No. 9Iowa Hawkeyes

South Region · Sweet 16

YES!

Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers

Ranked #9 · 24-12 77 – 71

Ranked #4 · 28-7

Final · Thu, Mar 26

Game Details

Toyota Center (Houston) (Houston) · 17,307 fans · TBS, truTV View tournament bracket →

Recap

Ninth-seeded Iowa continues improbable March run, beating Nebraska 77-71 to reach Sweet 16

Alvaro Folgueiras converted a critical three-point play when Nebraska only had four defenders on the floor, and ninth-seeded Iowa continued its unpredictable

Recap via ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	T
IOWA	43	34	77
NEB	46	25	71

Game Flow

IOWA NEB

H1H2

9-0Biggest Run6-0

9Largest Lead10

1 lead change · tied 4 times

Win Probability · Iowa Hawkeyes

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Iowa Hawkeyes

Bennett Stirtz · 20Points
Kael Combs · 5Assists
Tate Sage · 8Rebounds

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Pryce Sandfort · 25Points
Sam Hoiberg · 6Assists
Berke Buyuktuncel · 10Rebounds

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
Michigan	-
Nebraska	4
Michigan State	4
Illinois	4
Wisconsin	5
Purdue	6
UCLA	6
Ohio State	7
Iowa	9
Indiana	10
Minnesota	11
USC	12
Washington	12
Rutgers	13
Northwestern	14
Oregon	14
Maryland	15
Penn State	16

Team Stats

Iowa HawkeyesNebraska Cornhuskers

Shooting

27-52, 52% Field Goals 24-58, 41%

13-30, 43% 3-Pointers 13-38, 34%

10-12, 83% Free Throws 10-11, 91%

Possessions

26 Rebounds 35

3 Offensive Rebounds 12

18 Assists 19

6 Steals 3

1 Blocks 5

5 Turnovers 10

7 Fouls 14

Scoring

24 Points in Paint 20

8 Fast Break Points 6

9 Largest Lead 10

Box Score

Iowa Hawkeyes ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. ManyawuF	0	1	2	14	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0
C. KochF	11	5	1	37	3-8	3-8	2-2	0	2	0	1	4	0
B. StirtzG	20	2	4	40	7-15	3-9	3-3	0	0	0	0	2	0
T. BanksG	2	3	0	15	1-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	3	2
K. CombsG	6	0	5	27	3-4	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bench
A. FolgueirasF	16	2	2	29	6-7	2-3	2-3	1	3	0	0	2	1
T. SageG	19	8	3	29	6-10	4-7	3-4	1	0	0	2	6	1
I. HowardG	3	0	1	9	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
T. ThompsonF	DNP: Did not play
J. MatteoniF	DNP: Did not play
T. JirakC	DNP: Did not play
P. McCollumG	DNP: Did not play
J. KochG	DNP: Did not play
B. HausenG	DNP: Did not play
Team	77	26	18		27-52	13-30	10-12	5	6	1	3	23	7

Nebraska Cornhuskers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
P. SandfortF	25	5	2	34	8-13	6-10	3-3	1	1	0	0	5	2
R. MastF	9	6	4	33	4-15	0-7	1-1	1	0	2	3	3	2
B. BuyuktuncelC	2	10	3	28	1-7	0-4	0-0	1	1	2	4	6	1
J. LawrenceG	9	1	2	31	2-5	2-4	3-3	0	0	0	0	1	2
S. HoibergG	6	3	6	37	3-7	0-3	0-0	5	1	0	1	2	2
Bench
B. FragerF	16	1	1	25	5-8	5-8	1-2	0	0	0	1	0	2
C. JacobsenG	4	5	1	12	1-3	0-2	2-2	0	0	1	1	4	3
L. CurtisF	DNP: Did not play
W. CooperF	DNP: Did not play
J. BolisF	DNP: Did not play
U. JaruseviciusF	DNP: Did not play
H. BurtF	DNP: Did not play
J. GarciaF	DNP: Did not play
Q. RhymesG	DNP: Did not play
K. BlueG	DNP: Did not play
C. EssegianG	DNP: Did not play
Team	71	35	19		24-58	13-38	10-11	10	3	5	12	23	14

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