After a week off, the Iowa Hawkeyes are back in action as they open Big Ten conference play tonight against the Northwestern Wildcats. The Cats come into the night a bit closer to the action after playing in the Arizona Tip-Off over the Thanksgiving weekend. Northwestern dropped their only non-road game of the season to Butler in their opener 71-69, but bounced back with a 66-61 win over UNLV.
That other loss on the year came back in early November when NW traveled to Dayton and dropped the matchup 71-66. The Wildcats are averaging 72.