The Iowa Hawkeyes (17-10, 9-7) couldn’t overcome a dreadful shooting night as the Northwestern Wildcats (20-7, 11-5) rode another excellent game from Boo Buie in a 80-60 victory. It was the Wildcats first victory over Iowa since 2017.
Buie led all players with 23 points, the bulk of which came in the first half while he played more facilitator in the second with seven assists. The leading scorer for Iowa was Kris Murray with 14 points on 5/13 shooting as the Hawks couldn’t maneuver the limbs of Northwestern’s interior defense and turned it over 15 times.