Instant Reaction: Iowa Basketball Loses Third Straight

The Iowa Hawkeyes losing streak is now at three games

Iowa basketball had every reason to be blown out at Notre Dame on Tuesday night. They found out before the game that star freshman Tyler Cook will miss three weeks with a broken right index finger, it’s a young team’s first true road game and Notre Dame was 6-0 coming into the game.

Not to mention Peter Jok had his worst game of the year. He finished the game with 15 points and six rebounds, however he only shot 4-of-20 from the field, 2-of-11 from three and missed his first free-throws of the year. He scored seven points in the final 1:13 of the first half, however Jok was never able to gain any momentum the whole game.

Still, Iowa played the Irish tough and actually held a small lead in the second half. Notre Dame beat Iowa 92-78, however it was a lot closer than the score suggests. While Iowa still looked like a young team and couldn’t hang on late in the game, they battled back from a deficit early and showed the fight that every young team needs to be successful.

Iowa started the game with a new starting lineup. The Hawkeyes started Jordan Bohannon at point guard, with Peter Jok, Isaiah Moss, Nicholas Baer and Cordell Pemsl. Even with Cook it would have been a small starting lineup, but it became beneficial for Iowa at times.

Bohannon, Moss and Pemsl all had good games in their first starts of the season. Bohannon finished with a team-high 23 points and seven made threes, while Pemsl added 18 points and gave Bonzie Colson trouble all game on that end of the floor. The Hawkeyes used their quickness to get by Irish defenders for easy layups.