2023-24 Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Basketball Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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2023-24 Iowa Men's Basketball

19-15

Overall

10-10

Big Ten

Fran McCaffery

Head coach

2023-24 Schedule 34 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Nov 7	Home North Dakota	110–68	W
Nov 10	Home Alabama State	98–67	W
Nov 14	Away Creighton	84–92	L
Nov 17	Home Arkansas State	88–74	W
Nov 23	Neutral Oklahoma	67–79	L
Nov 24	Neutral Seton Hall	85–72	W
Nov 29	Home North Florida	103–78	W
Dec 4	Away Purdue	68–87	L
Dec 7	Away Iowa State	65–90	L
Dec 10	Home Michigan	80–90	L
Dec 16	Neutral Florida A&M	88–52	W
Dec 20	Home Maryland-Baltimore County	103–81	W
Dec 29	Home Northern Illinois	103–74	W
Jan 2	Away Wisconsin	72–83	L
Jan 6	Home Rutgers	86–77	W
Jan 12	Home Nebraska	94–76	W
Jan 15	Away Minnesota	86–77	W
Jan 20	Home Purdue	70–84	L
Jan 24	Home Maryland	67–69	L
Jan 27	Away Michigan	88–78	W
Jan 30	Away Indiana	68–74	L
Feb 2	Home Ohio State	79–77	W
Feb 8	Away Penn State	79–89	L
Feb 11	Home Minnesota	90–85	W
Feb 14	Away Maryland	66–78	L
Feb 17	Home Wisconsin	88–86	W
Feb 20	Away Michigan State	78–71	W
Feb 24	Away Illinois	85–95	L
Feb 27	Home Penn State	90–81	W
Mar 2	Away Northwestern	87–80	W
Mar 10	Home Illinois	61–73	L
Mar 14	Neutral Ohio State	78–90	L
Mar 19	Home Kansas State	91–82	W
Mar 24	Away Utah	82–91	L

Team & Player Stats

Per-game averages and the year's standout players. Full box-score totals, advanced metrics, and game-by-game logs.

Per-Game Averages

Points

83.1 vs 79.4

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

+3.7 points per game

Field goal %

47.6% vs 45.8%

Shooting accuracy from the field — Iowa vs opponents.

+1.8 percentage points

3-point %

35.1% vs 35.8%

Three-point shooting — higher is better.

-0.7 percentage points

Free throw %

77.4% vs 70.4%

How often Iowa cashed in at the line.

+7.0 percentage points

Total rebounds

35.6 vs 37.1

Boards Iowa pulled down vs boards the other team got.

-1.5 rebounds per game

Assists

17.8 vs 15.4

Buckets set up by a teammate pass.

+2.4 assists per game

Turnovers

9.6 vs 12.0

Times Iowa lost the ball — lower is better.

-2.4 turnovers per game

Top Performers

Leading scorer

Payton Sandfort

16.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.7 apg (34 games).

Top playmaker

Tony Perkins

4.6 apg, 14.0 ppg, 1.9 TO (34 games).

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Iowa

Opponents

Diff

Games

34.0

0.0

Minutes

40.1

0.0

30.1

28.5

+1.6

FGA

63.4

62.2

+1.2

FG%

47.6%

45.8%

+1.8

6.6

8.0

-1.4

3PA

18.9

22.4

-3.5

3P%

35.1%

35.8%

-0.7

23.5

20.5

+3.0

2PA

44.4

39.8

+4.6

2P%

52.9%

51.5%

+1.4

16.2

14.4

+1.8

FTA

20.9

20.5

+0.4

FT%

77.4%

70.4%

+7.0

ORB

9.8

11.2

-1.4

DRB

25.8

25.9

-0.1

TRB

35.6

37.1

-1.5

AST

17.8

15.4

+2.4

STL

6.8

5.9

+0.9

BLK

3.9

3.7

+0.2

TOV

9.6

12.0

-2.4

16.9

17.4

-0.5

PTS

83.1

79.4

+3.7

Player Stats — Per Game

Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
Payton SandfortG	34	34	30.5	5.3	11.9	44.6	2.8	7.3	37.9	3.0	3.3	91.1	6.6	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.3	16.4
Tony PerkinsG	34	34	30.9	4.8	11.1	43.2	0.7	2.3	29.9	3.7	4.7	78.8	4.4	4.6	1.6	0.4	1.9	14.0
Ben KrikkeF	34	34	28.6	5.5	10.0	54.7	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.7	3.6	74.0	4.8	1.4	0.9	0.3	1.1	13.8
Owen FreemanF	34	25	22.9	4.3	6.9	61.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	3.2	66.1	6.6	1.2	0.9	1.8	1.1	10.6
Josh DixG	34	20	24.4	3.4	6.2	55.2	0.9	2.2	42.1	1.1	1.3	86.0	2.2	1.7	0.6	0.3	0.7	8.9
Patrick McCafferyF	31	15	23.0	3.0	6.9	44.1	0.8	2.5	31.2	2.0	2.6	78.8	2.8	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.9	8.9
Dasonte BowenG	25	8	13.4	1.4	3.6	39.6	0.2	0.7	22.2	1.3	1.6	84.6	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.6	4.4
Brock HardingG	34	0	10.8	1.2	3.4	36.2	0.4	1.2	37.5	0.5	0.6	77.3	0.6	2.6	0.8	0.0	0.8	3.4
Pryce SandfortF	32	0	8.7	0.8	2.3	35.6	0.5	1.5	34.7	0.1	0.2	66.7	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.3
Ladji DembeleF	32	0	11.1	0.9	2.3	37.8	0.3	0.9	31.0	0.2	0.4	35.7	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.7	2.2
Carter KingsburyG	5	0	3.2	0.4	1.0	40.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	0.0	0.0	—	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0
Luc LaketaG	4	0	3.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0
Even BraunsC	18	0	3.6	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6
Jovone CaterG	4	0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
Spencer HutchisonG	3	0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Stats — Advanced

Player	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	USG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	OWS	DWS	WS	BPM	PProd
Payton SandfortG	34	1037	21.8	60.8	—	23.4	4.4	19.1	11.9	15.2	1.3	1.4	9.0	3.4	0.9	4.3	8.0	517
Owen FreemanF	34	778	25.3	62.9	—	20.3	11.7	20.1	16.0	9.3	2.3	7.9	11.9	2.4	1.1	3.5	7.5	358
Tony PerkinsG	34	1049	19.3	52.4	—	24.0	4.1	11.4	7.8	25.3	2.8	1.4	12.7	2.2	1.0	3.2	5.4	513
Josh DixG	34	831	15.6	65.2	—	14.9	1.5	8.5	5.1	11.6	1.3	1.1	9.4	1.9	0.4	2.3	4.3	270
Ben KrikkeF	34	973	19.2	58.9	—	21.8	6.6	11.9	9.3	8.8	1.7	0.9	8.9	2.5	0.7	3.2	3.1	434
Brock HardingG	34	368	14.7	45.9	—	20.1	0.3	5.3	2.9	38.0	4.0	0.3	17.1	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.9	148
Patrick McCafferyF	31	712	13.3	54.8	—	18.9	0.8	12.3	6.7	8.6	1.0	1.3	9.7	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.1	245
Pryce SandfortF	32	278	8.8	48.1	—	13.7	1.2	12.1	6.8	7.7	0.8	1.5	3.8	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.3	67
Dasonte BowenG	25	335	13.6	49.8	—	18.1	5.0	5.5	5.3	22.7	1.8	0.3	12.7	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.2	130
Even BraunsC	18	64	8.8	100.0	—	7.6	7.0	22.0	14.7	4.6	1.7	6.3	50.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	-1.3	10
Carter KingsburyG	5	16	13.9	50.0	—	18.2	7.0	40.7	24.2	10.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.5	5
Ladji DembeleF	32	354	5.9	43.4	—	13.9	6.7	13.5	10.1	5.9	2.3	2.0	20.7	-0.2	0.3	0.2	-3.0	79
Luc LaketaG	4	12	6.4	69.0	—	15.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.5	0.0	0.0	25.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	-5.4	3
Spencer HutchisonG	3	9	-5.3	0.0	—	16.1	12.5	24.1	18.4	14.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-16.5	1
Jovone CaterG	4	12	-12.6	0.0	—	20.2	0.0	18.1	9.2	0.0	4.6	0.0	20.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-19.5	0

Game Logs

Date	Opp	Rslt	Shooting			3PT		Boards			Other
			FG-FGA	FG%	eFG%	3P-3PA	3P%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV
Nov 7	North Dakota	W 110–68	40-75	53.3	61.3	12-24	50.0	9	33	42	23	12	7
Nov 10	Alabama State	W 98–67	33-72	45.8	52.1	9-29	31.0	17	27	44	27	6	6
Nov 14	@ Creighton	L 84–92	34-68	50.0	54.4	6-14	42.9	6	21	27	20	7	7
Nov 17	Arkansas State	W 88–74	27-58	46.6	48.3	2-12	16.7	10	28	38	14	11	7
Nov 23	vs Oklahoma	L 67–79	24-67	35.8	38.8	4-23	17.4	15	22	37	10	4	13
Nov 24	vs Seton Hall	W 85–72	31-55	56.4	62.7	7-19	36.8	2	30	32	20	4	10
Nov 29	North Florida	W 103–78	36-61	59.0	65.6	8-14	57.1	6	26	32	17	9	10
Dec 4	@ Purdue	L 68–87	25-65	38.5	43.1	6-18	33.3	14	17	31	17	5	8
Dec 7	@ Iowa State	L 65–90	22-57	38.6	45.6	8-26	30.8	8	20	28	14	9	19
Dec 10	Michigan	L 80–90	28-64	43.8	47.7	5-20	25.0	7	20	27	16	9	9
Dec 16	vs Florida A&M	W 88–52	34-63	54.0	61.9	10-26	38.5	7	39	46	22	11	15
Dec 20	UMBC	W 103–81	42-84	50.0	53.6	6-23	26.1	14	27	41	33	10	4
Dec 29	Northern Illinois	W 103–74	42-84	50.0	54.8	8-25	32.0	11	27	38	23	15	7
Jan 2	@ Wisconsin	L 72–83	27-62	43.5	49.2	7-17	41.2	6	23	29	13	5	14
Jan 6	Rutgers	W 86–77	29-63	46.0	51.6	7-14	50.0	7	26	33	17	9	13
Jan 12	Nebraska	W 94–76	35-67	52.2	63.4	15-35	42.9	9	25	34	30	5	6
Jan 15	@ Minnesota	W 86–77	35-65	53.8	56.2	3-13	23.1	8	27	35	23	9	10
Jan 20	Purdue	L 70–84	27-59	45.8	50.0	5-17	29.4	4	19	23	15	6	7
Jan 24	Maryland	L 67–69	24-57	42.1	44.7	3-14	21.4	10	20	30	11	5	13
Jan 27	@ Michigan	W 88–78	31-58	53.4	60.3	8-16	50.0	7	20	27	14	5	10
Jan 30	@ Indiana	L 68–74	23-65	35.4	40.0	6-22	27.3	7	19	26	10	9	3
Feb 2	Ohio State	W 79–77	29-54	53.7	56.5	3-10	30.0	7	19	26	13	6	8
Feb 8	@ Penn State	L 79–89	33-59	55.9	59.3	4-15	26.7	9	18	27	15	9	17
Feb 11	Minnesota	W 90–85	31-65	47.7	51.5	5-15	33.3	11	25	36	14	7	7
Feb 14	@ Maryland	L 66–78	26-64	40.6	45.3	6-22	27.3	10	17	27	11	4	9
Feb 17	Wisconsin	W 88–86 OT	30-57	52.6	56.1	4-14	28.6	5	27	32	16	4	9
Feb 20	@ Michigan State	W 78–71	28-55	50.9	54.5	4-13	30.8	6	27	33	17	3	4
Feb 24	@ Illinois	L 85–95	30-63	47.6	50.8	4-12	33.3	10	20	30	13	6	11
Feb 27	Penn State	W 90–81	25-53	47.2	54.7	8-16	50.0	4	27	31	22	6	12
Mar 2	@ Northwestern	W 87–80	33-60	55.0	63.3	10-20	50.0	7	19	26	25	4	5
Mar 10	Illinois	L 61–73	23-65	35.4	40.8	7-21	33.3	2	29	31	15	5	5
Mar 14	vs Ohio State	L 78–90	26-62	41.9	48.4	8-21	38.1	7	25	32	19	3	8
Mar 19	Kansas State	W 91–82	29-60	48.3	57.5	11-23	47.8	12	27	39	20	8	13
Mar 24	@ Utah	L 82–91	33-68	48.5	53.7	7-21	33.3	5	27	32	17	2	8

2023-24 Roster 15 players

#	Player	Class	Pos	Ht	Wt	Hometown	High School
0	Even Brauns	SR	C	6-9	250	Iowa City, IA	Iowa City West HS
1	Spencer Hutchison	FR	G	6-4	202	Dallas, TX	Dallas Episcopal (TX)
2	Brock Harding	FR	G	6-0	162	Moline, IL	Moline (IL)
4	Josh Dix	SO	G	6-5	192	Council Bluffs, IA	Council Bluffs Lincoln (IA)
5	Dasonte Bowen	SO	G	6-2	174	Boston, MA	Worcester Academy (MA); Brewster Academy (MA)
10	Jovone Cater	SR	G	6-2	180	Far Rockaway, NY	Holy Cross (Queens, NY)
11	Tony Perkins	SR	G	6-4	210	Indianapolis, IN	Lawrence North HS
13	Ladji Dembele	FR	F	6-8	250	Newark, NJ	St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)
14	Carter Kingsbury	SO	G	6-4	225	Ponca, NE	Brewster Academy
20	Payton Sandfort	JR	G	6-7	215	Waukee, IA	Waukee HS
22	Patrick McCaffery	SR	F	6-9	200	Iowa City, IA	Iowa City West (IA)
23	Ben Krikke	SR	F	6-9	230	Edmonton, Canada	Jasper Place School
24	Pryce Sandfort	FR	F	6-6	205	Waukee, IA	Waukee Northwest (IA)
25	Luc Laketa	JR	G	6-4	180	Concord, MI	Hanover-Horton (MI)
32	Owen Freeman	FR	F	6-10	230	Moline, IL	Moline (IL)

2023-24 AP Poll Movement

Iowa wasn't ranked in the AP poll this season.

Updated Jun 1, 5:30 AM

Men's Basketball History

Season Snapshot 2023-24 at a glance

2023-24 Iowa Men's Basketball

By the Numbers

Memorable Games

Rankings & Streaks

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

Beat #20 Wisconsin

Signature Wins

Beat Florida A&M

Beat North Dakota

Beat Alabama State

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

Faced #2 Purdue

Faced #4 Purdue

Lost by 2 to Maryland