AP PHOTO - Iowa forward Patrick McCaffery (22) celebrates at the end of a Big Ten Conference basketball game against Minnesota on Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Iowa came from behind to win 90-85.

IOWA CITY — Patrick McCaffrey and Payton Sandfort each scored 21 points and combined for 26 in the second half to help Iowa rally from a 20-point deficit and beat Minnesota 90-85 Sunday.

Tony Perkins added 12 of his 18 in the second half and Owen Freeman had 17 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks for Iowa (14-10, 6-7 Big Ten).

Dawson Garcia scored 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting, Braeden Carrington also scored 18 and Mike Mitchell Jr. added 17 points, including five 3-pointers for Minnesota (15-8, 6-6).

Mitchell hit his last 3 to make it 62-42 about 4 minutes into the second half and Cam Christie’s one-hand dunk in transition made it 66-47 with 14:20 left. McCaffrey scored 10 of his 14 second-half points in the next 6 minutes as the Hawkeyes made it an eight-point game.

Carrington made two free throws that gave the Golden Gophers a 77-65 lead with 7:40 remaining but they didn’t score again for the next 4-plus minutes. Sandfort scored nine points in a 16-0 run, including a layup that gave Iowa its first lead since the opening minutes followed by a 3-pointer that capped the spurt and made it 81-77 with 4 minutes to go.

Parker Fox answered with a dunk that snapped the Gopher’s scoring drought and made it a two-point game but they got no closer.

Iowa made 9 of 11 from the free-throw line down the stretch to seal it.

Iowa visits Maryland on Valentine’s Day. Minnesota plays at No. 2 Purdue on Friday.

Iowa 90, Minnesota 85

MINNESOTA (15-8) — Garcia 7-8 3-4 18, Payne 2-6 1-6 5, Christie 5-11 2-2 15, Hawkins 1-6 0-0 2, Mitchell 5-11 2-2 17, Carrington 5-11 5-5 18, Fox 5-11 0-0 10, Ola-Joseph 0-0 0-0 0, Ihnen 0-0 0-0 0, Wilson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 30-64 13-19 85.

IOWA (14-10) — Freeman 7-13 3-5 17, Krikke 3-5 0-0 6, Pa.Sandfort 7-17 5-5 21, Dix 2-6 0-0 4, Perkins 4-7 10-13 18, McCaffery 7-12 5-5 21, Pr.Sandfort 1-4 0-0 3, Bowen 0-1 0-0 0, Dembele 0-0 0-0 0, Harding 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 31-65 23-28 90.

Halftime–Minnesota 51-38. 3-Point Goals–Minnesota 12-26 (Mitchell 5-8, Carrington 3-7, Christie 3-8, Garcia 1-1, Hawkins 0-2), Iowa 5-15 (McCaffery 2-5, Pa.Sandfort 2-8, Pr.Sandfort 1-2). Fouled Out–Hawkins, Fox. Rebounds–Minnesota 33 (Garcia 7), Iowa 36 (Freeman 14). Assists–Minnesota 21 (Hawkins 6), Iowa 14 (three with 4). Total Fouls–Minnesota 22, Iowa 11. A–9,768 (15,500).