AP PHOTO - Iowa center Luka Garza (55) dunks during a Big Ten Conference basketball game against Rutgers on Saturday Piscataway, N.J.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Luka Garza got his points for No. 10 Iowa, but otherwise, 14th-ranked Rutgers managed to stifle the Big Ten’s top offense.

The problem for the Scarlet Knights was on the other end of the floor — and it had nothing to do with the Hawkeyes’ defense, either.

Garza scored 15 of his 25 points in the second half and Iowa took advantage of Rutgers’ abysmal free-throw shooting for a 77-75 victory Saturday.

Rutgers (7-2, 3-2 Big Ten) has struggled at the foul line this season, hitting just 62%. It went 4 of 12 against Iowa (9-2, 3-1 Big Ten), which was 18 of 23.

“Wins and losses happen, but what we took away from today is we got to hit foul shots,” Rutgers guard Ron Harper Jr. said. “Four of 12 from the foul line, that’s just unacceptable. We’re not going to win a lot of basketball games like that.”

Jacob Young had 17 points as Rutgers’ defense stifled the Big Ten’s top offense.

“Honestly, I just had to get the ball,” Garza said. “They were playing so aggressively defensively, our guards weren’t able to get the ball to me and credit them for their game plan.”

Iowa’s Connor McCaffery headed to the locker room three minutes into the game with an ankle injury and returned only to inbound the ball in the final seconds of the game. Head coach Fran McCaffery said his son was “day-to-day.”

From there, Rutgers stymied an offense averaging 94 points. Jordan Bohannon scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting while Keegan Murray had 14 points.

“He was fabulous on both ends,” McCaffery said of the freshman Murray.

Montez Mathis had 13 points, five assists and five rebounds for Rutgers. Myles Johnson had 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Drake 73, So. Illinois 55

DES MOINES — Shanquan Hemphill had 17 points to lead five Drake players in double figures as the Bulldogs won their 12th consecutive game to open the season, topping Southern Illinois 73-55 on Sunday.

D.J. Wilkins added 14 points for the Bulldogs (12-0, 3-0). Roman Penn chipped in 11, Joseph Yesufu scored 10 and Darnell Brodie had 10.

Lance Jones had 18 points for the Salukis (7-2, 1-2).

Evansville 70, UNI 64

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Shamar Givance scored a career-high 22 points, including key free throws with 23 seconds left, and Evansville defeated Northern Iowa 70-64 on Sunday, completing a weekend sweep.

Evan Kuhlman added 14 points for Evansville (5-5, 3-1).

Austin Phyfe had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Panthers (2-7, 1-3). Trae Berhow added 11 points and seven rebounds.

No. 2 Baylor 76, Iowa St. 65

AMES — Jared Butler scored 21 points to lead four scorers in double figures and No. 2 Baylor held off Iowa State 76-65 on Saturday for its narrowest margin of victory this season.

The Bears (9-0, 2-0 Big 12) won seven of their previous eight games by at least 29 points, winning by an average of 32.8 points.

Javan Johnson led Iowa State (2-5, 0-3) with 17 points.

WOMEN

Iowa 107, Illinois 68

CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — The Iowa women’s basketball team notched its sixth-straight win over Illinois, going over 100 for the fourth time in a row against the Illini with Sunday’s 107-68 romp.

The Hawkeyes (7-1, 3-1) led by as many as 45 points in the fourth quarter and cruised to victory after racking up 35 points in the opening period.

Caitlin Clark scored a game-high 21 points to lead Iowa. McKenna Warnock added 18 points and seven rebounds, Monika Czinano added 15 points and Megan Meyer had 10.

Eva Rubin paced Illinois (2-4, 0-3) with 17 points.

Texas 74, Iowa St. 59

AUSTIN, Texas — Joanne Allen-Taylor scored 16 points to lead a balanced attack that included Charli Collier’s double-double and No. 19 Texas (8-1, 2-0) defeated Iowa State 74-59 on Sunday.

Ashley Joens scored 19 points for the Cyclones (6-4, 1-2). Lexi Donarski added 12 points, Emily Ryan 11 and Kristin Scott 10.