The #23 Iowa Hawkeyes (10-4, 1-2) lost a barn burner against the #21 Penn State Nittany Lions (12-2, 2-1), 89-86. Luka Garza led all scorers with 34 points and 12 rebounds while Joe Wieskamp added 23 and 10.
It was a back-and-forth game which wasn’t played much outside a five-point margin each way. Despite that, there were multiple times it felt like Iowa might be able to stretch a five or six point lead but just couldn’t with a rotation which dwindled to seven (and almost six).
In the loss, Iowa continued their play of failing around the margins, yielding 15 turnovers to generating just 8, and scoring 13 less points on those ensuing possessions.