National Basketball Association
Iowa 88, Wisconsin 86
When: 2:15 PM ET, Saturday, February 17, 2024
Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
Officials:
# Bill Ek, # Jeffrey Anderson, # D.J. Carstensen
Attendance:
14998
By Field Level Media
Tony Perkins made a layup with 1.3 seconds to go in overtime and Iowa held on for an 88-86 win over No. 20 Wisconsin in a Big Ten Conference matchup on Saturday afternoon in Iowa City, Iowa.
Owen Freeman scored 20 points on 6-for-6 shooting from the field and 8-for-11 shooting from the free-throw line to lead Iowa (15-11, 7-8 Big Ten). Perkins and Payton Sandfort each scored 18 points.
Steven Crowl scored 22 points to lead Wisconsin (17-9, 9-6). AJ Storr finished with 21 points on 8-for-18 shooting, and Chucky Hepburn had 18 points and nine rebounds.
Iowa outscored Wisconsin 10-8 in overtime to notch the narrow win.
Perkins made a pair of free throws to make it 74-65 in favor of Iowa with 7:06 left in regulation.
The Badgers rallied with a 9-0 run to even the score at 74-74 with 3:16 left. Max Klesmit made a layup off an assist from Tyler Wahl to finish the run.
Iowa took a 76-74 lead on Freeman's layup with 3:00 left.
Forty seconds later, Wisconsin pulled back even at 76-76 on a Hepburn jump shot. Wahl turned to his left hand for a layup to give the Badgers a 78-76 lead with 1:02 left.
Iowa tied the score at 78-78 with 42 seconds left. Coming out of a timeout, Perkins caught the inbounds pass and drove in for a layup.
Both teams missed shots on their final possession to prompt overtime.
Hepburn made a layup to give Wisconsin a 58-57 edge with 13:16 remaining in the second half.
Iowa grabbed a 59-58 edge on a jump shot by Perkins with 13:07 to play. The Hawkeyes stayed aggressive and stretched their lead to 67-61 on a jump shot by Josh Dix with 9:18 to go.
Wisconsin led 47-43 at the half.
The Badgers jumped out to a 35-22 lead just over 12 minutes into the first half. John Blackwell made a layup off an assist by Hepburn to put Wisconsin ahead by 13 with 7:56 left before the break.
Iowa closed the first half on a 21-12 run to cut the deficit to four points. Dix started the run with five straight points by making a layup and a 3-pointer.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Wisconsin |
|
Iowa |
|
Steven Crowl 22 |
Scoring |
Owen Freeman 20 |
|
Max Klesmit 8 |
Assists |
Owen Freeman 6 |
|
Chucky Hepburn 9 |
Rebounds |
Owen Freeman 12 |
|
Steven Crowl 11 |
Free Throws Made |
Owen Freeman 8 |
|
Chucky Hepburn 4 |
Steals |
Owen Freeman 2 |
|
Steven Crowl 1 |
Blocks |
Owen Freeman 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Wisconsin
|
86 |
47.6 |
7-16 |
19-28 |
20 |
28 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
| Iowa
|
88 |
52.6 |
4-14 |
24-30 |
16 |
32 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
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