Playing on the road without Drew Thelwell and Owen Freeman in a season that has been going down the drain, the Hawkeyes showed perseverance. It was a team effort as Iowa outscored Rutgers by 20 in the second half to earn the victory.

Down by nine points heading into the second half, Iowa men’s basketball’s numbers looked worse than than the digits on the scoreboard. The losers of three straight, the Hawkeyes still led the Big Ten in three-point percentage,

It was the kind of play a captain makes, and with Rutgers basketball’s back to the wall at Washington Wednesday, Jeremiah Williams made it. With the Scarlet Knights trailing by one, the senior guard stole an inbounds pass,