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Iowa 68, Illinois 60: Aaron White scored 20 of his
career-high 29 points in the second half as the host Hawkeyes
downed the Fighting Illini.
Jarrod Uthoff added six points and a game-high 10 rebounds for
Iowa (18-10, 9-6 Big Ten), which notched its third straight win.
The Hawkeyes, who also received eight points from Gabriel
Olaseni and six apiece from Peter Jok, Josh Oglesby and Anthony
Clemmons, hit 6-of-14 3-pointers and finished with a 20-15 edge
at the free-throw line.
Rayvonte Rice had 20 points and nine rebounds to pace Illinois
(17-11, 7-8), which suffered its third straight setback since
opening the month with a four-game win streak. Ahmad Starks, who
started for point guard Jaylon Tate (illness), added a season
high-matching 19 points - including five 3-pointers - for the
Illini, which shot 33.3 percent from the field but hit 15-of-16
free throws.
Iowa, which took a 33-32 lead into the second half, fell behind
36-35 before White scored the Hawkeyes' next 14 points as part
of a 23-12 run over the ensuing 11 minutes, allowing them to
take their first double-digit lead at 58-48 with 6:24 remaining.
Illinois was able to get within 63-58 on two Nnanna Egwu free
throws with 1:17 left, but the Hawkeyes went 5-of-6 at the line
from there to close out the win.
Iowa grabbed an early 22-15 lead, but Starks drained a pair of
treys to fuel a 15-4 Illinois run, giving the visitors a 30-26
edge with 3:25 to play in the opening half. Then it was the
Hawkeyes' turn to heat up as they closed the half with a 7-2
mini-run to take the one-point advantage into the break.
GAME NOTEBOOK: White now has 1,726 career points, surpassing
B.J. Armstrong (1,705) to move into fourth place on Iowa's
all-time list. ... Tate had started the last 12 games and was
averaging 3.9 points and 3.2 assists in 20.7 minutes, but did
not play. ... The Hawkeyes improved to 17-1 when scoring 64 or
more points.
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