAC Tournament contests.

McCaffery began his coaching career as an assistant at Penn (1982-83) and Lehigh (1983-85). After three seasons as head coach at Lehigh, he spent 11 seasons as an assistant at Notre Dame (1988-99).

McCaffery played basketball at Wake Forest his freshman year (1977-78) and then concluded his collegiate playing career at Penn his final three seasons (1979-82).

He earned his B.S. degree in Economics from The Wharton School (Penn) in 1982. McCaffery also earned a Master of Education from Lehigh in 1985.

COACHING HONORS

NABC District I Coach of the Year, 2009-10 MAAC Coach of the Year, 2008-09

HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE

Lehigh (1985-88):.........................49-39 (.557); 8-6 (.571) League UNC-Greensboro (1999-05)..........90-87 (.508); 49-47 (.510) League Siena (2005-10)............................112-51 (.687); 68-22 (.756) League Iowa (2010-present):....................189-138 (.578); 84-90 (.483) League

Born: Hometown: High School: College: Family:

May 23, 1959 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania LaSalle, 1977 B.S. in Economics, The Wharton School (Penn), 1982 Master of Education, Lehigh, 1985 Wife, Margaret Sons, Connor, Patrick and Jonathan Francis Daughter, Marit Katherine Brother, Jack (sportswriter in Philadelphia area)

Coaching Honors

MAAC Coach of the Year, 2009 NABC District I Coach of the Year, 2009-10

Coaching History (36 years)

1982-83

Assistant Coach, Penn

1983-85

Assistant Coach, Lehigh

1985-88

Head Coach, Lehigh

1988-99

Assistant Coach, Notre Dame

1999-05

Head Coach, UNC-Greensboro

2005-10

Head Coach, Siena

2010-present Head Coach, University of Iowa

Coaching Chart

Overall (23 seasons): 440-315 (.583) At Iowa (nine seasons): 189-138 (.578) At Siena (five seasons): 112-51 (.688) At UNCG (six seasons): 90-87 (.508) At Lehigh (three seasons): 49-40 (.551) NCAA Tournament (nine appearances*): 5-8 NIT (four appearances): 6-4 *McCaffery is the first coach to bring three different programs from one-bid leagues to the NCAA Tournament (conferences that sent just one team the year his program advanced).

McCaffery in Postseason Play

1988

NCAA Tournament -- Lehigh

1989

NCAA Tournament -- Notre Dame

1990

NCAA Tournament -- Notre Dame

1992

NIT - - Notre Dame

1997

NIT - - Notre Dame

2001

NCAA Tournament -- UNC-Greensboro

2002

NIT - - UNC-Greensboro

2008

NCAA Tournament -- Siena

2009

NCAA Tournament -- Siena

2010

NCAA Tournament -- Siena

2012

NIT -- Iowa

2013

NIT -- Iowa

2014

NCAA Tournament -- Iowa

2015

NCAA Tournament -- Iowa

2016

NCAA Tournament -- Iowa

2017

NIT -- Iowa

2019

NCAA Tournament -- Iowa

Playing Experience

Wake Forest, 1977-78 Penn, 1979-82

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Big Ten Standings/Schedule

Team

Big Ten Pct.

Michigan State 8-2 .800

Illinois

8-2 .800

Rutgers

7-3 .700

Maryland

7-3 .700

IOWA

6-4 .600

Penn State 5-4 .556

Indiana

5-5 .500

Wisconsin 5-5 .500

Minnesota 5-6 .454

Purdue

4-6 .400

Ohio State 3-6 .333

Michigan

3-6 .333

Nebraska

2-8 .200

Northwestern 1-9 .100

Overall Pct. 16-5 .762 16-5 .762 16-5 .762 17-4 .809 15-6 .714 15-5 .750 15-6 .714 12-9 .571 11-10 .524 11-10 .524 13-7 .650 12-8 .600 7-14 .333 6-14 .300

Saturday, Feb. 1 Indiana at Ohio State, 11 a.m. Michigan State at Wisconsin, Noon Rutgers vs. Michigan, 3:30 p.m. (New York City) Penn State at Nebraska, 6 p.m. Purdue at Northwestern, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 2 Illinois at IOWA, Noon

Tuesday, Feb. 4 Rutgers at Maryland, 6 p.m. Ohio State at Michigan, 6 p.m. Penn State at Michigan State, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 5 IOWA at Purdue, 6 p.m. Wisconsin at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

All times are central

National Rankings

AP Poll Jan. 27 1. Baylor 2. Gonzaga 3. Kansas 4. San Diego State 5. Florida State 6. Louisville 7. Dayton 8. Villanova 9. Duke 10. Seton Hall 11. Oregon 12. West Virginia 13. Kentucky 14. Michigan State 15. Maryland 16. Butler 17. Auburn 18. IOWA 19. Illinois 20. Colorado 21. Houston 22. LSU 23. Wichita State 24. Penn State 25. Rutgers

USA Today Poll Jan. 27 1. Baylor 2. Gonzaga 3. Kansas 4. San Diego State 5. Louisville 6. Florida State 7. Dayton 8. Duke 9. Seton Hall 10. Villanova 11. West Virginia 12. Oregon 13. Kentucky 14. Michigan State 15. Maryland 16. Auburn 17. Butler 18. IOWA 19. Illinois 20. Houston 21. Colorado 22. Wichita State 23. Penn State 24. LSU 25. Rutgers

2019-20 IOWA CAPTAINS

Iowa captains are Jordan Bohannon, Luka Garza, Ryan Kriener, and Connor McCaffery.

SCOUTING ILLINOIS ? Illinois (29 NET Ranking) enters Sunday's contest riding a seven-game win streak. The

Fighting Illini are off to its best start in Big Ten play (8-2) since 2005 (15-0). ? During its current seven-game win streak, the Fighting Illini have won five games by

eight points or less, including four contests by four points or fewer. ? Illinois is 4-3 in true road games this season, winning its last three at Wisconsin (71-70),

Purdue (79-62), and Michigan (64-62). The Illini registered their first victory in West Lafayette in 11 seasons and first win in Ann Arbor in 10 years. ? Illinois grinded out its last victory, 59-51, over Minnesota Thursday night in Champaign. Both teams struggled from the 3-point arc, with Illinois making three of its 15 attempts (.200). Andres Feliz scored a team-best 17 points, while Ayo Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn netted 13 points each. Cockburn also controlled a game-best 10 rebounds. ? Kofi Cockburn is the reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Week after averaging 13.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks in a pair of road wins at Purdue and at Michigan last week. He is the first Illinois player to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Week seven times. ? Three Illini average double figures in scoring: Ayo Dosunmu (16.0), Kofi Cockburn (14.4), and Andres Feliz (10.8). Alan Griffin, who was suspended for the last two games, will return to action on Sunday. Griffin averages 8.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. ? Illinois ranks second in the country in rebound margin (9.7). The Fighting Illini are fourth in the Big Ten field goal percentage (.458). Kofi Cockburn ranks 26th nationally in double-doubles (9) and offensive rebounds per contest (3.57). ? Brad Underwood is in his third season as head coach at Illinois (42-44, .488). Underwood arrived at Illinois from Oklahoma State, where he led OSU to the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Prior to his one year at Oklahoma State, he led Stephen F. Austin to the Southland Conference regular season and tournament titles in each of his three seasons. ? Like Iowa where Connor McCaffery is playing for his father Fran McCaffery, Illinois senior Tyler Underwood is playing for his father Brad Underwood.

LAST MEETING Iowa posted a commanding 83-62 victory over Illinois on March 14, 2019, in the Big Ten Tournament first round at the United Center in Chicago. ? Nicholas Baer led the Hawkeyes tying a season high with 17 points, bolstered by a

career-high five 3-point field goals made (5-of-6). As a team, Iowa made 12 3-pointers against Illinois, the most by the Hawkeyes in a Big Ten Tournament game. The Hawkeyes made a combined 27 triples in two games versus Illinois last year (15 made on Jan. 20). ? Iowa shot 52 percent from 3-point range (12-of-23). ? Iowa assisted on 25 field of its 31 field goals; the 25 assists are the most by an Iowa team at the Big Ten Tournament (previous record was 21 set versus Purdue on March 10, 2005). Connor McCaffery (8) and Tyler Cook (6) each tied career highs in assists. ? Iowa made 31 field goals to tie an Iowa Big Ten Tournament record (31 versus Purdue on March 7, 2002).

GET TO KNOW THE NAME -- CJ FREDRICK Redshirt freshman CJ Fredrick has made an impact on this team. Fredrick was named to the Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 13 points, 3.5 assists, and 3.0 rebounds. He equaled a personal-best 21 points in Iowa's win over Cincinnati.

Fredrick is third on the team in scoring (11.3), and first in the Big Ten in 3-point accuracy (.468, 36-of-77) and 14th in field goal percentage (.507, 69-of-136). He is 20-of-38 (.526) from 3-point range in 10 home games this season.

Fredrick was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Jan. 20, after averaging 16 points, four assists, and three rebounds in wins over Northwestern and Michigan.

The native of Cincinnati, Ohio, did not play at Syracuse due to a sore left quad and missed two and a half games (second half vs. Penn State; entire games vs. Nebraska and Maryland) due to a stress reaction in his left foot.

Fredrick has led Iowa in scoring four times (DePaul, Cal Poly, San Diego State, and Cincinnati).

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ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE LUKA GARZA

IOWA'S NEXT 2 HOME GAMES SOLD OUT

Earlier this month, Luka Garza was named a first-team midseason Iowa's next two home games versus Illinois (Sunday) and Nebras-

All-American by Sporting News and named to two national player of ka (Saturday, Feb. 8) are sold out. A limited number of tickets re-

the year midseason watch lists (Wooden Award; Lute Olson Award). main for Iowa's final three home games against Ohio State (Feb.

Garza is one of only two players in the nation (only player from 20), Penn State (Feb. 29), and Purdue (March 3). Tickets can be

a Power 5 Conference) averaging 23 points and 10 rebounds per purchased at tickets.

game. He ranks first nationally with nine 20-point/10-rebound games this season, sixth in double-doubles (12), third in points per 40 minutes played (30.0), fifth in scoring (23.0), and 17th rebounding (10.4). His 12 double-doubles are the most by a Hawkeye in a single season since Reggie Evans' 18 during the 2001-02 season.

The native Washington, D.C., has totaled 482 so far this season, the most by a Hawkeye to start a season since Fred Brown's 588 in 1970-71. Garza is one of three centers in the nation shooting 37

MAKING THE FREEBIES Iowa has shot a high percentage from the foul line over its last six games, sinking 82 percent of its attempts (109-of-133). Joe Wieskamp, who is fourth in the Big Ten in free throw accuracy, has gone 33-of-37 (.891) during the six-game stretch.

For the year, Iowa has nearly made (334) more free throws than its opponents have attempted (340).

percent or better from 3-point range (min. 50 attempts).

Garza was twice named Big Ten Player of the Week, Dec. 9 and GARZA NAMED NATIONAL, B1G PLAYER OF THE WEEK - DEC. 10

Jan. 20. He averaged 33.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in road games Junior Luka Garza made history by becoming the first Hawkeye in

at Syracuse and No. 4 Michigan in early December and averaged 30 program history to earn the Oscar Robertson National Player of the

points and five rebounds in wins over Northwestern and Michigan. Week (Dec. 10) accolade for his efforts in road games at Syracuse

He is one of 12 Hawkeyes in school history with 1,300 points and and Michigan. The national honor is voted upon by the U.S. Basket-

500 rebounds and one of only five Big Ten student-athletes since the ball Writers Association (USBWA). Garza was also named Big Ten

2010-11 season to register multiple 30-point/10-rebounds games Player of the Week.

in the same season.

Garza averaged 33.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in road games

Garza has scored 25 points or more in seven games this season at Syracuse and No. 4 Michigan. He reached 1,000 career points

and has controlled eight rebounds or more in 17-of-21 contests, in- in the process of amassing a career-high 44 points in Ann Arbor

cluding 10 or more 11 times in 2019-20. He has grabbed 12 or more -- the most points scored in a game by an Iowa big man, third

rebounds eight times this year. He snagged a career-best 18 boards most in program history, most by an opposing player in Crisler

twice this year (at Nebraska and versus Wisconsin).

Center history, and the most points scored by a Hawkeye since

Garza registered 30 points and 10 rebounds against Oral Roberts, guard John Johnson poured in a school-record 49 points against

and 34 points and 12 boards versus Penn State. He is one of five Northwestern in 1970.

Big Ten players to have four or more 25-point/10-rebound perfor- Garza's 44 points are believed to be the most in a game by a

mances in the same season since the 2010-11 season (Wisconsin's Big Ten player since Purdue's Glenn Robinson scored 44 against

Ethan Happ, 2018-19; Illinois' Malcolm Hill, 2015-16; Purdue's Caleb Kansas on March 24, 1994. Garza made 17 field goals versus Mich-

Swanigan, 2016-17; Ohio State's Jared Sullinger, 2010-11).

igan, tying Bruce King (vs. Michigan on Jan. 31, 1976) for third

Garza's 21-point effort at No. 15 Maryland on Thursday moved most in a game in Iowa history. His 32 attempts tie three others

him past Jarrod Uthoff (2014-16) for 22nd on Iowa's career scor- (Fred Brown, Murray Wier and Charles Darling) for fourth most in

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in regular season conference play over the last 20 seasons.

Game Records

Record ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

Team Box Score

Overall

4-1 4-1 0-0

Home

3-0 3-0 0-0

Score by Periods

Away

1-1 1-1 0-0

Neutral

0-0 0-0 0-0

Team Iowa Opponents

LAST 5 GAMES STATISTICS

1st

2nd

OT

TOT

188

202

0

390

187

182

0

369

No. Player

Total

3-Point

F-Throw

Rebounds

GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

55 GARZA, Luka

5-5 152:47 30.6 46-85 .541 8-17 .471 30-41 .732 13 32 45 9.0 15 0 2 10 12 3 130 26.0

10 WIESKAMP, Joe

5-5 176:42 35.3 20-54 .370 8-23 .348 30-34 .882 5 26 31 6.2 7 0 12 4 4 5 78 15.6

5 FREDRICK, CJ

5-5 176:33 35.3 22-50 .440 13-31 .419 12-13 .923 4 10 14 2.8 9 0 14 10 1 4 69 13.8

15 KRIENER, Ryan

5-0 94:26 18.9 17-30 .567 4-11 .364 6-8 .750 5 8 13 2.6 10 0 7 7 3 0 44 8.8

1 TOUSSAINT, Joe

5-5 111:10 22.2 12-34 .353 1-3 .333 10-13 .769 3 10 13 2.6 10 0 14 7 0 4 35 7.0

30 MCCAFFERY, Connor 5-5 148:11 29.6 4-18 .222 3-12 .250 7-8 .875 9 27 36 7.2 15 0 18 7 0 1 18 3.6

4 EVELYN, Bakari

5-0 81:55 16.4 3-14 .214 2-8 .250 2-2 1.000 0 8 8 1.6 8 0 17 3 0 1 10 2.0

35 PEMSL, Cordell

5-0 51:48 10.4 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 6 7 13 2.6 8 0 6 3 2 1 6 1.2

20 TILL, Riley

2-0 06:16 3.1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0

13 ASH, Austin

2-0 00:12 0.1 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Team

6 11 17

3

Total

5 1000

127-292 .435 39-107 .364 97-119 .815 52 140 192 38.4 82 0 90 54 23 19 390 78.0

Opponents

5 1000

134-310 .432 38-125 .304 63-84 .750 48 125 173 34.6 107 4 80 45 19 20 369 73.8

tTweiattmerS.ctoamtis/itoicwsahoops

Scoring

hawkeyehoops Team

IOWA

OPP

Date

Opponent

390

369

01/14/2020

at Northwestern



Score W 75-62

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