Matt Gatens News

Matt Gatens got a history lesson Monday. "We've never won it?'' Iowa's sophomore guard said of his conference's performance the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, which starts Tuesday.

Iowa City, Ia. - Virginia Tech turned it up at crunch time and defeated Iowa 70-64 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge Tuesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

North Carolina Central's Michael Glasker reaches in on Iowa's Anthony Tucker during the first half of Saturday's game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

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Shooting 3-of-20 from behind the arch might doom most basketball teams, but not Todd Lickliter's Iowa Hawkeyes.

Junior forward Jarryd Cole scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Iowa men's basketball team past North Carolina Central 73-63 on Saturday before an announced crowd of 8,433 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

With his team off to one of the worst starts in school history, Iowa basketball coach Todd Lickliter is dealing with a difficult and delicate balancing act.

Cully Payne made a lob pass for a 3-pointer Tuesday against Wichita State. "I planned that," Iowa's freshman point guard said sarcastically as he threw away a bag of ice and put a new one on his bruised right hand.

Wichita State's Graham Hatch tries to get control of the ball after beating Iowa's Matt Gatens to a loose ball during the first half of Tuesday's game in Kansas City.

Dexter Pittman scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half and No. 3 Texas survived Cully Payne's miracle shot to beat Iowa 85-60 on Monday night in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.

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Dexter Pittman scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half and No. 3 Texas survived Cully Payne's miracle shot to beat Iowa 85-60 on Monday night in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.

Finally, a victory this season for Todd Lickliter, the third-year coach who came to Iowa after making a name for himself at Butler.

Iowa shooting heats up; Bowling Green falls 68-46 Eds: APNewsNow. Iowa 68, Bowling Green 46.

There is an old saying that before something can get better it has to get worse.

Posted on Nov 18, 2009 by Scott Dochterman . Duquesne's Bill Clark tries to swat the ball away from Iowa's Eric May during their first half of the college basketball game Tuesday, Nov.

Iowa City, Ia. - Eric May broke new ground Sunday. Iowa's 6-foot-5 freshman guard came off the bench in a season-opening loss to Texas-San Antonio.

Fans of Iowa Hawkeye basketball had fairly low expectations of this year's young squad.

WHO: Texas-San Antonio at Iowa WHERE: Carver-Hawkeye Arena TIPOFF: 5 p.m. TV/RADIO: ESPNU; WHO-AM in D.M. TICKETS: $12 adults, $5 18-under STATISTICAL LEADERS: For the Roadrunners - Devin Gibson 17.5 ppg; DeMarco Stepter 5.6 rpg; Omar Johnson 4.2 apg; For the Hawkeyes - Matt Gatens 10.8 ppg; Gatens 3.8 rpg; Gatens 2.2 apg.

The Hawkeyes have two established scorers coming back. How much Iowa will lean on them to fill up the basket still is open for discussion.