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Hawkeyes handle Rider to go to 5-0

IOWA CITY — Payton Sandfort scored 22 points, Owen Freeman added 19 and Iowa beat Rider 83-58 on Tuesday night to move to 5-0.

Payton Sandfort made 9 of 16 from the floor and Freeman shot 7 of 11. It was Payton Sandfort’s 20th career 20-point game.

Seydou Traore added 12 points and Pryce Sandfort chipped in 11 for Iowa (5-0), which shot 30 of 64 (47%) from the floor and scored 20 points off 20 Rider turnovers.

The Sandforts combined for five of the Hawkeyes’ eight 3-pointers. The pair are second (Payton) and fourth (Pryce) in the Big Ten Conference in 3-point field goals.

Iowa never trailed and built a 40-26 halftime lead. Freeman scored 12 first-half points and Payton Sandfort added 11 first-half points.

Ife West-Ingram scored 14 points and Jay Alvarez added 13 for Rider (3-2), which ended its three-game win streak.

Iowa, which has won each game by double digits, faces Utah State in Kansas City, Mo., on Friday.

Iowa 83, Rider 58

RIDER (3-2) — Alvarez 5-11 2-2 13, Ingraham 6-11 2-2 14, West-Ingram 2-4 0-0 4, Rodriguez 2-4 0-0 4, T.Weeks 1-5 3-3 5, Burton 1-3 1-2 3, Cruz 2-8 3-4 7, McCabe 2-2 0-0 4, Young 0-2 0-0 0, Boutayeb 1-2 0-0 2, Byard 1-1 0-0 2, Ty.Weeks 0-1 0-0 0, Littleton 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23-54 11-13 58.

IOWA (5-0) — Dembele 1-3 2-2 4, Freeman 7-11 5-7 19, Pa.Sandfort 9-16 2-2 22, Pr.Sandfort 4-9 0-0 11, Harding 2-5 1-2 6, Thelwell 1-3 0-0 2, Traore 4-13 4-6 12, C.Koch 1-1 0-0 3, Brauns 0-1 1-2 1, Kingsbury 1-1 0-0 3, J.Koch 0-1 0-0 0, Mulvey 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 30-64 15-21 83.

Halftime–Iowa 40-26. 3-Point Goals–Rider 1-16 (Alvarez 1-4, Ingraham 0-1, Ty.Weeks 0-1, Burton 0-2, Young 0-2, Cruz 0-3, T.Weeks 0-3), Iowa 8-22 (Pr.Sandfort 3-7, Pa.Sandfort 2-7, Kingsbury 1-1, C.Koch 1-1, Harding 1-2, Dembele 0-1, Thelwell 0-1, Traore 0-2). Rebounds–Rider 32 (Alvarez 5), Iowa 32 (Pa.Sandfort 6). Assists–Rider 11 (Burton 4), Iowa 18 (Thelwell 7). Total Fouls–Rider 16, Iowa 14.

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