The #25 Iowa Hawkeyes (4-0) started slow against the Nebraska Omaha Mavericks (1-4) but once the Kris Murray faucet turned on in the first half, it didn’t stop. The Hawkeyes won 100-64 behind Murray’s 30 points on 13/17 shooting.
The two teams struggled to score in the opening 3 minutes of the game but Kris took the cover off the basket with seven of Iowa’s eight baskets - 17 of 20 points - to get the Hawks up 22-11 as they never looked back. He closed the half with 25 points on 11/13 shooting and did it in a variety of ways: from three, back-to-the-basket game, transition, an alley-oop.