Josh Dicks scored a career-high 24 points, Patan Sandfort defeated 23 and Iowa defeated Northwestern 87-80 on Saturday night, which was in Evanston’s Welsh-Rayan Arena.
Dix went 9 out of 13 and 4 out of 5 from 3-point range. Sanfort shot six assistance and 7 -14 with five rebels. Ben Crycé scored 12 points and Tony Perkins scored 10 points and 14 for Iowa (18–12, 10–9 Big Ten).
Buy Bui led Northwestern (20–9, 11–7) with 27 points and shot 9 out of 13 with seven assistance and 6 out of 7 from 3-point range. Brook Barnaizer scored 20 points, Nick Martineley 17 and Black Smith 11 runs.
Bui hit a 3-pointer, which made it a game of 1 minute, 42 seconds, but Sandfort replied with three-point plays 80–74 33 seconds later. It was a game of at least two-different.
Iowa shot a total of 55%, made 10 out of 20 from the 3-point range and finished with 25 asses on 33 made field goals.
Dicks hit a 3-pointer, before Crycé trimmed one and Sandfort added two free throw, so that it could make 48-41 with 15:31 to play, matching the largest lead by any team at that point. Bui took a trimmed, which trimmed the north -western deficit after about two minutes. Dicks hit two foul shots, Sandfort hit a fedway with a 3 and Perkins hit a fedway in lane, with a 59–48 lead to Hawkis at 11:22.
Buie hit two 3-pointers for 12–4 seconds in addition to 32 seconds, which pulled Wildcats with three minutes with three minutes. Barnahizer created a 3 with 5:43, which made it 67–65, but Crycé replied with two free throw before Owen Freeman and Sandfort made a back-to-back leaps and Northwestern did not find anyone close.
Northwestern retired the first jersey in the history of the university in Haftime, honoring Billy McKini, which was lifted at number 30 in rafers. The 6-Foot Point Guard McCini played in Northwestern from 1973–77 and ended as the all-time leading scorer of the program with 1,900 career points, a mark that would stand for 35 years. He went to play seven sessions in NBA and was elected the mayor of his hometown Seion in 2019.
Hockeys are closed until 10 March, when they wrap regular seasons against Illinois at home. Northwestern visited Michigan State on Wednesday, before he plays the host in Minnesota at the conclusion of his regular session on Saturday.