East Texas A&M Lions at Iowa Hawkeyes
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Iowa beats Texas A&M-Commerce 89-67 behind Payton Sandfort's 20 points, 11 rebounds
Owen Freeman added 15 points and nine rebounds for Iowa. Pryce Sandfort had 13 points, and Josh Dix and Drew Thelwell scored 10 apiece.
Payton Sandfort shot 7 of 14 from the floor and 4 of 9 from long range. The senior averaged 16.4 points and hit 94 3-pointers last season, third-most in program history.
Khaliq Abdul-Mateen scored 12 points and Scooter Williams Jr. added 11 to lead Texas A&M-Commerce.
The Hawkeyes took the lead for good midway through the first half and led 42-35 at the break. The Sandforts combined for 15 first-half points and three 3-pointers.
The Lions pulled within five points early in the second half before Iowa used a 33-9 run for an 84-55 lead with 3:42 remaining. During the stretch, Pryce Sandfort made two 3s and Freeman scored on an alley-oop dunk.
It was the first meeting between the teams. The Hawkeyes are 10-1 against the Southland Conference and have won 90 of their last 96 nonconference home games dating to 2012.
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Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 67 - 89 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 67 - 89 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Tay Mosher made Jumper. | 67 - 89 |
| 2nd 0:23 | Cooper Koch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Koch. | 65 - 89 |
| 2nd 0:34 | Tay Mosher made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yusef Salih. | 65 - 86 |
Statistics
 ETAM |
 IOWA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 29-62 | FG | 32-70 |
| 46.8 | Field Goal % | 45.7 |
| 7-24 | 3PT | 10-29 |
| 29.2 | Three Point % | 34.5 |
| 2-6 | FT | 15-20 |
| 33.3 | Free Throw % | 75.0 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive Rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Defensive Rebounds | 24 |
| 12 | Assists | 23 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 24 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 20 | Points Off Turnovers | 24 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 18 |
| 44 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fouls | 13 |
| 2 | Largest Lead | 29 |
Game Information
Location: Iowa City, IA
Attendance: 7,879 | Capacity:
2024-25 Southland Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incarnate Word | 0-0 | - | 3-2 |
| McNeese | 0-0 | - | 3-2 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 0-0 | - | 3-3 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 0-0 | - | 3-3 |
| SE Louisiana | 0-0 | - | 2-2 |
| Houston Christian | 0-0 | - | 2-3 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 0-0 | - | 2-3 |
| New Orleans | 0-0 | - | 2-4 |
| Nicholls | 0-0 | - | 2-4 |
| Northwestern State | 0-0 | - | 2-4 |
| Lamar | 0-0 | - | 1-3 |
| East Texas A&M | 0-0 | - | 1-5 |
2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 0-0 | - | 6-0 |
| Oregon | 0-0 | - | 5-0 |
| Penn State | 0-0 | - | 5-0 |
| Indiana | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
| Rutgers | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
| Iowa | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
| Northwestern | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
| Maryland | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| Michigan | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| Michigan State | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| Minnesota | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| Nebraska | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| Ohio State | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| Purdue | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| UCLA | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| USC | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| Illinois | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
| Washington | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |