Keep dancing! Takeaways as Iowa sends Nebraska home, moves to Elite 8
The Iowa Hawkeyes are still dancing! Check out the takeaways as Iowa sends Nebraska packing in an exhilarating Sweet 16 showdown.
It was good to be sweet, but it's even better to be elite! The Iowa Hawkeyes are feeling elite and have punched a ticket to the Elite 8 after taking down the Nebraska Cornhuskers by a score of 77-71 in a game that saw Iowa stay within striking distance and attack late. Improbable, against all odds, and unlikely, the Iowa Hawkeyes are in the Elite 8, and it was due to an entire team effort.
Bennett Stirtz led the way with 20 points. Cooper Koch poured in 11, Tate Sage added a massive 19 points and eight rebounds, and Alvaro Folgueiras had 16. As Iowa awaits its opponent in the Elite 8, check out the takeaways as Iowa sends Nebraska home, even amid their best year in program history.
Just keep punching Iowa felt like they were holding on for dear life in the first half. Nebraska couldn't miss, Iowa was turning it over, and the Hawkeyes couldn't get a rebound. Things were constantly teetering on the edge of getting out of hand.
Iowa needed to find a way to hang in there. They did just that. Iowa always found the stop.