Hawks losing streak continues, fall at Purdue 79-72

Key Highlights

• Despite Bennett Stirtz drawing two quick fouls once again, the Hawks were able to get and hit open shots, including 3-4 crazy bounces they don’t normally get at Mackey.
• The hot shooting continued with 4 different Hawkeyes combining to make 5 straight 3s and go up 19-16. Purdue eventually got the lead but a Stirtz layup tied it up at 31 apiece.
• Kael Combs, who looked much more aggressive shooting the basketball, closed the half with his second 3 to get the halftime lead, 34-31. The lead felt tenuous, as the Boilers were constantly lurking.
• They got a 1-point lead after back-to-back Trey Kaufmann-Renn and-ones but Iowa put together a sensational stretch of basketball: offensive board led to a Stirtz and-one, stop, Combs 3, then back-to-back dunks by Cam Manyawu, the second of which was a “pick six” where he nabbed a lazy pass and took it to the rim unencumbered.48-39!
• Cooking with gas!AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMatt Painter called a timeout and then Smith got his scoring going with a midrange jumper.