National Basketball Association
Iowa 83, Davidson 52
When: 7:20 PM ET, Friday, March 20, 2015
Where: KeyArena, Seattle, Washington
Officials:
# Mike Scyphers, # Doug Sirmons, # Bob Staffen
Attendance:
N/A
By SportsDirect Inc.
Iowa 83, Davidson 52: Senior Aaron White went 11-of-14 from the field en route to a game-high 26 points as the Hawkeyes rolled over the Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament round of 64 at Seattle.
Mike Gesell contributed 15 points and six assists for seventh-seeded Iowa (22-11), which plays second-seeded Gonzaga in Sunday’s round of 32. Peter Jok chipped in with 12 points while Jarrod Uthoff added eight points and nine boards as the Hawkeyes won their first NCAA Tournament game since 2001.
Jack Gibbs and Peyton Aldridge led the way with 14 points apiece for 10th-seed Davidson (24-8), which produced its lowest scoring output of the season – almost 28 below its average. Tyler Kalinoski, the Wildcats’ leading scorer, was held to five points on 2-of-9 shooting as Davidson made only 33.3 percent from the field.
Adam Woodbury and Jok each scored six as Iowa put together an 18-4 run for a 15-point lead before Gibbs helped Davidson trim the deficit to 38-29 at intermission. Kalinoski picked up his third foul with 8:20 left in the first half and the Hawkeyes had an 11-5 edge on the offensive boards in the opening 20 minutes.
The Wildcats trimmed the deficit to six, but White scored the last 13 - including a 3-pointer - as Iowa ran off 18 of the next 21 points to push its lead to 62-41 with 11:43 to go. Another White basket with eight minutes left made it 70-48 and the Hawkeyes cruised from there to win for the seventh time in eight games.
GAME NOTEBOOK: White also grabbed six rebounds to become the third Iowa player to reach 900 in his career. … Davidson came in shooting 39.7 percent from 3-point range, but made only 6-of-28 on Friday. … Iowa, which finished with a 46-30 edge on the boards, won the only other meeting 76-61 in 1969 at Davidson.
Top Game Performances
| Davidson |
|
Iowa |
|
Peyton Aldridge 14 |
Scoring |
Aaron White 26 |
|
Jack Gibbs 4 |
Assists |
Mike Gesell 6 |
|
Jordan Barham 7 |
Rebounds |
Jarrod Uthoff 9 |
|
Jack Gibbs 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Aaron White 3 |
|
Andrew McAuliffe 1 |
Steals |
Anthony Clemmons 1 |
|
Andrew McAuliffe 2 |
Blocks |
Gabriel Olaseni 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Davidson
|
52 |
33.3 |
6-28 |
4-10 |
13 |
27 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
| Iowa
|
83 |
50.7 |
6-16 |
7-10 |
12 |
42 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
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