National Basketball Association
Iowa 68, Louisiana-Monroe 40
When: 8:35 PM ET, Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
Officials:
# Ed Hightower, # John Hughes, # Steven Skiles
Attendance:
9023
By SportsDirect Inc.
Iowa built a big lead early and cruised to a 68-40 home victory against Louisiana-Monroe on Tuesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Hawkeyes (1-1) opened the game on a 13-2 run and led 29-18 at
halftime. Their lead was never smaller than nine points in the second
half.
Forward Zach McCabe led Iowa with 12 points. McCabe was the only Hawkeye in double figures.
Melsahn Basabe added seven points and 11 rebounds for Iowa, and Cully Payne had seven points and seven assists.
The Hawkeyes shot 46.7 percent from the field and got 29 points from
the bench, while the Warhawks (0-2) shot just 31.5 percent and got only
nine points from their reserves.
Louisiana-Monroe was 3-of-16 from 3-point range and committed 25 turnovers.
Tommie Sykes had 14 points and seven rebounds to lead the Warhawks.
Top Game Performances
| Louisiana-Monroe |
|
Iowa |
|
Tommie Sykes 14 |
Scoring |
Zach McCabe 12 |
|
R.J. McCray 3 |
Assists |
Cully Payne 7 |
|
Lawrence Gilbert 8 |
Rebounds |
Melsahn Basabe 11 |
|
Tommie Sykes 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Zach McCabe 2 |
|
Marcelis Hansberry 4 |
Steals |
Eric May 3 |
|
Steven McClellan 2 |
Blocks |
Melsahn Basabe 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Louisiana-Monroe
|
40 |
31.5 |
3-16 |
3-5 |
10 |
29 |
2 |
10 |
|
| Iowa
|
68 |
46.7 |
8-21 |
4-10 |
17 |
40 |
4 |
10 |
|