It is their longest such streak since 1969-70, when they claimed 14 straight league games.Rutgers (6-14, 0-7) has dropped 22 consecutive Big Ten games dating back to last season.
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Rutgers briefly led 30-29 off a layup by Williams but couldn’t sustain the even hand until the half, falling behind 45-37 as Clemmons got hot.
“Nothing went right for them in that game (Rutgers-Purdue) and I think they were looking forward to our matchup and really taking it to us and we handled it well”, Uthoff said.
Iowa G Peter Jok is the reigning Big Ten Player of the Week after averaging 19.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in wins over Michigan State and Michigan. “We still got a lot of young players, and we’re still trying to work with the injuries that we have, so every game is a learning point for us”. “(Rutgers) is a good team and you can lose to anybody on any given night.
Rutgers led with less than four minutes left in the first half and trailed by only eight late in the second.
Jonathan Laurent, back after missing four games with a concussion, added 14 points for the Scarlet Knights, who have lost their past 22 conference games, including tournament play. On a night when at the 8,000-seat arena that was maybe half full, the Hawkeyes squelched any sliver of Rutgers momentum with 11 3-pointers. Adam Woodbury had 12 points and 11 rebounds to record his third double-double of the season.
“You have to give credit to Rutgers”, said Clemmons. “As shorthanded and undermanned as we are, we showed we have a never-say-die attitude”.
Jok started the scoring with a 3-pointer 57 seconds into the action and added another 3 to stretch Iowa’s lead to 13-2 headed into the first media timeout.
Sure, everyone on Rutgers could shoot out of their minds tonight and everyone on Iowa could shoot like they can’t see straight… but it’s not all that likely, you know? The Scarlet Knights went just 4-of-17 from 3-point range, and turned the ball over 11 times, which led to 14 Iowa points.
The University of Iowa men’s basketball team is ranked ninth in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll after notching a pair of victories last week over No. 4 Michigan State on the road (76-59) and Michigan at home (82-71). Surprisingly, the Scarlet Knights shot 48.4 percent from the field.
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Germany-born Point Pleasant Beach High School graduate Dom Uhl finished with three points for Iowa.
