The Live Thread: Iowa vs. Nebraska

Welcome to the live thread for Iowa vs. Nebraska.

Game facts

Time and place — 5:07 p.m. (CST), Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City

TV — BTN (Kevin Kugler, play-by-play; Stephen Bardo, analyst)

Radio — Hawkeye Radio Network

Records — Iowa 16-7 (7-5 Big Ten), Nebraska 7-15 (2-9)

Rankings — Iowa is No. 17 in the Associated Press poll and the USA Today coaches poll.

Series — Iowa leads, 20-13.

Earlier this season — Nebraska won, 76-70, on Jan. 7 in Lincoln, Neb.

The lineups

Iowa — Joe Wieskamp (F, 6-6, Soph., 14.8 ppg.), Luka Garza (C, 6-11, Jr., 23.2 ppg.), Joe Toussaint (G, 6-0, Fr., 6.7 ppg.), CJ Fredrick (G, 6-3, Fr., 11.5 ppg.), Connor McCaffery (G, 6-5, Soph., 6 ppg.)

Nebraska — Yvan Ouedraogo (F, 6-9, Fr., 5.4 ppg.), Cam Mack (G, 6-2, Soph., 13 ppg.), Dachon Burke (G, 6-4, Jr., 11.4 ppg.), Haanif Cheatham (G, 6-5, Sr., 12.4 ppg.), Thorir Thorbjarnarson (G, 6-6, Jr., 8.9 ppg.)

Officials — D.J. Carstensen, Kelly Pfeiffer, Eric Curry.

The analytics

NET — Iowa 30, Nebraska 170

KenPom — Iowa 18 (Adjusted offense, 3; adjusted defense, 114), Nebraska 136 (Adjusted offense, 140; adjusted defense, 158)

Sagarin — Iowa 26, Nebraska 140

Pre-game

This was an interesting sight.

Good to see Jordan Bohannon out getting up shots...just a few weeks removed from season ending surgery.

No, he isn't playing today....Huskers and Hawkeyes tip at 5 on BTN. pic.twitter.com/FgXh6auN95
— Kevin Kugler (@kevinkugler) February 8, 2020

This was cool.

Always inspiring to meet other people with a personal connection to American Heart Month. Take some time this February to become more aware of the people in your life dealing with heart issues and make sure you’re on top of your own heart health. pic.twitter.com/yqVIwrOTPM
— Fred Hoiberg (@CoachHoiberg) February 8, 2020

First half

16:55 — Iowa had four 3-pointers in the last game against Nebraska. The Hawkeyes already have three. They lead 13-2 as the Huskers take a timeout.

15:45 — Iowa has made seven of its first 10 shots. The Hawkeyes have a 17-5 lead at the first media timeout.

11:20 — The Hawkeyes have cooled off a little. They are 10-of-18 from the field, but lead 25-11. Iowa has a 13-7 rebounding edge early.

7:48 — Everything has gotten chilly for the Hawkeyes, but the Huskers aren't taking advantage. Iowa has gone almost five minutes without a point, but Nebraska only has four points in that stretch. Iowa leads, 25-15.

3:19 — The Hawkeyes are scoring again. They went eight minutes without a point, missing 11 consecutive shots, as the Huskers closed to within 25-21. But Iowa answered with a 6-2 run, and leads 31-23.

0:00 — The Hawkeyes went more than 15 minutes without a 3-pointer until Fredrick threw in an off-balance one at the horn. Iowa takes a 41-30 lead into halftime.

Iowa is 16-35 from the field, 5-16 from the field. Garza leads the Hawkeyes with 13 points. Wieskamp has 10.

The Hawkeyes have 0 bench points in the first half.

Second half

15:46 — Iowa is off to a 9-4 run to start the second half. Wieskamp had seven consecutive points to open the half, then Garza scored his first points of the half. Hawkeyes have a 50-34 lead at the under-16 timeout.

The Huskers are 2-of-7 shooting for the half, 14-of-41 for the game.

Too many weapons on @IowaHoops for Nebraska to keep up.

Joe Weezy flies in for the jam: pic.twitter.com/NofsPagt9B
— Iowa On BTN (@IowaOnBTN) February 9, 2020

13:37 — This has gotten out of hand. Iowa has scored six consecutive points, the last two on a Garza dunk. The Hawkeyes have a 60-38 lead.

6:51 — Austin Ash has hit back-to-back 3-pointers, and Carver-Hawkeye is enjoying it. Iowa leads, 86-50.

Iowa's largest margin of victory this season is 32 points.

0:00 — Iowa 96, Nebraska 72. We're done here.