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College basketball bad beat: Half-court, banked-in 3-pointer at buzzer dooms Iowa bettors

If you bet on the game between No. 5 Iowa and Southern on Friday, chances are you were on the Hawkeyes.

And if that is indeed the case, your pockets are now lighter courtesy of a horrifically bad beat.

Iowa closed as a 28-point favorite at BetMGM against Southern, a program out of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Behind a sparkling 41-point performance from All-American Luka Garza, the Hawkeyes jumped out to a 23-point halftime lead and held a significant lead the rest of the way.

The only drama that existed in this game revolved around the point spread.