Social media reacts as Iowa basketball dominates Northern Illinois, 103-74

The Iowa Hawkeyes delivered one final impressive performance in 2023.

Iowa (8-5, 0-2 Big Ten) rolled away from Northern Illinois (6-6) after halftime, blowing out the Huskies to the tune of a 103-74 victory. The Hawkeyes outscored the Huskies 49-26 after recess to blow things open.

Six different Hawkeyes finished in double figures and were led by graduate forward Ben Krikke’s 20 points. Krikke shot 9-of-12 from the floor, he grabbed seven rebounds and he dished out a trio of assists. The 6-foot-9, 245 pound big also connected on his lone trey.

Junior forward Payton Sandfort chipped in with 16 points as he knocked down a pair of 3-pointers. Freshman Owen Freeman nearly had another double-double, scoring 12 points and pulling down nine rebounds.

Senior guard Tony Perkins was the other Hawkeye starter in double figures with 10 points. The Indy product added a game-high eight assists as well.

Iowa got terrific bench production in the win, too. Sophomore guard Dasonte Bowen scored 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Freshman forward Pryce Sandfort dropped a career-high 12 points as well with three made 3-pointers.

After Northern Illinois shot 66.7% from the floor and 72.7% from 3-point range in the first half, the Hawkeyes tightened the screws after halftime. Iowa limited Northern Illinois to just 29.0% field goal shooting in the second half and forced nine turnovers. The Huskies ended up shooting 46.6% for the game.

After a three-game skid against No. 1 Purdue, Iowa State and Michigan, the Hawkeyes have now rattled off three wins in a row over Florida A&M, UMBC and Northern Illinois.

When it was all said and done, social media liked what it saw from the Hawkeyes in the win over the Huskies.

Let's hoops

No, no it's not...

Ben Krikke in his bag very quickly

Ben buckets

Hawks cookin' on Friday

P Money

OK, Pryce!

Could be a key piece!

All smiles

Always!

Stingy!

And the natives are restless

All by his lonesome!

Picture perfect execution

Same!

Josh Dix on the fast break

The Brock Harding no-look dish for Dasonte Bowen

Career night for Pryce

That's a TEAMMATE

See ya next year

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