While it definitely was not pretty at times, Iowa Men's Basketball earned its third win of the young season on Friday night.
The Hawkeyes (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten) started the game against Xavier (2-2, 0-0 Big East) with multiple turnovers, which allowed Xavier to take an early lead.
Xavier's lead only got as high as three points as the Hawkeyes ramped up the defensive pressure to close out the first half.
Iowa's defense allowed them to go on an 11-0 scoring run to end the first half, and they used the charity stripe (12/17) to take a 16-point lead into halftime.