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Tyler Burton notched a double-double of 18 points and 11
rebounds for the Spiders (24-12). Nathan Cayo added 15 points
for Richmond, including a key layup that produced a three-point
lead with 1:24 to go and a three-point play 50 seconds later.
The Spiders held on to stretch their winning streak to five and
advanced to face fourth-seeded Providence in the second round on
Saturday.
"I couldn't be more proud of our guys," Richmond coach Chris
Mooney said. "That was a tremendous effort. Particularly a great
defensive effort against one of the best offenses in the
country. Big Ten champs, that's a tremendous win for Richmond,
tremendous win for these particular guys."
Inconsistency doomed the Big Ten tournament champion Hawkeyes
(26-10). After using an 11-0 run to take a five-point lead with
16:24 remaining, Iowa slumped through a scoreless drought of
5:07 as the Spiders responded with an 11-0 run of their own.
Richmond, the Atlantic 10 tournament champion, led by as many as
eight while shooting 42.1 percent. Iowa shot 36.4 percent and
was 6-for-29 (20.7 percent) from 3-point range.
All-American Keegan Murray paced Iowa with 21 points and nine
rebounds, while Patrick McCaffery chipped in 18 points,
including four 3-pointers.
Although Iowa held a 40-36 rebounding edge, also getting nine
boards from Filip Rebraca, the Spiders outscored the Hawkeyes
38-30 in the paint.
Richmond took a 29-28 lead into halftime after capitalizing on
the last in a series of early Iowa gaffes. Fouled on an errant
3-point attempt with seven seconds left in the first half,
Burton swished each of his free throws to put the Spiders ahead.
Iowa missed a trey and a jumper inside the arc just before the
break, closing a first half that saw it struggle to 30.3 percent
shooting, including 1-for-13 from deep.
"I thought we played one of my worst basketball halves all
season the first half, and we were only down one," Iowa coach
Fran McCaffery said. "So I knew we had a little bit of light
left still in us, and we made a little bit of a run, but got to
credit them. They did everything great tonight. They were locked
in, and they're playing some of their best basketball this
season right now."
Burton led all scorers with 14 first-half points, while Gilyard
added nine. Murray paced Iowa with 10 points, while Jordan
Bohannon was held scoreless en route to finishing with just six
points.
Gilyard chipped in six rebounds and six assists for the Spiders.
--Field Level Media
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