Iowa 81, Minnesota 71: Barn-burner

Keegan Murray and the Iowa Hawkeyes (13-4, 3-3 B1G) held off a ferocious rally by the Minnesota Gophers 10-5 (1-5 B1G) to bring home a 81-71 win on Sunday afternoon on the road at the Barn — a house of horrors for them in recent memory.

The Gophers, down to only eight scholarship players for the game, were simply over matched by the Hawkeyes for much of the game until late in the second half, where they ripped off a huge scoring run to cut a once 20+ point lead down to only 3. And yet, who else but Keegan Murray saved the day with an ice-cold shot from deep to silence the crowd — and put the Gophers to bed.

Murray of course clinched the game, but for 30+ minutes, the Hawkeyes were receiving…