Men's Basketball Breakdown: Iowa vs. SIU-Edwardsville

Hawkeyes open the season at home.

Breaking down Iowa's game against SIU-Edwardsville.

Game facts

Time and place — 8 p.m. Friday, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City

TV — BTN

Radio — Hawkeye Radio Network.

Records — Season opener for Iowa, SIUE 1-0.

Rankings — Neither team is ranked.

Series — Iowa leads, 1-0.

Iowa lineup — Jack Nunge (F, 6-11, Soph.), Luka Garza (C, 6-11, Jr.), Connor McCaffery (G, 6-5, Soph.), C.J. Fredrick (G, 6-3, Fr.), Joe Wieskamp (G, 6-6, Soph.)

SIUE lineup — Brandon Jackson (F, 6-7, Sr.), Anselm Uzuegbunem (F, 6-7, Sr.), Tyresse Williford (G, 5-10, Sr.), Cam Williams (G, 6-2, Soph.), Zeke Moore (G, 6-7, Jr.)

Fast facts

• Iowa has won eight consecutive season openers.

• The Hawkeyes have won 59 of their last 63 nonconference home games.

• Iowa went undefeated in nonconference play last season, winning all 11 games by a margin of 16.9 points.

What to watch

It's a game that counts for the Hawkeyes, who rolled to the 96-58 win over Lindsey Wilson College in Monday's exhibition.

It will be interesting to see how much Iowa guard Jordan Bohannon plays. Bohannon, coming off offseason hip surgery, didn't start Monday's game, but he did play almost 15 minutes and scored three points.

It's the first game for some of the young players who will have an impact on Iowa's rotation this season. Fredrick, coming off a redshirt season, was sharp in Monday's game, hitting 6-of-7 shots on the way to an 18-point game. Freshman Patrick McCaffery had 12 points off the bench, while freshman guard Joe Toussaint had five points and seven rebounds.

Nunge had 11 points in his first game since taking a redshirt year last season.