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The #3 Iowa Hawkeyes (5-0) look to close out an impressive week which saw them take down North Carolina and Iowa State against the Northern Illinois Huskies (0-4). These two last faced off in 2017, where the Hawks led wire-to-wire for a 98-75 win in an otherwise disappointing season.
Iowa will look to do the same this afternoon and still have the leading scorer from the previous showdown: Luka Garza. The big man came off the bench to go 8/8 from the field and score 25 points in just 16 minutes of play.
Since then the Huskies have been expectedly MAC-y and finished atop their division before their conference tournament was cancelled last year. Their do-it-all point guard, Eugene German, graduated and they have been searching to replace his team-leading minutes (32.8), points (20.5), and assists (2.6).