Luka Garza and his No. 3 ranked Iowa Hawkeyes faced a rude awakening at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, SD as they fell 99-88 at the hands of Jalen Suggs and the the No. 1 ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs.
A lot of things went wrong in this game for Iowa, but its performance in two areas — particularly in the first half — stick out like two sore thumbs: three-point shooting and rebounds. Gonzaga shot an absolute lights-out 75% from beyond the arc in the first half, before leveling off to 50%, compared to Iowa’s abysmal 19% on 4-21 from deep.