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Iowa pulls away from Washington in second half

SEATTLE — Bennett Stirtz hit four 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, Alvaro Folgueiras scored 16 points, and Iowa beat Washington 84-74 on Wednesday night for its fifth consecutive win.

Tavion Banks had 11 points and Cooper Koch also scored 11, all in the second half, for Iowa (16-5, 6-4 Big Ten). Banks missed a free throw with 29 seconds left in the first half to break his streak of 30 consecutive made free throws — four shy of the program record set by Chris Street (1993) and Jordan Bohannon (2018).

Hannes Steinbach had 20 points and 12 rebounds for Washington (12-11, 4.-8) and his 15 double-doubles this season are the most by a freshman in program history. Isaiah Stewart had 14 double-doubles for the Huskies in 2019-20.

Zoom Diallo had 16 points, a career-high 12 assists and six rebounds and Wesley Yates III scored 15 points for Washington.

Franck Kepnang threw down a dunk that gave the Huskies a seven-point lead with 18:41 left in the game but they went without a field goal for the next seven-plus minutes. Washington was 0 for 6 from the field and committed two turnovers during an 18-4 Iowa run that made it 63-56 with 12:59 to play and the Hawkeyes led the rest of the way.

Washington shot 76.9% (20 of 26) in the first half — the third-best shooting half in the Big Ten since the 2018-19 season — but made just 9 of 25 (36%) from the field after halftime.

Up next

Iowa: The Hawkeyes host Northwestern on Sunday.

Washington: The Huskies play Saturday at UCLA.

Iowa 84, Washington 74

IOWA (17-5) — C.Koch 4-7 1-2 11, Manyawu 3-3 0-4 6, Combs 1-2 2-2 4, Stirtz 8-13 2-4 22, Banks 4-5 2-3 11, Howard 3-7 1-1 7, Sage 3-4 0-0 7, Folgueiras 5-11 5-5 16, Hausen 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 31-52 13-21 84.

WASHINGTON (12-11) — Steinbach 8-13 4-5 20, Tucker 4-7 0-0 10, Kepnang 1-2 0-0 2, Diallo 6-14 3-4 16, Yates 5-9 2-2 15, Peterson 5-6 0-0 11, Ognacevic 0-0 0-0 0, Muldrew 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 29-51 9-11 74.

Halftime–Washington 48-41. 3-Point Goals–Iowa 9-19 (Stirtz 4-8, C.Koch 2-4, Banks 1-1, Sage 1-1, Folgueiras 1-4, Howard 0-1), Washington 7-16 (Yates 3-6, Tucker 2-3, Peterson 1-2, Diallo 1-3, Steinbach 0-2). Rebounds–Iowa 19 (Manyawu 5), Washington 27 (Steinbach 12). Assists–Iowa 10 (Stirtz 5), Washington 14 (Diallo 12). Total Fouls–Iowa 11, Washington 17.

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