In their final home game of the season, the No. 8-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes (20-6) host the Wisconsin Badgers (17-10) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game starts at 9:00 pm ET on Wednesday, Feb. 24 and will air on BTN.
The Hawkeyes lost to Penn State 79-75 in their last game. Peter Jok was the game’s high scorer, finishing with 28 points. The Badgers are coming off a 69-60 win over Illinois in their last outing. Ethan Happ had a good game and claimed his eighth double-double of the season, accumulating 20 points and 12 rebounds.
Jok has been playing at a high level as of late for the Hawkeyes, averaging 20.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.4 steals, and 3.0 three-pointers over the last five games.
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The Iowa Hawkeyes rank 18th for their offensive rating of 116.0. The Wisconsin Badgers have a defensive rating of 99.8 (ranked 92nd).
The Iowa Hawkeyes average 69.1 possessions and 1.160 points per possession in games this season. The Wisconsin Badgers average fewer possessions with 63.9, as well as fewer points per possession with 1.084.
Iowa has an average effective field goal percentage of 53.0%. Wisconsin is a losing 3-5 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
On average, Iowa attempts 21.0 three pointers and Wisconsin attempts 17.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Iowa Hawkeyes have a winning 13-5 record while the Wisconsin Badgers are even at 5-5.
The fifth-ranked team in the category, Iowa has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.63 this season. Wisconsin ranks outside the top 100 at 187th with an A/TO of 1.03.
Iowa, the 85th-ranked team in rebounding, register an average of 38.3 rebounds per game. Wisconsin does worse, ranked 205th with 35.7.
On average, Iowa makes 6.8 steals per game. Wisconsin has a stellar 8-2 record when it gives up at least 6 steals.
