The Iowa Hawkeyes (16-11, 8-8) weathered an early three-point barrage from the Michigan State Spartans (17-10, 9-7) to win their second straight game, 78-71. Ben Krikke came back in a big way with 18 points and 14 rebounds in 38 minutes while Owen Freeman rode the pine with consistent foul trouble. Payton Sandfort had 22 points while Patrick McCaffery had a key 14 points, including 10 points of a 14-6 stretch where Iowa extended got the lead and extended it to 7. They led the rest of the way.
It was Iowa’s best win and came against a Sparty squad who had 8 of 10 games coming in.