NCAAB

Minnesota Golden Gophers at Iowa Hawkeyes

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
72 - 67
12-7, 10-2 Home

Garcia scores 20 points, Odukale adds 18 to help Minnesota push past Iowa 72-67

Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes: Game Highlights

Minnesota led by double digits for most of the second half until Owen Freeman scored six points during Iowa's 13-3 run to cut the deficit to 70-67 with 30 seconds left. Garcia missed two free throws on the next possession, but Seydou Traore then missed at the line for Iowa. Frank Mitchell made a pair of free throws to seal it for Minnesota.

Minnesota (10-9, 2-6 Big Ten), which beat then-No. 20 Michigan 84-81 in overtime on Thursday, has won consecutive games since snapping a four-game losing streak.

Payton Sandfort scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Iowa (12-7, 3-5), which has lost three straight. Freeman also had 21 points to go with eight rebounds. Traore finished with 11 points.

Garcia scored seven points in a 14-3 run to open the second half to stretch Minnesota's lead to 45-31 with 14:23 remaining. A pair of Garcia free throws gave the Golden Gophers a 17-point advantage, 63-46, with 6:15 left. It was their largest lead of the game.

Iowa hosts Penn State on Friday.

Minnesota is at home against No. 15 Oregon on Saturday.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 72 - 67
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 72 - 67
2nd 0:01 Owen Freeman Steal. 72 - 67
2nd 0:01 Femi Odukale Turnover. 72 - 67
2nd 0:01 Mike Mitchell Jr. Defensive Rebound. 72 - 67

Statistics

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24-58 FG 28-61
41.4 Field Goal % 45.9
7-24 3PT 3-21
29.2 Three Point % 14.3
17-24 FT 8-12
70.8 Free Throw % 66.7
38 Rebounds 33
12 Offensive Rebounds 9
26 Defensive Rebounds 24
15 Assists 19
4 Steals 5
3 Blocks 4
11 Turnovers 7
1 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 7
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
4 Points Off Turnovers 14
3 Fast Break Points 20
30 Points in Paint 48
13 Fouls 18
17 Largest Lead 2

Game Information

Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Location: Iowa City, IA
Attendance: 8,004 | Capacity:

2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Michigan State 17-3 - 30-7
Maryland 14-6 3 27-9
Michigan 14-6 3 27-10
Wisconsin 13-7 4 27-10
UCLA 13-7 4 23-11
Purdue 13-7 4 24-12
Oregon 12-8 5 25-10
Illinois 12-8 5 22-13
Indiana 10-10 7 19-13
Ohio State 9-11 8 17-15
Rutgers 8-12 9 15-17
Nebraska 7-13 10 19-14
Northwestern 7-13 10 17-16
Iowa 7-13 10 17-16
USC 7-13 10 17-17
Minnesota 7-13 10 15-17
Penn State 6-14 11 16-15
Washington 4-16 13 13-18
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