University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Travel to Iowa City to Battle the Hawkeyes
1/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Game No. 17 • Big Ten Game 3
MINNESOTA (7-9, 1-1 Big Ten)
vs.
Iowa (9-7, 1-1 Big Ten)
January 6, 2007 • 3:30 p.m.
Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa city, Iowa
Television: KSTC Ch. 45 - Larry Morgan, PBP; Bill Hosket, analyst
Radio: Gopher Radio Network - Mike Grimm, PBP; Kevin Lynch, analyst
STORYLINES
• Minnesota gets back to action after a mid-week bye against the Hawkeyes in Iowa City.
• Minnesota will play its first game with injured center Spencer Tollackson. Tollackson broke his left hand in the first half at Wisconsin last Saturday and will miss a minimum of three weeks.
• Iowa won two of the three meetings last season. The Hawkeyes won in triple overtime in Iowa City on Jan. 18, 76-72. Minnesota won on its home floor defeating the ranked Hawkeyes, 74-61 and Iowa won the rubber match in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, 67-57.
• Minnesota leads the all-time series between the two schools 90-79 (not including vacated games). Iowa leads the series in Iowa City, 45-37.
• The series has been relatively even over the last 10 games, Iowa leads 6-4.
• Minnesota’s last win in Carver-Hawkeye was Feb., 9, 2002.
• For the second consecutive weekend, the Gophers will face the leading scorer in the conference. Last week, Alando Tucker of Wisconsin. This weekend, Adam Haluska.
MATCHUP
The Gophers return to action after a mid-week bye as they travel to Iowa City to take on the Hawkeyes. Both teams are 1-1 in conference play with Iowa losing at Illinois, 74-70, on Wednesday. Before the Illinois loss, the Hawks had won four straight including a Big Ten opening win over Michigan State at home.
SCOUTING the Hawkeyes
Iowa has a different look this year with the loss of four seniors off last year’s Big Ten Tournament championship team. The Hawkeyes are led by senior wing Adam Haluska who’s leading the league in scoring overall at averaging 20.2 points per game overall and in conference games at 20.5 ppg. Freshman forward Tyler Smith is second on the team in scoring at 15.0 ppg along with 4.8 rebounds per contest. Senior guard Mike Henderson missed the first seven games of the season with an injured hand, but has returned to the lineup.
