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Murray twins power Iowa past Vikings

AP PHOTO BY JOSEPH KRESS/IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN - Iowa’s Kris Murray (24) drives past Portland State’s James Jean-Marie during Friday’s game in Iowa City.

IOWA CITY — Keegan Murray scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to spark Iowa to an 85-51 victory over Portland State on Friday night.

The Hawkeyes sophomore just missed extending his streak of scoring 24 or more points in five straight games to open the season. Only Murray and Kansas State’s Michael Beasley (2007-08) have accomplished the feat in the past 15 years. Beasley had 13 points in his sixth game.

Murray sank 10 of 16 shots from the floor and all three of his free throws for unbeaten Iowa (6-0). Patrick McCaffery finished with 14 points. Kris Murray, Keegan’s twin brother, added 13 points and six boards off the bench. Tony Perkins scored 10 points.

Marlon Ruffin paced the Vikings (2-3) with 18 points, making half of his 14 shots. Khalid Thomas just missed a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds. James Jean-Marie snagged 15 rebounds to go with seven points.

Portland State held the Big Ten Conference’s all-time 3-point leader Jordan Bohannon to five points. He was 0 for 3 from beyond the arc.

Iowa 85, Portland St. 51

PORTLAND ST. (2-3) — Jean-Marie 3-10 1-2 7, Thomas 5-13 1-1 11, Carter 3-7 0-0 8, Starks 0-6 0-0 0, Ruffin 7-14 3-4 18, Alley 1-5 0-0 3, Eyman 0-1 0-0 0, Burke 1-2 0-0 2, Dawson 0-3 2-2 2, Curtiss 0-0 0-0 0, Nelson 0-1 0-0 0, Wood 0-3 0-0 0. TOTALS 20-65 7-9 51.

IOWA (6-0) — P.McCaffery 5-10 3-3 14, Ke.Murray 10-16 2-2 23, Rebraca 2-5 1-2 5, Bohannon 1-4 3-3 5, Toussaint 1-4 0-0 2, Kr.Murray 5-9 1-2 13, Sandfort 1-5 2-2 4, C.McCaffery 0-1 0-0 0, Perkins 4-6 2-2 10, Ulis 0-1 0-0 0, Ash 3-3 0-0 8, Ogundele 0-1 1-3 1, Laketa 0-1 0-0 0, Mulvey 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 32-66 15-19 85.

Halftime–Iowa 31-20. 3-Point Goals–Portland St. 4-27 (Carter 2-5, Alley 1-3, Ruffin 1-6, Nelson 0-1, Dawson 0-2, Wood 0-2, Starks 0-3, Thomas 0-5), Iowa 6-19 (Ash 2-2, Kr.Murray 2-2, P.McCaffery 1-3, Ke.Murray 1-5, Bohannon 0-3, Sandfort 0-4). Rebounds–Portland St. 38 (Jean-Marie 15), Iowa 40 (Ke.Murray, Rebraca 9). Assists–Portland St. 10 (Carter 4), Iowa 15 (C.McCaffery 7). Total Fouls–Portland St. 17, Iowa 13. A–11,756 (15,500).

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