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Michael Baer .................................................BEARLuka Garza ............................................... LOU-kuhJack Nunge ........ NONE-jee (rhymes with bungee)Josh Ogundele ..........................Oh-GOON-duh-layJoe Toussaint .......................................two-SAHNTAhron Ulis ................................................. YOU-lissJoe Wieskamp..................................... WEEZ-camp

Date Opponent (TV) TimeNov. 25 N.C. Central W, 97-67Nov. 27 Southern University W, 103-76Dec. 3 Western Illinois W, 99-58Dec. 8 #16 North Carolina (ESPN) % 6:35 p.m.Dec. 11 Iowa State (BTN) + 8 p.m.Dec. 13 Northern Illinois (FS1) 1 p.m.Dec. 19 vs. Gonzaga ^ (CBS) 11 a.m.Dec. 22 Purdue (BTN) 8 p.m.Dec. 25 at Minnesota (BTN) 7 p.m.Dec. 29 Northwestern (FS1) 8 p.m.Jan. 2 at Rutgers ESPN/2/UJan. 7 at Maryland ESPN/2Jan. 10/11 Minnesota BTNJan. 14 Michigan State FS1Jan. 17/18 at Northwestern BTNJan. 21 Indiana FS1Jan. 24 Nebraska BTNJan. 29 at Illinois FS1Feb. 4 Ohio State ESPN/2Feb. 7 at Indiana FS1Feb. 10 Rutgers BTNFeb. 13 at Michigan State FOXFeb. 18 at Wisconsin ESPN/2Feb. 21 Penn State FS1Feb. 28 at Ohio State CBSMarch 4 at Michigan ESPN/2March 7 Wisconsin FOXMarch 10-14 at Big Ten Tournament*

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^ -- played at Sioux Falls, South Dakota% -- ACC/Big Ten Challenge+ -- Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series* -- Big Ten Tournament - Chicago

3 FINAL FOURS 8 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TITLES 26 NCAA TOURNAMENTS

3-0 Overall, 0-0 Big Ten

• Iowa opened its season with 97+ points in each of its first three games for the first time since 1997-98.

• Iowa is 7-12 in ACC/Big Ten Challenge games, notching five of its seven Challenge wins at home. The two road victories came at nationally-ranked North Carolina (60-55) in 2015 and at Syracuse (68-52) in 2019.

• All-American Luka Garza has scored 30 points or more in the first half in each of Iowa’s last two contests. He is averaging 27.3 points in the first half of Iowa’s first three contests.

• All-American Luka Garza was named Big Ten Player of the Week. Garza averaged 33.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks in wins over N.C. Central and Southern. Garza scorched the nets making 86.2 percent (25-of-29) of his field goal attempts, 75 percent from 3-point range (3-of-4), and 87.5 percent from the foul line (14-of-16).

• Six Big Ten teams are ranked in the AP Top 25, led by No. 3 Iowa. Michigan State is No. 4, followed by No. 6 Illinois, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 21 Rutgers, and No. 22 Ohio State.

• The last time the Hawkeyes were ranked No. 3 in the AP Poll was Jan. 25, 2016.• Luka Garza surpassed Matt Gatens for eighth in Iowa career scoring in Iowa’s last outing.

He is 15 points from passing Ronnie Lester and 34 points from passing Devyn Marble. • Iowa has won 16 of its last 17 games inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes have

won 67 of its last 72 nonconference home games, dating back to 2012. • Luka Garza tallied 20 points or more in Iowa’s first three games and 19 straight, dating

back to last season, which ties N.C. State’s T.J. Warren (2013-14) for the longest streak by a major conference player over the last 20 seasons.

• Four Hawkeyes average double digits in scoring; Luka Garza averages an NCAA-best 34.0 points, followed by Jack Nunge (18.0), Joe Wieskamp (12.0), and Patrick McCaffery (11.0).

• Iowa’s No. 5 preseason ranking is its highest preseason position in 65 years (No. 4 in the 1955-56 preseason poll). This marks the eighth time in program history that Iowa is ranked in the AP Preseason Top 10: No. 4 in 1954-55, No. 4 in 1955-56, No. 9 in 1981-82, No. 7 in 1983-84, No. 7 in 1988-89, No. 8 in 1995-96, and No. 9 in 2001-02. Iowa last started a season ranked in the AP Poll 15 seasons ago (No. 20 in 2005-06).

• Jordan Bohannon (518) surpassed B.J. Armstrong (517) for fifth in Iowa career assists in Iowa’s last outing against Western Illinois.

• Iowa returns a large percentage of its production: scoring (81%), rebounding (76%), assists (77%), steals (83%), and blocks (67%). Iowa is one of eight schools from Power 5 confer-ences to have at least 65 percent of its production return from the previous season.

• Head Coach Fran McCaffery, who is in his 25th season as a head coach, is two victories from his 450th career victory and three wins from victory No. 200 as Iowa’s head coach.

• Jordan Bohannon has made 24 straight free throws, dating back to the 2018-19 season.

2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE STORYLINES

MULTIMEDIA GAME INFORMATION

TELEVISION• ESPN

MOBILE APPS/ONLINE• WATCHESPN APP Jason Benetti (PxP) Jimmy Dykes (analyst)

RADIO• Hawkeye Radio Network• XM 195 / Sirius 138 Gary Dolphin (PxP) Bob Hansen (analyst)

LIVE STATISTICS• Statbroadcast hawkeyesports.com

IOWA HAWKEYESPos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown StatisticalSummaryG 3 Jordan Bohannon 6-1 175 RS-Sr. Marion, Iowa 3.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 4.6 apgG 5 CJ Fredrick 6-3 195 RS-So. Cincinnati, Ohio 7.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 4.3 apgF 10 Joe Wieskamp 6-6 212 Jr. Muscatine, Iowa 12.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.3 apgF 30 Connor McCaffery 6-5 205 RS-Jr. Iowa City, Iowa 4.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 5.0 apgC 55 Luka Garza 6-11 265 Sr. Washington, D.C. 34.0 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 2.6 bpgHead Coach: Fran McCaffery (Penn, 1979); 11th Season at Iowa (196-143); 23rd Season Overall (447-320)

#16 NORTH CAROLINA (3-1) at #3 IOWA (3-0)Dec. 8, 2020 // Iowa City, Iowa // Carver-Hawkeye Arena // 6:35 p.m. CT


No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School)0 Michael Baer F 6-7 215 Jr.^ Bettendorf, Iowa (Bettendorf)1 Joe Toussaint G 6-0 190 So. Bronx, N.Y. (Cardinal Hayes)2 Jack Nunge F 6-11 245 So.^ Newburgh, Ind. (Castle)3 Jordan Bohannon G 6-1 175 Sr.^ Marion, Iowa (Linn-Mar)4 Ahron Ulis G 6-3 190 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Marion Catholic)5 CJ Fredrick G 6-3 195 So.^ Cincinnati, Ohio (Covington Cathlic)10 Joe Wieskamp G/F 6-6 212 Jr. Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine)11 Tony Perkins G 6-4 210 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North)13 Austin Ash G 6-3 179 Jr.^ Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Mount Vernon)15 Keegan Murray F 6-8 215 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Prairie/DME Academy, FL)20 Kris Murray F 6-8 215 Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Prairie/DME Academy, FL)22 Patrick McCaffery F 6-9 200 Fr.^ Iowa City, Iowa (West)23 Josh Ogundele C 6-10 285 Fr. London, England (Worcester Academy)24 Nicolas Hobbs G 6-2 200 Jr.^ Chicago, Ill. (Fenwick)30 Connor McCaffery G/F 6-5 205 Jr.^ Iowa City, Iowa (West)55 Luka Garza C 6-11 265 Sr. Washington, D.C. (Maret)

Head Coach: Fran McCaffery Assistant Coaches: Kirk Speraw, Sherman Dillard, Billy Taylor

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Double-FigureScoringGames...Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21CareerLuka Garza 20 20 30 3 73Jordan Bohannon 17 22 20 4 - - - 63Joe Wieskamp - - - 21 24 2 47CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 13 1 14Jack Nunge 7 - - - 2 1 10Connor McCaffery - - - 3 6 - - - 9Joe Toussaint - - - - - - 8 - - - 8Patrick McCaffery - - - - - - - - - 2 2Keegan Murray - - - - - - - - - 1 1

20-PointScoringGames...Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21CareerLuka Garza 4 8 25 3 40Jordan Bohannon 5 8 3 1 - - - 17Joe Wieskamp - - - 4 5 - - - 9CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 3 - - - 3

Double-FigureReboundingGames...Player 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21CareerLuka Garza 5 1 15 2 23Joe Wieskamp - - - 1 3 - - - 4Jack Nunge - - - - - - 1 - - - 1Connor McCaffery - - - - - - 1 - - - 1

Double-Doubles...Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21CareerLuka Garza 4 1 15 2 22Jordan Bohannon 3 3 - - - - - - - - - 6Joe Wieskamp - - - 1 3 - - - 4Jack Nunge - - - - - - 1 - - - 1

4+Three-PointerGames...Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21CareerJordan Bohannon 8 14 7 2 - - - 31Joe Wieskamp - - - 6 3 1 10CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 1 - - - 1Luka Garza - - - - - - 1 - - - 1

5+AssistsGames...Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21CareerJordan Bohannon 20 22 11 1 2 56Connor McCaffery - - - 9 8 2 19CJ Fredrick - - - - - - 7 1 8Joe Toussaint - - - - - - 4 - - - 4Joe Wieskamp - - - 1 2 - - - 3

3+StealsGames...Player 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21CareerConnor McCaffery - - - 1 5 - - - 6Jordan Bohannon - - - 3 1 - - - - - - 4Joe Wieskamp - - - - - - 4 - - - 4Jack Nunge 2 - - - - - - - - - 2Luka Garza 1 - - - 1 - - - 2Joe Toussaint - - - - - - 1 1 2

3+BlocksGames...Player 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21CareerLuka Garza 4 1 8 2 15Jack Nunge 2 - - - - - - - - - 2Keegan Murray - - - - - - - - - 1 1

THE SETTINGNo. 3 Iowa (3-0) begins a stretch of three games in six games on Tuesday against No. 16 North Carolina (3-1). Tipoff is slated for 6:35 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Tar Heels are making their first visit to Iowa City in 31 years (1989). Due to the pandemic, there will be no general admission admittance for this game.

ON THE AIRRadio: Iowa games are broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network. Gary Dolphin handles the play-by-play, along with color commentator Bob Hansen. The network includes more than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. The Hawkeye Radio Network coverage includes a 60-minute pregame show.TV: Tuesday’s contest will be televised nationally on ESPN. Jason Benetti and Jimmy Dykes will call the action.

FIGHT WITH US FAN CUTOUTS AVAILABLE FOR CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENAFour options of fan cutouts are available for purchase for its basketball and wrestling arena. Prices are $35 for students, $50 for season ticket holders and $70 for fans who are not season ticket holders. For $250, fans may purchase a cutout that will be signed by head coaches Tom Brands, Lisa Bluder or Fran McCaffery after the season and returned via mail. Twenty percent of revenue from the cutouts will go toward University of Iowa Dance Marathon, the remainder of the profits will support the I-Club General Scholarship Fund for all student-athletes. To purchase a fan cutout, go to hawkeyesports.com/fancutouts.

HAWKEYES CRUISE PAST WESTERN ILLINOISIowa led by as many as 41 points in a convincing 99-58 triumph over Western Illinois last Thursday evening in Iowa City. The win was Iowa’s 10th straight over the Leathernecks.• Four Hawkeyes netted double figures in scoring: Luka Garza (35), Jack Nunge (18), Joe

Wieskamp (11), and Patrick McCaffery (10).• Jack Nunge played in his first game of the season following the unexpected passing of

his father, equaling a career high with 18 points.• Garza recorded his 23rd career double-double, totaling 35 points, 10 rebounds, and two

blocks. He has posted 20 points or more 19 straight games, dating back to last season, tying N.C. State’s T.J. Warren (2013-14) for the longest streak by a major conference player over the last 20 seasons. Garza outscored the Leathernecks by himself in the first half, 30-26.

• Iowa recorded scoring runs of 18-2 (spanning 3:51) in the first half and 22-2 (spanning 4:27) in the second half.

• Iowa grabbed 57 rebounds, tying the most by a team in the Fran McCaffery era.• Jordan Bohannon dished out five assists surpassing B.J. Armstrong for fifth in Iowa career

assists.

MISCELLEANOUS STATS

IOWA UNCScoring Average 99.7 72.8Scoring Defense 67.0 60.8Scoring Margin +32.7 +12.0FG% .503 .419FG% Defense .362 .373FT% .763 .6523-PT FG% .390 .2713-PT FG% Defense .268 .294Rebound Margin +7.7 +18.0Assists Per Game 24.3 10.0Turnovers Per Game 10.0 15.8Steals Per Game 5.7 6.3Blocks Per Game 6.7 5.8

MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEATPoints 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 15+ 20+ Wins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Losses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2020-21 IOWA HAWKEYES ROSTER


Fran McCaffery, who is signed through the 2024 sea-son, is in his 1th season as the head basketball coach at the University of Iowa and his 25th year overall as a college head coach. McCaffery has reached the 20-win plateau nine of the last 13 seasons, including four of the last six years. McCaffery spent five seasons (2005-10) as the head coach at Siena, six years at UNC-Greensboro (1999-2005) and three seasons at Lehigh (1985-88) before joining the Hawkeyes. McCaffery has over three decades of Division I coaching experience. He concluded his 38th sea-son as a collegiate coach in 2020, which includes 24 years as a head coach and 14 as an assistant. McCaffery is one of 14 coaches to lead at least four different Division I teams to the NCAA Tournament. McCaffery, 61, holds a career mark of 448-320 (.583) and guided his teams to 12 postseason appearances (nine NCAA & four NIT). Iowa likely would have competed in another NCAA Tournament in 2020, if not for the NCAA canceling the postseason due to COVID-19. He is 197-143 (.579) at Iowa; the second winningest coach in program history. McCaffery led Iowa to wins in three of the last five NCAA Tournaments (2015, 2016, and 2019). Since taking over the Iowa program in 2010, Iowa has earned seven post-season tournament berths (4 NCAA, 3 NIT). McCaffery coached Iowa to 25 victories in 2013, equaling the second-most win total in program history. Mc-Caffery has guided five different first team honorees over the last seven years, including the 2020 National and Big Ten Player of the Year, Luka Garza. McCaffery has posted upper division finishes in seven of the last eight sea-sons at Iowa and 19 of 24 seasons as a head coach. He has posted 20 wins or more 10 of the last 14 seasons, including six of the last eight years at Iowa (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2020). Iowa’s 163 victories between 2013-19 are the most over an eight-year span at Iowa since 1987-94. McCaffery and the Hawkeyes boast a 110-29 (.791) home record the last eight seasons, which includes a school-record 18 wins in 2014 and 13 consecu-tive victories in 2019-20. McCaffery’s five years at Siena were the best in its 70-year history. He led the Saints on an incredible run that ended with three straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. McCaffery’s Saints owned a 112-51 (.687) record in his five years with the program. He guided the Saints to four consecutive 20-win seasons. McCaffery’s achievements earned the head coach Siena Hall of Fame recognition in 2017. The 2009 MAAC Coach of the Year and 2010 District I Coach of the Year is the third winningest coach, by percentage, in league history (68-22, .756). He is the only coach to guide a MAAC program to two NCAA Tournament wins. McCaffery led his 2008 and 2009 teams to first round NCAA Tournament victo-ries over Vanderbilt and Ohio State, respectively. In his final two seasons at Siena, he coached the Saints to back-to-back 27-win campaigns and boasted a combined 39-3 (.929) record against MAAC op-ponents, which included MAAC Tournament contests. McCaffery began his coaching career as an assistant at Penn (1982-83) and Lehigh (1983-85). After three seasons as head coach at Lehigh, he spent 11 seasons as an assistant at Notre Dame (1988-99). McCaffery played basketball at Wake Forest his freshman year (1977-78) and then concluded his collegiate playing career at Penn his final three seasons (1979-82). He earned his B.S. degree in Economics from The Wharton School (Penn) in 1982. McCaffery also earned a Master of Education from Lehigh in 1985.

COACHINGHONORSNABC District I Coach of the Year, 2009-10MAAC Coach of the Year, 2008-09

HEADCOACHINGEXPERIENCELehigh (1985-88): ........................49-39 (.557); 8-6 (.571) LeagueUNC-Greensboro (1999-05) .........90-87 (.508); 49-47 (.510) LeagueSiena (2005-10) ...........................112-51 (.687); 68-22 (.756) LeagueIowa (2010-present): ...................197-143 (.579); 89-95 (.484) League

Born: May 23, 1959Hometown: Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaHighSchool: LaSalle, 1977College: B.S. in Economics, The Wharton School (Penn), 1982 Master of Education, Lehigh, 1985Family: Wife, Margaret Sons, Connor, Patrick and Jonathan Francis Daughter, Marit Katherine Brother, Jack (sportswriter in Philadelphia area)

CoachingHonorsMAAC Coach of the Year, 2009NABC District I Coach of the Year, 2009-10

CoachingHistory(38years)1982-83 Assistant Coach, Penn1983-85 Assistant Coach, Lehigh 1985-88 Head Coach, Lehigh1988-99 Assistant Coach, Notre Dame1999-05 Head Coach, UNC-Greensboro2005-10 Head Coach, Siena2010-present Head Coach, University of Iowa

CoachingChartOverall (25 seasons): 448-320 (.583)At Iowa (11 seasons): 197-143 (.579)At Siena (five seasons): 112-51 (.688)At UNCG (six seasons): 90-87 (.508)At Lehigh (three seasons): 49-40 (.551)NCAA Tournament (nine appearances*): 5-8NIT (four appearances): 6-4*McCaffery is the first coach to bring three different programs from one-bid leagues to the NCAA Tournament (conferences that sent just one team the year his program advanced).

McCafferyinPostseasonPlay1988 NCAA Tournament -- Lehigh1989 NCAA Tournament -- Notre Dame1990 NCAA Tournament -- Notre Dame1992 NIT - - Notre Dame1997 NIT - - Notre Dame2001 NCAA Tournament -- UNC-Greensboro2002 NIT - - UNC-Greensboro2008 NCAA Tournament -- Siena2009 NCAA Tournament -- Siena2010 NCAA Tournament -- Siena2012 NIT -- Iowa2013 NIT -- Iowa2014 NCAA Tournament -- Iowa2015 NCAA Tournament -- Iowa 2016 NCAA Tournament -- Iowa2017 NIT -- Iowa2019 NCAA Tournament -- Iowa2020 NCAA Tournament postponed (COVID-19)

PlayingExperienceWake Forest, 1977-78Penn, 1979-82

THE McCAFFERY FILEHEAD COACH FRAN McCAFFERY


Team BigTen Pct. Overall Pct.Michigan State 0-0 .000 5-0 1.000Maryland 0-0 .000 4-0 1.000Minnesota 0-0 .000 4-0 1.000Michigan 0-0 .000 4-0 1.000IOWA 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000Rutgers 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000Ohio State 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000Northwestern 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000Illinois 0-0 .000 3-1 .750Indiana 0-0 .000 3-1 .750Nebraska 0-0 .000 3-1 .750Purdue 0-0 .000 3-1 .750Wisconsin 0-0 .000 3-1 .750Penn State 0-0 .000 2-1 .667

IowacaptainsareJordanBohannon,LukaGarza,ConnorMcCaffery,andJoeWieskamp.

LUKA GARZA CONTINUES WHERE HE LEFT OFF• Garza scored 44 points at Michigan (Dec. 7, 2019) and 41 points versus Southern Uni-

versity (Nov. 27, 2020). He is one of two players in program history to score 40 points or more in two games in a career (John Johnson, 49 and 46).

• Has tallied 102 points in three games; that is the most points by any Division I player over his first 3 games of a season since Davidson’s Stephen Curry had 106 in 2008-09.

• Garza is the only Division I player in the last 25 years to score 100+ points on 75.0 percent shooting over any 3-game span. The last NBA player to accomplish that over a 3-game span was Shaquille O’Neal in January, 1996.

• Torched Southern University for 41 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks. Garza net-ted 36 first-half points, which is believed to be the most points scored by a Hawkeye in a half in program history. In the first half, Garza made all 12 field-goal attempts and was 10-of-12 from the free throw line.

• His 41 points are the most points scored by a Hawkeye in a single-game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena history (1983), besting 36 scored by Adam Haluska (2006) and Rob Griffin (2000). The arena record is 45 points by Brian Quinnett of Washington State in a neutral site contest contested against Loyola Marymount (1986).

• Finished the Southern University contest with a .933 field goal percentage (14-of-15), including a perfect 1.000 (3-of-3) from 3-point range, which is the best single-game mark by a Big Ten player since 1984 (Minnesota’s Tommy Davis, 15-of-16, at Indiana).

IOWA IN THE ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGEThe Hawkeyes have won five of their last seven Challenge games, including a 2014 victory over the Tar Heels (60-55) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Iowa enters Tuesday’s match-up having won three straight Challenge home games: Notre Dame (2013), Florida State (2015), and Pitt (2018).

4 YEARS AGO...Jordan Bohannon was spectacular in his first career start when the Hawkeyes visited Notre Dame in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Nov. 29, 2016. Bohannon netted 23 points and dished out seven assists with only one turnover in 32 minutes of action. He was 7-of-15 from 3-point range with the 15 attempts tying for second most in a single game in Iowa history.

SCOUTING NORTH CAROLINA• No. 16 North Carolina won its first three games of the season over College of Charleston,

UNLV, and Stanford, before being edged by No. 17 Texas on a last-second shot in the Maui Invitational Championship Game.

• The Tar Heels’ roster features nine returners and seven newcomers. A trio of return-ing starters head the Tar Heels’ lineup, led by second-team All-ACC honoree Garrison Brooks, and Armando Bacot and Leaky Black.

• Four Tar Heels average double figures in scoring: Garrison Brooks (12.3), RJ Davis (12.3), Caleb Love (11.0), and Armando Bacot (10.8).

• North Carolina’s last two contests have been decided by a combined six points: 67-63 win over Stanford and 69-67 loss to Texas.

• The Tar Heels are shooting 46.7 (85-of-182) inside the 3-point arc, and 27 percent from 3-point territory (16-of-59). RJ Davis has made a team-best six triples (6-of-13, .462).

• North Carolina has more turnovers (63) than assists (40) through four games. The Tar Heels have owned the glass so far this season, boasting an +18.0 rebounding margin.

• North Carolina was plagued by injuries a year ago, posting a 14-19 overall mark, includ-ing a 6-14 conference record.

• The Tar Heels are coached by Roy Williams, who is in his 19th season at North Carolina and 33rd season overall as a collegiate head coach. Williams has led North Carolina to NCAA championships in 2005, 2009, and 2017, nine ACC regular season champion-ships and three ACC Tournament titles. Willians has the fourth most wins by a Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim and Bob Knight.

AP PollDec. 71. Gonzaga2. Baylor3. IOWA4. Michigan State5. Kansas6. Illinois7. Houston8. Creighton9. Villanova10. Duke11. West Virginia12. Tennessee13. Wisconsin14. Texas 15. Virginia Tech16. North Carolina17. Texas Tech18. Virginia19. Richmond20. Florida State21. Rutgers22. Ohio State23. Arizona State24. San Diego State25. Louisville

USATodayPollPreseason1. Baylor2. Gonzaga3. Villanova4. Virginia5. Kansas6. IOWA7. Wisconsin8. Duke9. Kentucky10. Illinois11. Creighton12. Michigan State13. Texas Tech14. Tennessee15. West Virginia16. North Carolina17. Arizona State18. Houston Florida State20. Oregon21. UCLA22. Texas23. Rutgers24. Ohio State25. Alabama

Big Ten Standings/Schedule2020-21 IOWA CAPTAINS

National Rankings

Tuesday,Dec.8Boston College at MinnesotaPurdue at Miami, 4 p.m.Ohio State at Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m.NorthCarolinaatIOWA,6:30p.m.Penn State at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m.Illinois at Duke, 8:30 p.m.Syracuse at Rutgers, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday,Dec.9Mary;and at Clemson, 4 p.m.N.C. State at Michigan, 6:15 p.m.Georgia Tech at Nebraska, 6:15 p.m.Louisville at Wisconsin, 6:15 p.m.Indiana at Florida State, 8:15 p.m.Michigan State at Virginia, 8:15 p.m.Pittsburgh at Northwestern, 8:15 p.m.

All times are central


ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDSTuesday will be the fifth overall meeting between the two pro-grams. Iowa posted wins in Chapel Hill in 1989 (98-97) and 2014 (60-55) and in Iowa City in 1989 (87-74). North Carolina’s lone vic-tory in the series came in the 2004 Maui Invitational Championship Game (106-92).

IOWA HAD 4 BIG TEN STAT CHAMPIONS IN 2019-20The Hawkeyes had four different players lead the conference in four major statistical categories. Luka Garza was first in points per game (23.9), Joe Wieskamp led all players in free throw accuracy (.856), CJ Fredrick was tops in 3-point field goal percentage (.461), while Connor McCaffery led the league and nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.6). All four return in 2020-21, along with redshirt senior Jordan Bo-hannon, who is Iowa’s all-time 3-point leader.

GARZA RETURNS FOR SENIOR SEASONAll-American Luka Garza has been named to every major pre-season All-America list, including headlining the AP Preseason All-America Team. Garza, who is the first Iowa men’s basketball player named to a preseason AP All-American, was the lone unanimous selection, receiving all 64 votes. Below is a sampling of Garza’s preseason recognition:

• Associated Press Unanimous Preseason All-American• Blue Ribbon First Team Preseason All-American• CBS Sports First Team Preseason All-American• USA Today First Team Preseason All-American• Dick Vitale Preseason Player of the Year• Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year• NABC Player of the Year Watch List• Wooden Award Top 50 Watch List• Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List• Unanimous All-Big Ten Preseason Team• Kareem Abdul Jabbar Center of the Year Watch List

EMOTIONAL YEAR FOR NUNGEIt has been a difficult 12 months for forward Jack Nunge. On Nov. 24, 2019, Nunge tore his ACL (right knee) in the fifth game of the 2019-20 season after sitting out the previous season (redshirt). Nearly 12 months to the day later, Nunge’s father (Dr. Mark Nunge) passed away unexpectedly at the age of 53 on Nov. 28, 2020. Nunge did not play in Iowa’s first two games against N.C. Central and Southern University as the redshirt sophomore was with family back home in Indiana. Nunge returned to Iowa City last week and played in his first game in over a year, tying a career high with 18 points and snagging five rebounds versus Western Illinois.

CJ FREDRICK MADE IMMEDIATE IMPACTCJ Fredrick made an impact in 2019-20 as a freshman. He was third in team scoring (10.2), and first in the Big Ten in 3-point accuracy (.461, 47-of-102) and 14th in field goal accuracy (.483, 87-of-180). His 10.2 points per game ranked third among Big Ten freshmen. The native of Cincinnati, Ohio, has made five of his first ten (.500) 3-point attempts in 2020-21. He also has dished out 13 assists to only two turnovers through three games this season. Fredrick was one of only three players nationally -- and only player from a major conference dating back to 1993 -- with 65+ assists, 32 or fewer turnovers, and shoot 46%+ from 3-point range. Fredrick missed six full games and two second halves due to dif-ferent injuries (quad, ankle, stress reaction in foot). Fredrick was named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team, Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 20, 2020), and earned all-tournament honors at the Las Vegas Invitational.

VALUING THE BASKETBALLThree of Iowa’s guards have outstanding assist-to-turnover num-bers through three games. Connor McCaffery, who led the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio last season, has a 5.0 ratio (15 assists, 3 turnovers). Jordan Bohannon has a 4.67 ratio (14 assists, 3 turn-overs), while CJ Fredrick has a 6.5 ratio (13 assists, 2 turnovers).

CONNOR McCAFFERY VALUES THE BASKETBALLConnor McCaffery was the nation’s best in taking care of the basket-ball in 2019-20 as a redshirt sophomore. He was the only player in the country with 120+ assists and less than 30 turnovers. He finished the 2019-20 campaign as the national leader in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.6) and was only player in the country averaging at least six points, four rebounds, four assists, and fewer than one turnover per game. He was the only player nationally, dating back to 1993, with 120+ assists, 120+ rebounds, 175+ points, 25+ steals, and 27 or fewer turnovers in a season. McCaffery has dished out 15 assists to only three turnovers through the first three games of the 2020-21 season. Over the last 10 games a year ago, he had three seven-assist/0-turnover efforts, boasting a 6.85 assist-to-turnover ratio (48 assists; seven turnovers in a combined 322 minutes). McCaffery, who played multiple positions in 2019-20 due to lack of depth (1-4), had more steals (35) than turnovers (27). In addition to his accolades on the court, the two-sport student-athlete is a role model off the court. McCaffery (finance major) was named UI’s Male Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree, and earned NABC Honors Court, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-District First Team, and Academic All-Big Ten recog-nition in 2020. He is also on the Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition.

JORDAN BOHANNON RETURNS FOR REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASONJordan Bohannon had surgery on his left hip last December after playing in 10 games in 2019-20. The native of Marion, Iowa, had the same procedure successfully performed on his right hip May, 2019. He played in 10 games prior to his latest procedure, averaging 8.8 points and 3.3 assists per game. Bohannon enters this week tied with Wisconsin’s D’Mitrik Trice for most games played among active Division I players with 115. Bohannon has made a school-record 287 3-pointers and is 87 triples from tying the all-time Big Ten record (374, Jon Diebler). His 287 triples are the most of any active player from a Power 5 conference. A third-team All-Big Ten performer in 2019, Bohannon was credited with a team-best 118 assists, becoming just the seventh Hawkeye to register three 100-assist seasons. He is one of 10 Divi-sion I basketball players since 1992, to total at least 79 3-pointers and 118 assists in each of his first three seasons. As a junior, Bo-hannon ranked third on the team in scoring (11.6 ppg) and led the Big Ten in free throw accuracy during league play. Bohannon became the seventh Hawkeye to register three 100-assist seasons (Dean Oliver, Jeff Horner, B.J. Armstrong, An-dre Woolridge, Mike Gesell, Devyn Marble). Bohannon has dished out 10 assists or more seven times in his career. His five assists last week against Western Illinois pushed him past B.J. Armstrong for fifth all-time in assists at Iowa.

HAWKEYE TRIFECTAIowa has had a student-athlete lead the Big Ten in free throw per-centage (league games only) each of the past three seasons. Jor-dan Bohannon led the conference in 2018 (.949) and 2019 (.901), while Joe Wieskamp was first in 2020 (.874).


LUKA GARZA HAD HISTORIC SEASONLuka Garza had a historic season in 2019-20, earning National Player of the Year honors by six major news outlets, recognized as the Big Ten and USBWA District VI Player of the Year, Pete Newell Big Man of the Year and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year, as well as being honored as a unanimous consensus first-team All-American. The six news outlets to name Garza National Player of the Year include: Sporting News, Basketball Times, Stadium, Bleacher Report, FOX, and ESPN. He is the first Iowa men’s bas-ketball player to earn national player of the year distinction. Garza was also a unanimous consensus first-team All-America selection. He joins former Hawkeyes Murray Wier (1948) and Charles Darling (1952) as the program’s only consensus first team All-Americans. Garza is also the first Hawkeye to win the Abdul-Jabbar and Newell national awards. Garza (740 points and 305 rebounds) is one of three Big Ten players to ever total 740+ points and 300+ rebounds in a single-season (Purdue’s Glenn Robinson in 1994 and Pur-due’s Joe Barry Carroll in 1979). He ranked second nationally with 12 20-point/10-rebound performances, 20-point games (25); third in total field goals made (287) and points per 40 minutes played (29.8), fifth in scoring (23.9), 10th in 30-point games (5), 19th in double-doubles (15) and offensive rebounds per game (3.58), and 34th in rebounding (9.8). His 15 double-doubles are third most in a single-season by a Hawkeye in three decades. Garza averaged 26.7 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks in 12 games against AP ranked op-ponents in 2019-20, including recording 11 straight 20-point performances, the longest streak by any player since UConn’s Kemba Walker in 2011. Iowa’s Male Athlete of the Year, Garza finished the 20-game league schedule averaging 26.2 points per game, becoming the first player to average at least 26 points in Big Ten play since Purdue’s Glenn Robinson in 1994 (31.1 ppg). Garza scored a school-record 740 points, breaking the program’s 50-year old record previously set by John Johnson in 1970. He scored 20 points or more in a school-record 16 straight Big Ten games, the longest streak by any player in the Big Ten since Ohio State’s Dennis Hopson 16 in 1987. Garza is the only Big Ten player to register seven 25-point/10-rebound performances in the same season in more than 17 years. He produced the two highest point totals in a game by a Big Ten player last season (44 at Michigan; 38 at Indiana).

LUKAGARZAHONORS(2019-20)• National POY (Sporting News, Basketball Times, ESPN, Stadium, Bleacher Report, FOX)• Unanimous Consensus First-Team All-America• NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Year• Naismith Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year• Big Ten Men’s Basketball Player of the Year• USBWA District VI Player of the Year• Naismith, Wooden, Oscar Robertson, and Lute Olson award finalist• Iowa Male Athlete of the Year

TOUSSAINT SHINED AS POINT GUARD IN FRESHMAN SEASONJoe Toussaint started Iowa’s last 20 games after coming off the bench the first 11 contests as a freshman in 2019-20. He was first on the squad in steals per game (1.15), second in assists (2.9) and fifth among active players in scoring (6.5). Toussaint made his last 17 free throw attempts last season, before missing his first at-tempt of the 2020-21 season last week against Western Illinois. The New York native was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 6, 2020) for his efforts versus No. 21 Penn State. He scored a personal-best 18 points to go along with team bests in assists (4) and steals (2). Toussaint netted 16 of his 18 points in the second half and tied a personal best sinking two 3-pointers.

5 NEWCOMERS TO JOIN ROSTER IN 2020-21The Iowa basketball program welcome five freshmen to the 2020-21 roster: Keegan Mur-ray, Kris Murray, Josh Ogundele, Tony Perkins, and Ahron Ulis. Perkins was one of 13 seniors named to the 2020 Indiana All-Star Team. As a senior, Perkins averaged 18.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.8 steals leading Lawrence North to a 25-2 record. He shot 58 percent from the field and 35 percent from 3-point range. Ulis was the ESCC Player of the Year and named to the AP All-State Class 4A First Team. The three-year starter finished with over 1,500 points, trailing only his brother, Tyler, in the school’s record book.

1. 287 JordanBohannon 2016-2. 262 Jeff Horner 2003-063. 239 Matt Gatens 2009-124. 226 Chris Kingsbury 1994-96

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UI CAREER B1G COACHING WINS1. 125 Tom Davis 1986-992. 92 Lute Olson 1975-833. 89 FranMcCaffery 2010-

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UI CAREER SCORING6. 1,694 Roy Devyn Marble 2011-147. 1,675 Ronnie Lester 1977-808. 1,661 LukaGarza 2018-9. 1,635 Matt Gatens 2009-1210. 1,611 Jess Settles 1994-97, 9911. 1,578 Adam Haluska 2005-0712. 1,561 Dean Oliver 1998-0113. 1,525 Andre Woolridge 1995-9714. 1,522 Don Nelson 1960-6215. 1,516 Greg Brunner 2003-0616. 1,508 Peter Jok 2014-1717. 1,502 Jeff Horner 2003-0618. 1,372 Ed Horton 1986-8919. 1,361 Bruce King 1975-7720. 1,343 James Moses 1989-9221. 1,321 JordanBohannon 2016-

UI CAREER COACHING WINS1. 269 Tom Davis 1986-992. 197 FranMcCaffery 2010-

1. 612 Jeff Horner 2003-062. 575 Andre Woolridge 1995-973. 561 Dean Oliver 1998-014. 557 Mike Gesell 2012-165. 518 JordanBohannon 2016-6. 517 B.J. Armstrong 1986-89

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1. 365 Acie Earl 1990-932. 229 Greg Stokes 1982-853. 212 Erek Hansen 2004-064. 177 Jarrod Uthoff 2013-165. 148 Melsahn Basabe 2011-146. 141 Gabriel Olaseni 2011-157. 124 Ryan Bowen 1995-988. 121 Nicholas Baer 2016-199. 120 Michael Payne 1982-8510. 112 LukaGarza 2017-

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COOL HAND LUKALast season, Luka Garza became the sixth Hawkeye to average 22+ points per game and first in 49 years since Fred Brown aver-aged 27.6 points per game in 1971. He became the fourth Big Ten player since 1993 to average at least 23 points per game (Glenn Robinson, Shawn Respert, and Carsen Edwards). Garza finished the 20-game conference schedule averaging 26.2 points per game to become Iowa’s first scoring leader in Big Ten games only since Adam Haluska (21.3 ppg) in 2007. Garza’s 26.2 Big Ten scoring average is the highest by a true center since Minnesota’s Tom Kondla (28.3 ppg) in 1967. Garza tallied 38 points at Indiana (Feb. 13, 2020). The 38 points were two points shy of matching the Assembly Hall single-game record by an opponent. Garza had the two highest single-game point totals in the Big Ten in 2019-20: 44 at Michigan & 38 at Indiana. He amassed 77 points in two games against Michigan, the most points by any Big Ten player versus a single opponent in regular season conference play over the last 20 seasons. Garza, who is 12th on Iowa’s career scoring chart with 1,559 points, is the fourth Hawkeye over the last four decades to aver-age better than 20 points per game. He totaled 287 field goals and 530 field goal attempts; two field goals from John Johnson’s record of 289 in 1970 and five attempts from tying Fred Brown’s record of 535 in 1971. He is one of six Hawkeyes in school history with 1,550 points and 650 rebounds and is the only Iowa player to post those num-bers through his junior season. Garza joined Jarrod Uthoff (2015 & 2016) as the only players in program history to total 50+ blocks and 35+ 3-pointers in a season. Garza is also one of only five Big Ten players since the 2010-11 season to register multiple 30-point/10-rebounds games in the same season. Garza scored 25 points or more 13 times in 2019-20 (fifth na-tionally). He controlled 10 rebounds or more in 14 games. He snagged a career-best 18 boards twice in 2019-20.

OVERCOMING ADVERSITYLast season, Iowa had six players miss time due to injuries or ill-ness: Patrick McCaffery (29), Jack Nunge (26), Jordan Bohannon (21), CJ Fredrick (5), Cordell Pemsl (3), and Riley Till (1). Collec-tively the group missed 86 games, which ranked fourth highest amongst Division I teams.

1. Louisiana 1052. North Carolina 1043. George Mason 914. IOWA 86

3 HAWKEYES GRANTED MEDICAL HARDSHIP WAIVERSForwards Jack Nunge and Patrick McCaffery, and guard Jordan Bohannon were each granted medical hardship waivers in 2019-20. Nunge suffered a season-ending torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of his right knee in November. Bohannon had season-ending hip surgery in December, while McCaffery was dealing with residual health and wellness issues related to his thyroid.

FAMILY AFFAIRRedshirt junior Connor McCaffery and redshirt freshman Patrick McCaffery are one of 16 father/coach and son/player duos in Divi-sion I in 2020-21 (Boise State, Connecticut, Detroit Mercy, Illinois, Liberty, Memphis, Michigan State, USC Upstate, Southern, Syra-cuse, Texas Southern, Utah, Western Illinois, Western Kentucky, and Wright State). Of the 16 schools, the McCaffery’s are the only program with a father/coach and two sons on the roster.

HAWKEYE FASTBREAKS• Iowa is 99-23 when scoring 80 points or more, the last 11 sea-

sons. The Hawkeyes are 79-2 when holding opponents to fewer than 61 points, the last 10 years.

• Iowa is one of six teams from last year’s final AP Top 25 that returns their leading scorer; the other five teams include Baylor, Illinois, Houston, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

• Iowa’s second conference game will be played on Christmas Day at Minnesota. It marks just the third time in program history that the Hawkeyes will play on Christmas; the previous two times were in holiday tournaments in Hawaii in 1984 and 1988.

• Iowa led the Big Ten in scoring offense (77.7) in 2019-20; the Hawkeyes have led the conference in scoring three of the last seven seasons, including the last two years.

• Luka Garza has scored 20+ points in 19 straight games, includ-ing 16 straight against Big Ten opponents, breaking the school’s 49-year old record. The 16-game streak is the most in the Big Ten since Ohio State’s Dennis Hopson accomplished the feat in 1987. Garza scored 20+ points in 19-of-20 Big Ten games in 2019-20.

• Luka Garza (23.9) and Joe Wieskamp (14.0) combined to aver-age 37.9 points per game, which was the fifth best scoring duo in the country in 2019-20. Garza and Wieskamp combined for 1,175 points, the third highest scoring duo in program history. Garza and Wieskamp are one of four returning tandems who averaged 37+ points per game from last season (IUPUI, Austin Peay, Texas-San Antonio).

• Fran McCaffery has guided Iowa to 20 wins or more in six of the last eight seasons. He has led Iowa to Big Ten upper division finishes seven of the last eight years. Only Michigan State (8) has more first division finishes than Iowa (7) and Wisconsin (7) since the 2013 season.

• If not for the COVID-19 global pandemic, Iowa would have competed in its 27th NCAA Tournament in 2020, including its fifth appearance in seven seasons.

• Iowa had seven victories over ranked opponents, the most by an Iowa team since 2006 (8) and the most by any team in the country in 2019-20.

• The Hawkeyes have won 10 or more Big Ten games five of the last six seasons.

• Iowa had the Big Ten Athlete of the Year in five sports in 2019-20: Luka Garza (men’s basketball), Kathleen Doyle (women’s basketball), Spencer Lee (wrestling), Wayne Lawrence (indoor track & field), and Laulauga Tausaga (women’s track & field).

• Iowa posted a 14-2 record at home in 2019-20, winning 13 straight contests between Nov. 15 and Feb. 29. The 13-game home winning streak was the second longest in a single-season in Carver-Hawkeye Arena history (17 in 2006). Iowa was the last team to win a loose a Big Ten home game in 2019-20.

• Iowa was nationally ranked in the AP Poll each of the last eight weeks and in the Coaches Poll nine straight weeks last year. The Hawkeyes were ranked No. 25 in the final AP Poll.

• Iowa won five straight Big Ten games during the month of January, marking the fourth time in the last six seasons that the Hawkeyes have won at least five consecutive Big Ten games (2019-20; 2018-19; 2015-16; 2014-15).

• Iowa has qualified for four NCAA tournaments over the last six completed seasons (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019) and seven post-season tournaments over the last eight completed seasons (4 NCAA; 3 NIT).


McCAFFERY RECORDS WIN NO. 20Fran McCaffery and the Iowa Hawkeyes have reached the 20-win plateau six of the last eight seasons. McCaffery joins Lute Olson (6) and Tom Davis (10) as the only Iowa head coaches to win 20 or more games in at least five seasons. McCaffery has taken Iowa to the NCAA Tournament four times, and likely a fifth time last March if not for the postseason cancel-lation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among Iowa’s head basket-ball coaches, McCaffery ranks third in tournament appearances behind Davis (9) and Olson (5). Davis is Iowa’s all-time winningest coach, while McCaffery is second.

20-YEAR ANNIVERSARYThis season is the 20-year anniversary of Iowa’s first Big Ten Tour-nament championship. The Hawkeyes won four games in four days, knocking off Northwestern (72-55), Ohio State (75-66), Penn State (94-74), and Indiana (63-61). Reggie Evans was voted the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

RECENT GRADUATES PLAYING PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALLA number of recent Iowa basketball graduates are playing profes-sionally: Jarrod Uthoff (NBA Washington Wizards), Devyn Marble (Kazakhstan), Tyler Cook (NBA Denver Nuggets), Adam Woodbury (NBA G League: Grand Rapids Drive), Anthony Clemmons (Bos-nia), Gabriel Olaseni (Turkey), Peter Jok (Spain), and Aaron White (Greece).

HAWKEYES EARN POSTSEASON HONORSIn addition to Luka Garza being named Big Ten Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, Garza was also a unanimous first-team all-conference selection by both the media and coaches in 2019-20. Sophomore Joe Wieskamp was a third-team all-conference hon-oree, while CJ Fredrick was selected to the five-player All-Fresh-

man Team. Redshirt sophomore Connor McCaffery was the recipi-ent of Iowa’s Big Ten Men’s Basketball Sportsmanship Award. Head Coach Fran McCaffery has coached a first-team All-Big Ten honoree five of the last seven seasons, the most over a seven-year span since 1956-62. Garza joins Devyn Marble (2014), Aaron White (2015), Jarrod Uthoff (2016), and Peter Jok (2017) as first team selections. Fredrick is the ninth Hawkeye to be voted to the five-player All-Freshman Team since the honor was first introduced in 2003. Fredrick is the seventh rookie to be recognized on the All-Fresh-man Team under Fran McCaffery and the fourth in four years (Jor-dan Bohannon and Tyler Cook in 2017; Joe Wieskamp in 2019). Garza was also voted the United States Basketball Writers Asso-ciation (USBWA) District VI Player of the Year on Tuesday, as well as the all-district team. Joining Garza on the 10-player all-district squad was teammate Joe Wieskamp. Garza and Wieskamp’s honor marks the sixth time in seven sea-sons that a Hawkeye has garnered all-district recognition (Devyn Marble in 2014; Aaron White in 2015; Jarrod Uthoff and Peter Jok in 2016; Jok in 2017; Cook in 2019; Luka Garza and Joe Wieskamp in 2020).

LUKA GARZA MAKES HISTORY• Luka Garza netted a career-high 44 points at Michigan on Dec. 6,

2020. Garza’s 44 points are the most by an Iowa big man, third most in a game in program history, and are the most scored by a Hawkeye in a single-game since guard John Johnson poured in a school-record 49 points against Northwestern on Feb. 24, 1970.

• Garza’s 44 points are the most scored by a visiting player in Crisler Center history, besting Ohio State’s Dennis Hopson’s 39 points on Jan. 8, 1987. The 44-point outburst is the second high-est scoring output by any player in Crisler Center history (48 by Rudy Tomjanovich vs. Indiana on Jan. 7, 1969).

• Garza’s 44 points are believed to be the most in a game by a Big Ten player since Purdue’s Glenn Robinson scored 44 against Kansas on March 24, 1994.

• Garza made 17 field goals, tying Bruce King (vs. Michigan on Jan. 31, 1976) for third most in a game in Iowa history. Garza’s 32 attempts tie three others (Fred Brown, Murray Wier and Charles Darling) for fourth most in Iowa history.

• Garza’s 27 first-half points are the most by a Hawkeye in a half since Jarrod Uthoff had 30 at Iowa State (Dec. 10, 2015).

• Garza scored all 44 of his points against the Wolverines at the free throw line and inside the 3-point arc. Garza is the first Big Ten player to score 40 points or more without making a 3-pointer since Jared Sullinger had 40 points without a triple against IUPUI in 2010.

COACHING EXPERIENCEFran McCaffery has the most experienced coaching staffs in the country. The Iowa men’s basketball staff has 73 years of combined collegiate head coaching experience and more than 125 years of collegiate coaching under their belts. Iowa is one of two programs nationwide who have four current/former Division I head coaches on their active coaching staffs (Pitt). Listed below are the number of years of head coaching experi-ence on the Iowa staff. Coach __________________________ Years Fran McCaffery __________________ 24 years Kirk Speraw _____________________ 20 years Sherman Dillard __________________ 10 years Billy Taylor _______________________ 14 years Al Seibert _______________________ 5 years

IOWA SIGNS PAYTON SANDFORT

PAYTONSANDFORT//F,6-7,210//Waukee,Iowa(WaukeeHighSchool)• Averaged 19.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 4.0 assists as a junior team captain

in 2019-20• Shot at a 45 percent clip from 3-point range each of the last two seasons• First-team All-State (Iowa Newspaper Writers Association), first-team all-

conference, State All-Tournament Team, and All Substate Team honoree as a junior

• Led Waukee High School to a school-record 23 wins, conference and sub-state championship, and State tournament runner-up finish last season as a junior

• Member of the Waukee 2018 and 2019 conference and substate cham-pionship team that also placed third at the Iowa State tournament both seasons

• Competed on Kingdom Hoops AAU team in 2020, averaging 21 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists

• Starter on the Waukee Golf Team that won the 2020 state and district championship

• Individual runner-up at the district tournament, shooting an even-par 71• National Honor Society member• Three-time All-Academic Award (Central Iowa Metro League)• Powerlife Leader for Lutheran Church of Hope middle school students the

last three years

FRANMcCAFFERYONPAYTONSANDFORT“We’re thrilled to have Payton join our program. I offered a scholarship the very first time I saw him play. He is perfectly suited for our style of play with his size, versatility, competitiveness, 3-point accuracy, ball handling and post-up skill. I believe he is going to have a tremendous career here at the University of Iowa.”


IOWA HISTORYIowa has played 2,839 games since beginning basketball in 1902. Iowa’s overall record is 1,671-1,168 (.588). Iowa’s 1,671 wins are 38th most among Division I programs. That includes a 1,069-372 (.742) record in home games, a 596-795 (.428) record in contests away from Iowa City, a 786-797 (.496) mark in Big Ten games and a 474-146 (.764) record in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

MEN’S BASKETBALL REPRESENTED ON BIG TEN COALITIONIn June 2020, the Big Ten Conference formed the Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition, which includes student-athletes, coaches, athletic directors, chancellors, presidents and other members of the Big Ten family representing all 14 member institutions. The University of Iowa has 10 representatives on the Coalition, including head coach Fran McCaffery, assistant coach Billy Taylor, and redshirt junior Connor McCaffery. The Coalition will leverage, support, and complement the ex-traordinary efforts already taking place across the Big Ten through initiatives on our campuses, as well as through existing conference-wide organizations like the Big Ten Advisory Commission.

IOWA VS. RANKED TEAMS Tuesday will be Iowa’s first contest of the 2020-21 season against a ranked opponent. Iowa won seven games against ranked opponents last season, the most by any team nationally and the most by a Hawkeye team in a single-season since 2006 (8). Below are Iowa’s most recent victories over nationally-ranked opponents:

At Home: 77-68 over 16th-ranked Penn State, 2/29/20 85-76 over 25th-ranked Ohio State, 2/20/20 72-65 over 19th-ranked Illinois, 2/2/20 85-80 over 24th-ranked Rutgers, 1/22/20On the Road: 59-57 over 21st-ranked Wisconsin, 3/2/17 83-69 over 24th-ranked Maryland, 2/25/17 76-59 over 4th-ranked Michigan State, 1/14/16NeutralCourt: 72-61 over 12th-ranked Texas Tech, 11/28/19 79-72 over 22nd-ranked Cincinnati, 3/22/19 77-69 over 13th-ranked Oregon, 11/15/18 84-61 over 20th-ranked Wichita State, 11/29/15


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YEAR G/GS FG-A PCT 3-PT PCT FT-A PCT REB AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVGFresh. 9/0 5-18 .278 5-16 .313 0-1 .000 5 0.6 1-0 4 0 0 3 15 1.7Soph. 8/0 3-12 .250 3-11 .273 3-4 .750 5 0.6 3-0 2 2 0 3 12 1.5Junior 2/0 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2 1.0 1-0 2 0 0 0 2 1.0 TOTALS 19/0 9-34 .265 8-29 .286 3-5 .600 12 0.6 5-0 8 2 0 6 29 1.5

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ASSISTSSeason: 1, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 2 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

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MINUTESSeason: 4 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 19 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

FIELDGOALSMADESeason: 1 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 3 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

FIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 3 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 9 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSMADESeason: - - -Career: 3 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 1, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 8 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

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YEAR G/GS FG-A PCT 3-PT PCT FT-A PCT REB AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVGFresh. 9/0 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 1-4 .250 4 0.4 1-0 0 1 0 0 6 0.7Soph. 4/0 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 5 1.3 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5Junior 2/0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0TOTALS 15/0 3-6 .500 1-1 1.000 1-6 .167 9 0.6 3-0 0 1 0 0 8 0.5

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Season: - - -Career: 3, 2x, last vs. Savannah St. (12/22/18)

REBOUNDSSeason: - - -Season: 3 vs. Kennesaw State (12/29/19)

ASSISTSSeason: - - -Career: - - -


STEALSSeason: - - -Career: - - -

MINUTESSeason: 1, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 7 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

FIELDGOALSMADESeason: - - -Career: 1, 3x, last vs. Kennesaw State (12/29/19)

FIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: - - -Career: 2 vs. Alabama State (11/21/18)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSMADESeason: - - -Career: 1 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: - - -Career: 1 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

FREETHROWSMADESeason: - - -Career: 1 vs. Alabama State (11/21/18)

FREETHROWSATTEMPTEDSeason: - - -Career: 2, 3x, last vs. Kennesaw State (12/29/19)

• Non-scholarship athlete• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree

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Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVGN.C. Central 11/25/2020 01:03 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Western Ill. 12/03/2020 01:08 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Totals 0 02:11 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0


Minutes/game

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2 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


3 JORDAN BOHANNON

YEAR G/GS FG-A PCT 3-PT PCT FT-A PCT REB AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVGFresh. 34/28 118-304 .388 89-214 .416 47-55 .855 76 2.2 55-0 175 76 2 29 372 10.9Soph. 33/33 137-324 .423 96-223 .430 75-83 .904 74 2.2 59-0 178 68 0 22 445 13.5Junior 35/35 112-294 .381 79-206 .383 102-117 .880 84 2.4 61-0 118 58 0 23 405 11.6Senior 10/6 25-84 .298 20-61 .328 18-18 1.000 16 1.6 17-0 33 11 0 8 88 8.8RS-Senior 3/3 4-18 .222 3-14 .214 0-0 .000 13 4.3 2-0 14 3 0 1 11 3.7 TOTALS 115/105 396-1024 .387 287-716 .400 242-273 .886 263 2.3 194-0 518 216 2 83 1,321 11.5

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REBOUNDSSeason: 6 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 6, 4x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)

ASSISTSSeason: 7 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 13 vs. TCU (3/19/17)

BLOCKSSeason: - - -Career: 1, 2x, last at Minnesota (2/8/17)

STEALSSeason: 1 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 6 vs. Pittsburgh (11/27/18)

MINUTESSeason: 28 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 45 at Minnesota (2/8/17)

FIELDGOALSMADESeason: 2, 2x, last vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 9 vs. UAB (11/22/17)

FIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 8 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 18 at Notre Dame (11/29/16)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSMADESeason: 2 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 8 at Maryland (2/25/17)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 7 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 15 at Notre Dame (11/29/16)

FREETHROWSMADESeason: - - -Career: 10, 2x, last vs. Nebraska (1/6/19)

FREETHROWSATTEMPTEDSeason: - - -Career: 10, 4x, last vs. Nebraska (1/7/19)

• Passed B.J. Armstrong for fifth all-time in career assists (518) against Western Illinois• Ranks sixth in the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.67) and 12th in assists per game (4.7)• Dished out seven assists (no turnovers) in win over Southern University• Underwent two hip surgeries: right hip (May, 2019) and left hip (December, 2020)• Tied with Wisconsin’s D’Mitrik Trice for most games played among active Division I players with 115• His 287 3-pointers are most in school history and most of any active player from a Power 5 conference • Sixth Hawkeye in program history to total 1,000+ points and 500+ assists • Seven career games with 10 or more assists• Ranks 21st on Iowa’s all-time career scoring list and 24 points from passing James Moses for 20th• Made 24 straight FTs dating back to his junior season

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Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVGN.C. Central 11/25/2020 * 25:30 2-8 .250 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 0 5 5 5.0 1 2 1 0 1 6 6.0Southern U. 11/27/2020 * 28:02 2-7 .286 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.5 1 7 0 0 0 5 5.5Western Ill. 12/03/2020 * 19:07 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 6 6 4.3 0 5 2 0 0 0 3.7Totals 3 72:39 4-18 .222 3-14 .214 0-0 .000 1 12 13 4.3 2 14 3 0 1 11 3.7


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3 24.2 3.7 22.2 21.4 0.0 4.3 4.7 1.0 4.7 0.3 0.0


5 CJ FREDRICK

YEAR G/GS FG-A PCT 3-PT PCT FT-A PCT REB AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVGFresh. 25/25 87-180 .483 47-102 .461 35-44 .795 48 1.9 43-0 69 32 5 17 256 10.2Soph. 3/3 6-13 .462 5-10 .500 6-7 .857 4 1.3 2-0 13 2 0 0 23 7.7TOTALS 28/28 93-193 .482 52-112 .464 41-51 .804 52 1.9 45-0 82 34 5 17 279 10.0

RS-Sophomore • Guard • 6-3 • 195Cincinnati, Ohio • Covington Catholic

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Season: 10 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 21, 3x, last vs. Michigan (1/17/20)

REBOUNDSSeason: 2 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 5 vs. Oral Roberts (11/15/19)

ASSISTSSeason: 6 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 6 vs. Southern (11/27/20)

BLOCKSSeason: - - -Career: 1, 5x, last vs. Penn St (2/29/20)

STEALSSeason: - - -Career: 2, 4x, last at Northwestern (1/14/20)

MINUTESSeason: 25 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 38 vs. Michigan (1/17/20)

FIELDGOALSMADESeason: 3 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 7 vs. Cal Poly (11/24/19)

FIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDCareer: 6 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Season: 12 at maryland (1/30/20)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSMADESeason: 3 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 5 vs. Cal Poly (11/24/19)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 5 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 8 at maryland (1/30/20)

FREETHROWSMADESeason: 3 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 6, 2x, last vs. Michigan (1/17/20)

FREETHROWSATTEMPTEDSeason: 4 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 8 vs. Cincinnati (12/21/19)

• Ranks second in the Big Ten and 18th in the country in assist-to-turonver ratio (6.5)• Voted to the five-player All-Big Ten Freshman Team by the league head coaches last season• One of only three players nationally -- and only player from a major conference dating back to 1993 -- with 65+

assists, 32 or fewer turnovers, and shoot 46 percent or better from 3-point range last season• Missed six full games and two second halves due to different injuries last season• Named B1G Freshman of the Week (Jan. 20, 2020) • Iowa’s third-leading scorer (10.2) and ranked sixth among Big Ten freshmen in 2019-20• Shot a Big Ten-best 46.1 percent (47-of-102) from 3-point range• His 2.7 assists per game average tied for the third most among Big Ten rookies last season• Named to the 2019 Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament Team

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Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVGN.C. Central 11/25/2020 * 21:21 3-5 .600 3-5 .600 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 10 10.0Southern U. 11/27/2020 * 24:48 2-6 .333 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 1.5 2 6 1 0 0 7 8.5Western Ill. 12/03/2020 * 23:00 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 3-4 .750 0 1 1 1.3 0 4 1 0 0 6 7.7Totals 3 69:09 6-13 .462 5-10 .500 6-7 .857 1 3 4 1.3 2 13 2 0 0 23 7.7


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55 LUKA GARZA

YEAR G/GS FG-A PCT 3-PT PCT FT-FTA PCT REB AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVGFresh. 33/26 146-262 .557 16-46 .348 92-135 .681 211 6.4 80-2 35 35 32 11 400 12.1Soph. 32/30 156-294 .531 21-72 .292 86-107 .804 144 4.5 74-1 28 42 17 10 419 13.1Junior 31/31 287-530 .542 39-109 .358 127-195 .651 305 9.8 78-1 36 57 55 26 740 23.9Senior 3/3 38-50 .760 5-8 .625 21-26 .808 29 9.7 7-0 2 5 8 3 102 34.0TOTALS 99/90 627-1136 .552 81-235 .345 326-463 .704 689 7.0 239-3 101 139 112 50 1,661 16.8

Senior • Forward • 6-11 • 265Washington, D.C. • Maret School

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REBOUNDSSeason: 10, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 18, 2x, last vs. Wisconsin (1/27/20)

ASSISTSSeason: 1, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 4 vs. Ohio State (2/20/20)

BLOCKSSeason: 3, 2x, last vs. Southern (11/27/20) Career: 5, 2x, last vs. Cincinnati (12/21/19)

STEALSSeason: 2 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 4 vs. Purdue (3/3/20)

MINUTESSeason: 29 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 40 at Illinois (3/8/20)

FIELDGOALSMADESeason: 14 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 17 at Michigan (12/6/19)

FIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 21 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 32 at Michigan (12/6/19)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSMADESeason: 3 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 4 vs. Illinois (2/2/20)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 4 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 9 vs. Illinois (2/2/20)

FREETHROWSMADESeason: 10 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 11 vs. Michigan (1/17/20)

FREETHROWSATTEMPTEDSeason: 12 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 14 vs. Penn State (1/4/20)

ARE YOU SERIOUS?! *Dick Vitale voice*• Only Division I player in the last 25 years to score 100+ points on 75 percent shooting over a three-game span

(the last NBA player to put up equivalent numbers was Shaquille O’Neal in Januaray, 1996)• Garza’s 102 points in his first three games are the most by any Division I player over his first three games of a

season since Davidson’s Stephen Curry had 106 in 2008-09• Recorded 19 straight games of 20+ points to tie T.J Warren (N.C. State, 2013-14) for the longest streak by a

major conference player over the last 20 seasons

ACCOLADES• Headlines the Wooden Award Top-50 List• Earned the season’s first Big Ten Player of the Week Award (Nov. 30) after averaging 33.5 points, 9.5 rebounds,

and 3.0 blocks in wins over NCCU and Southern; he scorched the nets making 86.2 percent (25-of-29) of his field goal attempts, 75 percent from 3-point range (3-of-4), and 87.5 percent from the foul line (14-of-16)

• Fourth Hawkeye in program history and first since 1968 to be named Player of the Year in the Big Ten• First player in Iowa history to be named National Player of the Year (six national news outlets)• Voted 2020 USBWA District VI Player of the Year and to its 10-player all-district team• Winner of the 2020 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Center of the Year and Pete Newell Big Man of the Year• 2020 Big Ten Player of the Year; Iowa’s first honoree for the top conference honor since 1968 (Sam Williams)• Finalist for the 2020 Wooden Award; Naismith Trophy; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Lute Olson Award • First ever Hawkeye to earn Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (Dec. 10, 2020) after averaging 33.5

points and 8.5 rebounds in road games at Syracuse and Michigan• Named to 2020 Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament Team

STATISTICAL RANKINGS• Leads the country in points per game (34.0) and one of only two players to average more than 30 points• Ranks six in the nation and second in the conference in total points (102)• Ranks fifth in the nation in and second in the conference in field goals made (38)• Leads the conference and 13th in the nation in field goal percentage (.760)• Leads the conference in offensive rebounding (3.7) and ranks fourth in rebounds per game (9.7)• Ranks fifth in the conferce in blocked shots (8)

STATISTICAL SEASON HIGHLIGHTS• Scored 30 or more points in the first half in last two games and averaging 27.3 points per game in first halves

this season• Posted second double-double (35 points, 10 rebounds) of the season and 23rd of his career in win over WIU• Garza’s 41 points against Southern (Nov. 27) are the most points scored by a Hawkeye in a single-game in

Carver-Hawkeye Arena• Garza’s 36 first-half points (12-12 FG, 10-12 FT) against Southern (Nov. 27) are believed to be the most points

scored by a Hawkeye in a half in program history• Became the only player in the last decade to score 40 points and shoot 90% with 41-point performance against

Southern (Nov. 27)• Garza’s efficient performance (14-15 FG; .933) against Southern (Nov. 27) was the best single-game field goal

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Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVGN.C. Central 11/25/2020 * 23:30 11-14 .786 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000 7 3 10 10.0 1 1 1 3 2 26 26.0Southern U. 11/27/2020 * 29:03 14-15 .933 3-3 1.000 10-12 .833 1 8 9 9.5 4 0 2 3 0 41 33.5Western Ill. 12/03/2020 * 25:14 13-21 .619 2-4 .500 7-10 .700 3 7 10 9.7 2 1 2 2 1 35 34.0Totals 3 77:47 38-50 .760 5-8 .625 21-26 .808 11 18 29 9.7 7 2 5 8 3 102 34.0


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Points/game FG Pct

3FGPct FT Pct

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3 25.9 34.0 76.0 62.5 80.8 9.7 0.7 1.7 0.4 1.0 2.7


pROduCTiON TRACkER Season CareerScored 10+ Points: 3 73Scored 15+ Points: 3 58Scored 20+ Points: 3 40Had 5+ Assists: 0 0Had 3+ Blocks: 2 14Had 3+ Steals: 0 2Made 3+ 3-Pointers: 1 4Led Team in Scoring: 3 40Led Team in Rebounding: 3 45Led Team in Assists: 0 4Led Team in Steals: 1 11Led Team in Blocks: 2 39Double-Double: 2 23

• AP Unanimous Preseason All-American• Blue Ribbon First Team Preseason All-American• CBS Sports First Team Preseason All-American• USA Today First Team Preseason All-American• Dick Vitale Preseason Player of the Year• Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year• Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List• Wooden Award Top 50 Watch List• Unanimous All-Big Ten Preseason Team• Kareem Abdul Jabbar Center of the Year Watch List

• Big Ten Player of the Week (Nov. 30, 2020)

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HISTORICAL MILESTONES• Fourth Hawkeye in program history and first since Sam Williams in 1968 to win Big Ten MVP honors• Iowa’s single-season scoring record holder; the only Hawkeye to score over 700 points in a single season • Only player in the country to amass 700+ points, 300+ rebounds, 50+ blocks and 35+ 3-pointers last season; the last

three D-I players to do that in a season: Frank Kaminsky (2014-15); Michael Beasley (2007-08); Kevin Durant (2006-07)• Ranks eighth on Iowa’s all-time career scoring list (1,661); needs 15 points to pass Ronnie Lester for seventh

all-time and 45 points to move into the top five• Tied for seventh all-time in school history with 23 career double-doubles • One of two players in Hawkeye history to score 40+ points in two career games (John Johnson, 49 and 46)• His 740 points are the most points by a junior in Iowa single-season history, shattering B.J. Armstrong’s previ-

ous benchmark of 592 points scored in 34 games during the 1988 season• One of only four Hawkeyes in school history with 1,600+ points and 650+ rebounds• His 44 points at Michigan last season were the most in a single-game by an Iowa big man, third most in a

single-game in program history, most scored by a Hawkeye in a single-game since guard John Johnson (49) in 1970, and most scored by a visiting player in Crisler Center history

• First player since Ohio State’s Dennis Hopson in 1987 to score 20+ points in 16 straight Big Ten games; Garza’s active 16-game streak against Big Ten competition is an Iowa school record

MISCELLANEOUS STATS• Averaged 26.7 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks in 12 games against AP Top-25 teams last season• Recorded 11 straight 20-point games against AP Top-25 teams last season -- the longest streak by any player

in the country over the last 15 seasons• Became fourth Big Ten player since 1993 to average 23 points or better (Shawn Respert, Carson Edwards, Glenn

Robinson)• His scoring average of 26.2 points per game in 20 Big Ten games last year is the highest by any player since Glenn

Robinson in 1994 (31.1 ppg) and highest by a true center since Minnesota’s Tom Kondla (28.3 ppg) in 1967• No player averaged more than 26 points per game in Big Ten play since Purdue’s Glenn Robinson in 1994 (31.1

ppg); Garza finished the 20-game schedule averaging 26.2 points per contest


HEAR FROM THE EXPERTSWHAT THEY’RE SAYiNG ABOuT LukA GARZA

Western Illinois Head Coach Rob Jeter (12/3/20)“You can watch film on Luka all you want, until you have to guard him. I think ourguyshaveadifferentappreciationforhimandhowtoughheis.”

Seth Greenberg (12/4/20)“LukaGarzaisthehardestplayingplayerinallofAmerica.The dude is relentless. He plays every single possession like it is his last of his career.”

Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo (2/24/20)“Luka Garza has one of the highest basketball IQ’s for a big guy that I have ever seen.”

Casey Jacobsen (2/20/20)“The Big Ten is completely loaded with big guys and Luka Garza has separated himself among this group. Heisclearlybetterinsideandout,andistougherthannails. I saw him get his face cracked open twice in one game and come back both times & still deliver.”

Dave Revsine (2/16/20)“LukaGarzaisphenomenal.As good as he looks on TV, it’s that much more impressive in person. He made himself into a great player through hard work and dedication.”

Minnesota Head Coach Richard Pitino (2/16/20)“LukaGarzaisterrific,oneofthebestplayersinthecountry.”

Nebraska Head Coach Fred Hoiberg (2/8/20)“LukaGarzaisasgoodaplayerasthereisinthecountry. He obviously has a skillset; you can’t stop him in the paint when he gets an angle. He carves out space as well as anybody I have seen at this level. He is able to step out and knock down the three, but thethingIlikemostishisintensity,effort,andrelentlessness and it is a good lesson for our young players to go out there and play with that type of effort every possession.”

Lefty Driesell, Maryland legend and father of Garza’s high school coach, via BTN The Journey (2/5/20)“Rightnow,he’sthebestpost-upbigmaninAmerica. He has all kinds of moves: hook shots, up-and-unders, goes underneath the basket, turn-around jumper.”

Wisconsin Head Coach Greg Gard (1/27/20)“His growth and development is similar to what I saw with Frank Kaminsky. Watching last year’s film and then seeing him this year up close, he’s made a tremendous jump, and he’s done a terrific job with his body. Heplayswithatremendousmotor.”

Jon Rothstein (1/27/20)“America is officially running out of adjectives for Luka Garza. First-TeamAll-American.”

Rutgers Head Coach Steve Pikiell (1/22/20)“(Luka) can post guys up and play angles. He’s relentless. He’saproblemforalotofpeople. This league is filled with a lot of good guys and he’satthetopofthelist.”

Stephen Bardo (1/22/20)“LukaGarza does everything, but sell popcorn and posters.

Michigan Head Coach Juwan Howard (1/17/20)“(Luka) has proven that he is one of the best college basketball players in the country.”

Stephen Bardo (1/4/20)“Ifyoulookuptheword,‘work’inthedictionary,youseeapictureofLukaGarza.He can’t go on vacation without working on his game. He can beat you inside and outside. Luka is one of the premiere players in the country. He keeps coming at you. Luka is a joy to watch.”

Seth Greenberg (12/12/19)“Luka Garza is a terrific player. He has great foot work, he can step out and shoot the three, and is a very good passer. Hehasacompleteoffensivegame.Heisarelentlessworker.Lukaisatoughmatch-upbecauseofhisenergy,passion,workethic,andhowversatileheisaroundthebasket.”

Dan Dakich (12/12/19)“LukaGarza can do everything. He’s as tough a player you are ever going to find. He can shoot it, and plays harder than anybody on the court. He’s fun to watch. He’s everything you want in a college basketball player.”

Robbie Hummel (12/9/19)“He wears you down. He’s so good at getting position. He draws contact and draws fouls as good as anyone in the country. He puts pressure on your defense. He’s such a nimble athlete. You love his balance. Hegetstowherehewantstogoandtakescontact.Heissoimpressive.”

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YEAR G/GS FG-A PCT 3-PT PCT FT-A PCT REB AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVGFresh. 6/0 3-5 .600 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 2 0.3 0-0 3 1 0 0 8 1.3Soph. 5/0 1-6 .167 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 0.2 1-0 0 2 0 0 2 0.4Junior 0/0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0TOTALS 11/0 4-1 .364 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 3 0.3 1-0 3 3 0 0 10 0.9

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REBOUNDSSeason: - - -Career: 1, 3x, last vs. Nebraska (2/8/20)

ASSISTSSeason: - - -Career: 2 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)


STEALSSeason: - - -Career: - - -

MINUTESSeason: - - -Career: 7 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

FIELDGOALSMADESeason: - - -Career: 2 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

FIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: - - -Career: 4 vs. Nebraska (2/8/20)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSMADESeason: - - -Career: 1, 2x, last vs. Michigan (3/15/19)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: - - -Career: 2 vs. Savannah State (12/22/18)

FREETHROWSMADESeason: - - -Career: - - -

FREETHROWSATTEMPTEDSeason: - - -Career: - - -

• Non-scholarship athlete

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YEAR G/GS FG-A PCT 3-PT PCT FT-A PCT REB AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVGFresh. 4/0 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 3-4 .750 4 1.0 2-0 7 4 0 2 8 2.0RS-Fresh. 34/0 35-97 .361 6-29 .207 73-97 .753 49 1.4 61-0 102 43 3 23 149 4.4Soph. 31/31 55-160 .344 33-97 .340 50-64 .781 124 4.0 80-2 124 27 3 35 193 6.2RS-Junior 3/3 4-7 .571 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000 15 5.0 7-0 15 3 1 2 12 4.0TOTALS 72/34 96-267 .360 42-133 .316 128-167 .766 192 2.7 150-2 248 77 7 62 362 5.0

RS-Junior • Guard • 6-5 • 205Iowa City, Iowa • Iowa West HS

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REBOUNDSSeason: 6, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 13 vs. Michigan (1/17/20)

ASSISTSSeason: 6 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 8, 3x, last at Illinois (3/8/20)

BLOCKSSeason: 1 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 1, 7x, last vs. Southern (11/27/20)

STEALSSeason: 1, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 3, 6x, last at Mich. State (2/25/20)

MINUTESSeason: 27 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 39 at Minnesota (2/16/20)

FIELDGOALSMADESeason: 2 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 5, 2x, last vs. San Diego State (11/29/19)

FIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 3 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 8, 6x, last vs. Purdue (3/3/20)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSMADESeason: 1, 2x, last vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 3, 2x, last vs. Illinois (2/2/20)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 2, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 8 vs. Purdue (3/3/20)

FREETHROWSMADESeason: 2 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 9 vs. Connecticut (11/16/18)

FREETHROWSATTEMPTEDSeason: 2 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 11 vs. Connecticut (11/16/18)

• Ranks fourth in the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio (5.0) and ninth in assists per game (5.0)• Two-sport athlete, playing basketball and baseball• Led the NCAA in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.6; 124 assists, 27 turnovers) in 2019-20• Only player in the country last season with more than 120 assists and less than 30 turnovers• One of 10 representatives from the University of Iowa on the Big Ten Anti-Hate And Anti-Racism Coalition• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, First Team Academic All-District (finance major; 3.5 GPA), two-time academic

all-conference, and NABC Honors Court honoree• Boasted a 6.85 assist-to-turnover ratio (48 assists, seven turnovers) over the last 10 games last year (322 minutes)• Led team and ranked seventh in the Big Ten in assists (4.0) and 10th in steals per game (1.1) last season

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#30 MCCAFFERY, ConnorTotal 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds

Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVGN.C. Central 11/25/2020 * 20:29 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 3 3 3.0 3 4 1 0 1 3 3.0Southern U. 11/27/2020 * 26:27 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 2 4 6 4.5 2 5 1 1 0 7 5.0Western Ill. 12/03/2020 * 23:19 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 5 6 5.0 2 6 1 0 1 2 4.0Totals 3 70:15 4-7 .571 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000 3 12 15 5.0 7 15 3 1 2 12 4.0


Minutes/game

Points/game FG Pct

3FGPct FT Pct

Rebounds/game

Assists/game

Turnovers/game


Steals/game

Blocks/game

3 23.4 4.0 57.1 40.0 100.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 5.0 0.7 0.3


22 PATRICK McCAFFERY

YEAR G/GS FG-A PCT 3-PT PCT FT-A PCT REB AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVGFresh. 2/0 3-10 .300 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 5 2.5 2-0 1 0 0 1 6 3.0RS-Fresh. 3/0 11-26 .423 2-10 .200 9-16 .563 12 4.0 5-0 6 1 1 2 33 11.0TOTALS 5/0 14-36 .389 2-14 .143 9-16 .563 17 3.4 7-0 7 1 1 3 39 7.8

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Season: 16 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 16 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)

REBOUNDSSeason: 6 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 6 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)

ASSISTSSeason: 3 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 3 vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)

BLOCKSSeason: 1 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 1 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)

STEALSSeason: 2 vs. Southern (11/27/20)Career: 2 vs. Southern (11/27/20)

MINUTESSeason: 21 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 21 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)

FIELDGOALSMADESeason: 5 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 5 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)

FIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 10 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 10 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSMADESeason: 1, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 1, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)

3-POINTFIELDGOALSATTEMPTEDSeason: 4, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)Career: 4, 2x, last vs. W. Illinois (12/3/20)

FREETHROWSMADESeason: 5 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 5 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)

FREETHROWSATTEMPTEDSeason: 8 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)Career: 8 vs. N.C. Central (11/25/20)

• Grabbed career-best six rebounds in win over Western Illinois and reached double-figures for second time this season

• Led Iowa off the bench in season opener versus N.C. Central with a career-high 16 points• Fourth on the team in scoring (11.0)• Medical redshirted last season due to residual health and wellness issues related to his thyroid• Granted retired uniform number #22 by All-American Bill Seaberg (1954-56) in honor of his friend Austin “Flash”

Schroeder, who passed away in 2015

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Season CareerScored 10+ Points: 2 2Scored 15+ Points: 1 1Scored 20+ Points: 0 0Had 5+ Assists: 0 0Had 3+ Blocks: 0 0Had 3+ Steals: 0 0Made 3+ 3-Pointers: 0 0Led Team in Scoring: 0 0Led Team in Rebounding: 0 0Led Team in Assists: 0 0Led Team in Steals: 1 1 Led Team in Blocks: 0 0Double-Double: 0 0

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#22 MCCAFFERY, PatrickTotal 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds

Opponent Date GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-3FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVGN.C. Central 11/25/2020 21:07 5-10 .500 1-4 .250 5-8 .625 3 0 3 3.0 0 1 0 1 1 16 16.0Southern U. 11/27/2020 20:10 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 1-4 .250 1 2 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 1 7 11.5Western Ill. 12/03/2020 14:45 3-9 .333 1-4 .250 3-4 .750 1 5 6 4.0 2 3 0 0 0 10 11.0Totals 0 56:02 11-26 .423 2-10 .200 9-16 .563 5 7 12 4.0 5 6 1 1 2 33 11.0


Minutes/game

Points/game FG Pct

3FGPct FT Pct

Rebounds/game

Assists/game

Turnovers/game


Steals/game

Blocks/game

3 18.7 11.0 42.3 20.0 56.3 4.0 2.0 0.3 6.0 0.7 0.3

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