McCollum leads backup assistance with 14 points as Iowa throttles Eastern Illinois
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Peyton McCollum scored 14 points and fellow reserve Ty'Reek Coleman scored 13 as Iowa's bench alone outscored Eastern Illinois in a 91-47 victory on Friday.
Backup Tre Thompson scored 11 points as the Hawkeyes (2-0) bench scored 61 points. Tate Sage was the only Iowa starter in double-figures scoring with 10.
Collectively, Iowa shot 33 of 52 (63%), including 14 of 30 (47%) from 3-point range.
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McCollum leads backup assistance with 14 points as Iowa throttles Eastern Illinois
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Peyton McCollum scored 14 points and fellow reserve Ty'Reek Coleman scored 13 as Iowa's bench alone outscored Eastern Illinois in a 91-47 victory on Friday.
Backup Tre Thompson scored 11 points as the Hawkeyes (2-0) bench scored 61 points. Tate Sage was the only Iowa starter in double-figures scoring with 10.
Collectively, Iowa shot 33 of 52 (63%), including 14 of 30 (47%) from 3-point range.
Reserve Tanner Vogel scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Eastern Illinois (0-2).
Isaia Howard threw down a dunk with 13:42 before halftime to give Iowa its first double-digit lead of the night at 20-10. By halftime the lead was 41-20. Iowa scored 50 in the second half on 65.4% shooting (17 of 26).
The Hawkeyes will play 15 of their first 17 games in their home state. Iowa will play three neutral site contests — one in Sioux City and two in Des Moines.
Iowa's lone road trips before mid-January are to Purdue and Xavier.
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