The Iowa Hawkeyes had one final tune up before entering Big Ten play and they took full advantage against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.
About eight minutes into the first half of play on Tuesday night in Iowa City, the Iowa Hawkeyes found themselves tied with the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles at 12. From there Iowa used a 28-6 run over about 9 minutes of play to extend the lead out to 40-18 and from then on out it was smooth sailing as the Hawkeyes thumped the Golden Eagles by a score of 85-63.
With Iowa down 10-6 early, the bench scored the next eight points to spark the offense.