Iowa Wins at Michigan State for the 1st time since 1993

The Michigan Wolverines, who toppled No. 3 Maryland on Tuesday, had to go on the road and face an Iowa Hawkeyes club that slammed No. 4 Michigan State in East Lansing on Thursday.

Jarrod Uthoff has been a prime Big Ten player of the year candidate, leading the first-place Hawkeyes with 18.6 points per game along with 6.1 rebounds. Valentine was back on Thursday, but it wasn’t enough to stop Iowa, which appears to have Michigan State’s number this season. Branndais Agee was the only Spartan with over five points in the half, with seven, along with four assists.

Aerial Powers scored 21 of her 23 points after halftime, powering No. 18 Michigan State’s 80-73 comeback over Iowa on Saturday.

“His ability to play the point for (16) minutes with Gesell out was fantastic”, McCaffery said.

Aubrey Dawkins had 12 points for MI, which lost for just the second time in nine games.

Reserves scored 22 points the Hawkeyes, who opened with an 11-0 run and looked set for another easy win. This time it was 12 straight points, featuring a pair of Peter Jok 3s and a long ball by Anthony Clemmons.

Despite another loss to Iowa, there’s no reason for the Spartans to panic right now. Playing their first game without star freshman Allonzo Trier (hand injury), the Wildcats (14-3, 2-2 Pac-12) shot 60 percent to extend their home streak to a nation-best 48 games.

It was no matter for Iowa; with their floor general out an extended period, the Hawkeyes outscored the Spartans by 24 points over the rest of the half to build a 47-25 halftime lead. One can’t distinguish today from the pounding MI suffered in the same building two seasons ago by looking at Big Ten standings. “But you can’t get too complacent or happy”.

Like after Michigan’s first-half run, the Hawkeyes have responded in the second half.

That’s what makes it so impressive how bad the Hawkeyes keep making the Spartans look. McCaffery said he appreciates that Izzo welcomes Clemmons to work out at Michigan State’s basketball facility with the Spartans in the summer. “That’s what you have to do in these types of environments”.

“I don’t think that far ahead”, Beilein said. “I can’t be more proud of my guys in believing in me and letting me help this team win”. Jarrod Uthoff leads the Hawkeyes at nearly 19 points per game, he’s had a great supporting cast to date.

No. 3 Notre Dame 63, Boston College 50: Marina Mabrey scored 14 and Brianna Turner had eight points, 13 rebounds and four blocks for the visiting Fighting Irish (16-1, 5-0 ACC).

Second half was not much better. “But then we went back man, and you’ve just got to make sure that the intensity level stays where it needs to be when you go from zone to man”. Jok capped it off with a fast-break dunk following a Michigan State turnover. Matt Costello led MSU with 15 points while Denzel Valentine had a relatively lackluster game with 14 points, five assists and four rebounds for the stunned Spartans, who dropped to 16-2 and 3-2 in the Big Ten.

(At) Detroit 66, Northern Kentucky 65: Nicole Urbanick’s 3-pointer with 9.9 seconds left capped a come-from-behind victory as Detroit (8-9, 4-2) rallied from a 13-point deficit. “We knew they were going to come after us”.