: #24 Iowa 80, Indiana 77
Big Ten Tournament Semifinals
• Iowa won its 25th game of the season, its most wins in a season since winning 25 in 2013.
• The Hawkeyes advance to the Big Ten Tournament Championship game for the fourth time and first time since 2006 (2001, 2002, 2006, 2022).
• Iowa rallied by double-digit first-half deficits each of the last two contests (10, Rutgers and 12, Indiana).
• Jordan Bohannon drained a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining to lift Iowa to victory. The sixth-year senior netted all 12 of his points via the 3-point shot, making three of his four triples over the final 2:30 of the second half. Bohannon now has 452 career 3-pointers, fourth most in NCAA history and second most by a player from a major conference in NCAA history (457 by Duke’s J.J. Reddick).
• Iowa trailed by six points (71-65) and outscored the Hoosiers 15-6 over the final 3:27 of the second half.
• The Hawkeyes sank four of their 14 3-pointers over the final 2:30 of the second half.
• Iowa has made 40 3-pointers in three tournament games, setting a new single Big Ten Tournament record, besting Ohio State’s 35 established in 2021.
• Iowa made nine of its final 11 field goal attempts and both free throw attempts over the final 6:30.
• The Hawkeyes have scored 80 points in each of its three tournament games. Iowa leads the Big Ten in scoring offense and ranks fifth nationally.
• Iowa won both meetings against Indiana this season.
• The Hawkeyes have won 11 of its last 13 games – winning 10 of the 11 by double figures – dating back to Feb. 6.
• All-American Keegan Murray tallied a game-best 32 points, bolstered by shooting a blistering 8-of-10 from 3-point range, and pulled down a team-best nine rebounds. The school’s single-season scoring leader is the only Hawkeye underclassman (freshman or sophomore) with five 30+ performances in a single season. Murray has posted 25 points or more an NCAA-best 16 times this year. He has posted 20 points or more 13 of the last 14 games, dating back to Jan. 31.
• Keegan Murray has scored 84 combined points in three tournament games and is nine points from breaking the record for points in a single Big Ten Tournament (92 by Ohio State’s Duane Washington Jr. in 2021).
• Iowa made 10-of-12 (.833) from the free throw line today. The Hawkeyes missed only four free throws over their last two games (35-of-37, .946).
• The Hawkeyes have won seven of their last eight games away from home (Maryland; Ohio State; Nebraska; Michigan; Northwestern; Rutgers; Indiana).
• Iowa improved to 3-4 as the No. 5 seed in Big Ten Tournament games.
• The Hawkeyes improved to 4-3 against the No. 9 seed in Big Ten Tournament games.
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