Pryce Sandfort’s four 3-points and 16-point, 11-rebound double-double from the bench-powered Iowa to an 83-68 victory over Nebraska on Sunday in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Hawkeyes (16-15, 7-13 Big Ten Conference) handed over Cornhuskers its fifth straight loss, while Iowa ended its own three-game, in a result that additionally Mudde a shady image for the Big Ten tournament.
Five teams started Sunday with seven conferences, including Nebraska (17-13, 7-13). Iowa’s victory made it six teams, pending the result of a Rutgers-Minnesota Matchup later in the day.
One of the six teams is the last squad that is eliminated from the 15-team tournament and joined Penn State and Washington.
After digging an eight-point hole early, Iowa went on an 11-0 run halfway through the first half that changed the competition in the competition during the following 30 minutes.
Hawkeyes took a five -point lead for half time and then led throughout the second half behind the combined effort from both Payton and Pryce Sandfort. Payton Sandfort got a team high 22 points, including eight straight points in a second half.
He published 12 points after interruption. Josh Dix also helped guide Iowa during the second half and got 11 of her 15 points.
Dix kept to an important sequence when Nebraska went within two points after the first media of the second half. Dix helped Drew Thelwell on a arrangement, then Dix hit a 3-point after a steal of even brauns.
A Dix arrangement at the next holding completed a 7-0 Iowa blast, and the Hawkeyes advantage never dipped under seven points the rest of the way.
Dix finished with four assists, matching Brock Harding’s team-high. Harding also got 12 points from the bench.
Nebraska’s Juwan Gary led all scorers with 24 points before they fouling. He also took seven returns.
Sam Hoiberg, the only other Cornhusker who scored in double figures with 12 points, also fouled. Brice Williams, a game that was removed from getting a program record 43 points in Nebraska’s loss of double overtime in Ohio State, ended with only seven points on 3-AV-12 shooting from the floor in Sunday’s setback.
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