IOWA CITY — Fran McCaffery knows he doesn’t have to tell Jordan Bohannon all that he has accomplished in his career at Iowa. Yet the Hawkeyes coach felt the need to talk to Bohannon after his recent struggles.

“Just to remind him how great he is, and who he is,” McCaffery said. “And what our team needs.”

Bohannon listened.

“I think that kind of helped, him giving me a little nudge,” Bohannon said.

Bohannon had 24 points, including 19 in the second half, as No. 10 Iowa defeated No. 19 Northwestern 87-72 on Tuesday night.

CJ Fredrick added 19 and Luka Garza finished with 18 as the Hawkeyes (8-2, 2-1 Big Ten) snapped Northwestern’s four-game winning streak.

Bohannon, a fifth-year senior who hit a game-winning shot against the Wildcats two seasons ago, matched his season high. He was 7 of 11 from the field, including 6 of 9 on 3-pointers, and added five rebounds and five assists.

“He was preaching what he always has been since I’ve been here,” Bohannon said of his meeting with McCaffery. “He has all of the confidence in me, and that’s why he recruited me, because of how I’ve played on the court with my swag, and how much different we are on the court when I’m like that. He really hasn’t been seeing that in this part of the season.”

Bohannon played the entire second half.

“He was spectacular tonight,” McCaffery said. “I think you could kind of see it coming.”

Bohannon, coming off surgeries on both hips last season, had seven 3-pointers earlier this season in a win over North Carolina, but had just seven in the last five games.

Joe Wieskamp added 10 for the Hawkeyes.

Fredrick had 17 points in the first half as Iowa built a 45-36 lead at the break. Northwestern (6-2, 3-1) got to within 47-45 early in the second half, but the Hawkeyes were able to pull away.

“We didn’t panic,” McCaffery said. “We ended up getting the stops we needed.”

Pete Nance led Northwestern with a career-high 21 points, including 17 in the first half. Chase Audige had 14 points, Miller Kopp added 11, and Ryan Young 10.

No. 10 Iowa 87, No. 19 Northwestern 72

NORTHWESTERN (6-2, 3-1) — Beran 1-6 2-2 4, Kopp 4-7 0-1 11, Nance 9-15 0-0 21, Audige 4-9 2-4 14, Buie 1-8 0-0 2, Gaines 1-2 2-2 4, Greer 1-4 1-1 3, Young 4-5 2-2 10, Berry 1-3 0-0 3. TOTALS 26-59 9-12 72.

IOWA (8-2) — Garza 6-14 6-6 18, Bohannon 7-11 4-4 24, Fredrick 6-10 4-6 19, C.McCaffery 0-3 1-2 1, Wieskamp 3-8 3-4 10, Ke.Murray 4-5 0-1 9, P.McCaffery 2-3 0-0 4, Nunge 0-2 2-2 2, Toussaint 0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS 28-58 20-25 87.

Halftime–Iowa 45-36. 3-Point Goals–Northwestern 11-25 (Audige 4-7, Nance 3-4, Kopp 3-5, Berry 1-3, Beran 0-1, Greer 0-1, Buie 0-4), Iowa 11-26 (Bohannon 6-9, Fredrick 3-6, Ke.Murray 1-2, Wieskamp 1-3, P.McCaffery 0-1, C.McCaffery 0-2, Garza 0-3). Fouled Out–Audige. Rebounds–Northwestern 30 (Gaines 7), Iowa 32 (Garza 6). Assists–Northwestern 15 (Buie 8), Iowa 17 (Bohannon, C.McCaffery 5). Total Fouls–Northwestern 17, Iowa 12. A–464.