National Basketball Association
Iowa 96, Chicago St. 53
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, November 11, 2011
Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
Officials:
# DJ Castensen, # Brian Dorsey, # Jim Haney
Attendance:
16300
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Aaron White had 19 points and 10 rebounds as Iowa scored the first 10 points and never looked back en route to a 96-53 season-opening victory over visiting Chicago State on Friday.
The Hawkeyes (1-0) had dropped their past two season-openers after winning the previous 31.
Melsahn Basabe added 14 points, Zach McCabe had 13 and Eric May had 11 points and five assists for Iowa, whose bench scored 57 points
The Hawkeyes, who got only a combined nine points from the senior backcourt of Matt Gatens and Bryce Cartwright, led 43-20 at halftime after forcing Chicago State (0-1) into 17 turnovers in the opening half.
Jeremy Robinson scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Cougars (0-1), who finished with 27 turnovers.
Top Game Performances
| Chicago St. |
|
Iowa |
|
Jeremy Robinson 20 |
Scoring |
Aaron White 19 |
|
Lee Fisher 4 |
Assists |
Eric May 5 |
|
Jeremy Robinson 7 |
Rebounds |
Aaron White 10 |
|
Lee Fisher 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Melsahn Basabe 8 |
|
Francisco Concepcion 1 |
Steals |
Roy-Devyn Marble 3 |
|
Lee Fisher 1 |
Blocks |
Eric May 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Chicago St.
|
53 |
42.6 |
1-10 |
6-10 |
13 |
30 |
2 |
3 |
|
| Iowa
|
96 |
42.9 |
9-27 |
27-32 |
22 |
41 |
1 |
14 |
|
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