Utah wrapped up its nonconference slate with a thrilling, back-and-forth battle against Iowa on Saturday.
The Runnin’ Utes, though, couldn’t keep pace as the Hawkeyes won 95-88 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
3 takeaways
The Hawkeyes pulled away late. Both teams held solid leads over the first 30 minutes of this one — Iowa was up eight early in the game, then Utah fought back and led by as many as 11 in the second half.
The hot-shooting Hawkeyes, though, eventually knotted the game at 63-63 with 11:02 to play. The game went back and forth over the next several minutes and the Utes tied it at 75-75 with 6:59 left, but the Hawkeyes pulled away after that as they shot 63.3% in the second half and scored 59 points…