The University of Iowa men’s basketball team defeated Chicago State, 93-54, on Thursday night on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes improve to 5-0 on the season.
After being tied at 13-13, the Hawkeyes would use a 14-2 run over eight minutes to grab a 27-15 lead. Over that span, Chicago State was held scoreless for over five minutes while shooting 1-of-11 from the field. Iowa didn’t allow the Cougars to make a field goal for nine minutes.
Iowa would build off its momentum, ending the half on a 9-0 spurt as they led Chicago State, 40-24 at the break. The Hawkeye defense was dominant in the first 20 minutes, holding the Cougars to 9-of-24 (36.0) from the field while outrebounding them 22-10.
Senior Tavion Banksled the way for Iowa in the first 20 minutes with 11 points to go along with nine rebounds. The Kansas City, Missouri, native was 3-of-4 from the field while going 5-of-5 from the free throw line in the first half.
Iowa would continue to dominate in the second half, building on their lead. With just under eight minutes remaining Iowa led, 75-43. The Hawkeyes would only add to their lead the rest of the way, leading by as many as 43 before winning the game 93-54.
Banks led the way with 16 points to go along with 10 rebounds, collecting his first double-double of the season. Junior Alvaro Folgueirasadded 14 points while going 3-of-5 from three-point range. Folgueiras added six rebounds and four assists. Freshman Tate Sagemarked a new career high with 13 points on 4-of-7 shooting. Redshirt freshman Cooper Kochrounded out Hawkeyes in double digits with 10 points.
Iowa shot 33-of-58 (56.9) from the field and 12-of-31 (38.7) from beyond the arc. The Hawkeyes shot 15-of-19 (78.9) from the charity stripe. For the second straight game, Iowa’s bench added 50 points.
Iowa Head Coach Ben McCollum praised his team’s effort “Minus the wide-open shots we missed in the first half, I thought we played pretty good. It was a simple game plan. We didn’t run a whole lot, we kind of just ran the same thing over and over. “I thought defensively we were actually locked in at the start. They hit some tough contested twos. Generally, those catch up to you, so we knew it was just a matter of time. We still have a ways to go. I think we have to defensive rebound a little better. We’re giving up offensive rebounds and we probably shouldn’t do that. We need to box out a little better and be a little more physical. All-in-all it was a good five-game stretch. We are excited to go out to California and play our best.”
Iowa returns to the court next week against Ole Miss at the Acrisure Classic in Palm Springs, California. The contest is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, Nov. 25. Hear the game on the Voice of Muscatine, KWPC, FM 95.1 and Am 860. Hawkeye coverage is brought to you by Ed Morse Chevy, Buick and GMC, Meineke Muffler, Muscatine Power and Water and Community Health Care of Muscatine.
