National Basketball Association
Iowa 89, Bethune-Cookman 58
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, November 7, 2022
Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
Officials:
# Kelly Pfeifer, # Alfred Smith, # Kevin Raher
Attendance:
9545
By Field Level Media
Tony Perkins had 16 points and five assists, Kris Murray scored 14 points and Filip Rebraca notched a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds as Iowa routed visiting Bethune-Cookman 89-58 in its season opener on Monday night in Iowa City, Iowa.
Payton Sandfort chipped in 13 points and Patrick McCaffery added 12 while helping the Hawkeyes shoot 50.7 percent in a game they led by as many as 38 points.
Bethune-Cookman scored the game's first two points on free throws but couldn't keep up after that, shooting 34.8 percent from the floor. The Hawkeyes (1-0) have won their past 12 season openers.
Zion Harmon paced the Wildcats (0-1) with 15 points to go with seven assists. Marcus Garrett followed with 13 points and Dylan Robertson added 11.
Iowa won the battle under the boards, 44-33. Murray and McCaffery had six rebounds apiece for Iowa. Perkins shot 7-for-9 from the floor.
The Hawkeyes opened the second half on an 11-0 run, punctuating the surge with a Rebraca dunk at the 17:07 mark. Bethune-Cookman needed 5:52 to register its first points of the second half, getting a three-point play from Harmon that snapped a drought of 11 straight missed shots out of halftime.
Iowa rolled to a 54-35 lead at the break behind 58.8 percent shooting that included 7-for-14 accuracy from behind the arc. Perkins (13 points), Murray (11) and Sandfort (10) all reached double-figure scoring for the Hawkeyes in the first 20 minutes.
The Hawkeyes were effective inside and in transition as well, outscoring the Wildcats in the paint 44-32 while scoring 23 points off 16 Bethune-Cookman turnovers.
The Wildcats' Joe French, tapped as the Southwestern Athletic Conference preseason Player of the Year, struggled to find a rhythm scoring three points in 28 minutes on 1-for-5 shooting. French, who shot 44.1 percent from 3-point range last season, swished one trey in four attempts Monday.
Aaron Uhlis, a junior who was suspended for Iowa's exhibition game against Truman State, had four points, four rebounds and three assists in 22 minutes.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Bethune-Cookman |
|
Iowa |
|
Zion Harmon 15 |
Scoring |
Tony Perkins 16 |
|
Zion Harmon 7 |
Assists |
Tony Perkins 5 |
|
Kevin Davis 6 |
Rebounds |
Filip Rebraca 10 |
|
Zion Harmon 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Patrick McCaffery 3 |
|
Joe French 2 |
Steals |
Josh Ogundele 3 |
|
Zion Harmon 2 |
Blocks |
Filip Rebraca 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Bethune-Cookman
|
58 |
34.8 |
5-16 |
7-7 |
11 |
31 |
2 |
6 |
16 |
| Iowa
|
89 |
50.7 |
11-33 |
10-14 |
25 |
41 |
5 |
10 |
11 |
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