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Sunday, November 8, 2015

Iowa Basketball loses to Augustana

It wasn't a good Friday night for the Iowa Basketball team.  It was their second scrimmage before the season opener next Friday.  They won last week, as expected, against Division Two Sioux Falls.  But, this second scrimmage did not end the same way.
It was going to be a tough game for sure, as their competition was Augustana (SD) Nobody knew much about them coming in.  But, they are the number one team in Division Two Basketball.  So, it should've been close, which it was. 
Iowa was playing catch-up the whole game.  They were down 36-41 at halftime.  So they were in a good spot to come back and win as expected.  But, it got worse from there. With 14 minutes left in the game, the Hawkeyes were down 46 to 61.
But, it got better from that point on.  Iowa got on a 16-5 run, and with 5:24 left got to within four at 62-66.  Then, with Iowa down three with eleven seconds left, Junior guard Peter Jok hit a three pointer that tied the score at 74.
So, the Vikings had the last shot in the game.  Then, Dan Jensen hit a great fade away jumper over Senior center Adam Woodbury for the Vikings win, 76-74
This isn't good, but it's not time to panic.  The record is still 0-0, and it was just a glorified practice.  Fran was trying to get everybody reps, and they wouldn't go as deep on the bench as they did Friday.
Also, remember this.  Michigan State lost last year to a 1-8 Texas Southern team in OT.  They, of course, made it to the Final Four.  
Iowa starts play for real on Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs at 8:30 CST on ESPN3.

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