In the biggest game of their season, the Iowa Hawkeyes (18-13, 10-10) dug an insurmountable hole in a 73-61 loss to the #12 Illinois Fighting Illini (23-8, 14-6). Payton Sandfort and Josh Dix were Iowa’s only scorers in double figures at 23 & 13 points, respectively. The three scholarship seniors (Tony Perkins, Ben Krikke, Patrick McCaffery) honored pregame scored 9 points on a combined 2/16 shooting.
The Senior Night woes are a trend in the Fran McCaffery era, as Iowa has won 7 of 14 final home games with 5 of the 7 wins coming against Northwestern and Penn State.