2025-26 Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Basketball Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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2025-26 Iowa Men's Basketball

24-13

Overall

10-10

Big Ten

#15

Peak AP rank

Ben McCollum

Head coach

2025-26 Schedule 37 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Nov 4	Home Robert Morris	101–69	W
Nov 7	Home Western Illinois	77–58	W
Nov 14	Home Xavier	81–62	W
Nov 18	Home Southeast Missouri State	99–70	W
Nov 20	Home Chicago State	93–54	W
Nov 25	Neutral Mississippi	74–69	W
Nov 26	Neutral Grand Canyon	59–46	W
Dec 2	Away Michigan State	52–71	L
Dec 6	Home Maryland	83–64	W
Dec 11	Away Iowa State	62–66	L
Dec 14	Home Western Michigan	91–51	W
Dec 20	Neutral Bucknell	94–39	W
Dec 29	Home Massachusetts-Lowell	90–62	W
Jan 3	Home UCLA	74–61	W
Jan 6	Away Minnesota	67–70	L
Jan 11	Home Illinois	69–75	L
Jan 14	Away Purdue	72–79	L
Jan 17	Away Indiana	74–57	W
Jan 20	Home Rutgers	68–62	W
Jan 28	Home Southern California	73–72	W
Feb 1	Away Oregon	84–66	W
Feb 4	Away Washington	84–74	W
Feb 8	Home Northwestern	76–70	W
Feb 11	Away Maryland	70–77	L
Feb 14	Home Purdue	57–78	L
Feb 17	Home Nebraska	57–52	W
Feb 22	Away Wisconsin	71–84	L
Feb 25	Home Ohio State	74–57	W
Feb 28	Away Penn State	69–71	L
Mar 5	Home Michigan	68–71	L
Mar 8	Away Nebraska	75–84	L
Mar 11	Neutral Maryland	75–64	W
Mar 12	Neutral Ohio State	69–72	L
Mar 20	Neutral Clemson	67–61	W
Mar 22	Neutral Florida	73–72	W
Mar 26	Neutral Nebraska	77–71	W
Mar 28	Neutral Illinois	59–71	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

74.5 vs 66.3

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

+8.2 points per game

Field goal %

48.7% vs 45.9%

Shooting accuracy from the field — Iowa vs opponents.

+2.8 percentage points

3-point %

35.6% vs 33.3%

Three-point shooting — higher is better.

+2.3 percentage points

Free throw %

76.9% vs 73.7%

How often Iowa cashed in at the line.

+3.2 percentage points

Total rebounds

29.3 vs 28.9

Boards Iowa pulled down vs boards the other team got.

+0.4 rebounds per game

Assists

15.0 vs 11.9

Buckets set up by a teammate pass.

+3.1 assists per game

Turnovers

9.5 vs 12.8

Times Iowa lost the ball — lower is better.

-3.3 turnovers per game

Top Performers

Leading scorer

Bennett Stirtz

19.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 4.4 apg (37 games).

Top rebounder

Tavion Banks

4.6 rpg, 10.2 ppg over 37 games.

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Iowa

Opponents

Diff

Games

37.0

0.0

Minutes

40.1

0.0

26.0

22.8

+3.2

FGA

53.4

49.6

+3.8

FG%

48.7%

45.9%

+2.8

8.2

6.6

+1.6

3PA

22.9

19.9

+3.0

3P%

35.6%

33.3%

+2.3

17.8

16.2

+1.6

2PA

30.4

29.8

+0.6

2P%

58.6%

54.3%

+4.3

14.4

14.1

+0.3

FTA

18.7

19.1

-0.4

FT%

76.9%

73.7%

+3.2

ORB

8.8

8.4

+0.4

DRB

20.5

20.4

+0.1

TRB

29.3

28.9

+0.4

AST

15.0

11.9

+3.1

STL

6.8

5.1

+1.7

BLK

1.9

2.7

-0.8

TOV

9.5

12.8

-3.3

17.4

0.0

PTS

74.5

66.3

+8.2

Player Stats — Per Game

Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
Bennett StirtzG	37	37	37.7	6.8	14.2	47.7	2.5	6.9	35.8	3.8	4.5	84.8	2.6	4.4	1.4	0.2	1.8	19.8
Tavion BanksG	37	35	23.3	3.5	6.6	52.0	0.5	1.2	44.2	2.8	3.5	79.2	4.6	1.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	10.2
Alvaro FolgueirasF	37	1	20.7	2.8	5.7	50.0	1.0	2.9	33.3	1.8	2.3	76.7	3.6	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.2	8.4
Cooper KochF	37	37	28.4	2.6	6.0	43.7	1.8	4.4	40.2	0.8	1.0	83.3	3.1	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.5	7.8
Cam ManyawuF	37	37	19.2	2.7	4.3	63.1	0.0	0.0	—	1.1	2.0	57.5	4.6	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.8	6.6
Tate SageG	37	0	16.1	1.9	3.9	49.3	0.8	1.9	38.9	1.5	2.1	71.1	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.5	6.1
Kael CombsG	37	33	26.1	2.3	4.6	49.1	0.5	1.5	33.3	1.1	1.3	83.7	2.4	2.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	6.1
Isaia HowardG	37	5	18.2	1.9	4.3	45.0	0.5	1.7	28.1	0.7	1.0	69.4	2.6	1.1	1.0	0.3	0.6	5.1
Brendan HausenG	21	0	10.2	1.2	3.7	32.5	1.0	3.2	32.8	0.5	0.5	100.0	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.1	4.0
Trevin JirakC	17	0	8.1	1.1	2.2	47.4	0.2	1.1	16.7	1.1	1.6	70.4	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.1	1.0	3.4
Joey MatteoniF	11	0	3.6	0.7	1.4	53.3	0.0	0.0	—	0.1	0.3	33.3	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.5
Jacob KochG	5	0	2.0	0.2	0.6	33.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4

Player Stats — Advanced

Player	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	USG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	OWS	DWS	WS	BPM	PProd
Bennett StirtzG	37	1396	22.3	60.7	—	26.9	1.0	8.7	4.8	24.9	2.3	0.9	10.1	4.9	1.8	6.7	10.2	704
Alvaro FolgueirasF	37	767	20.4	62.2	—	21.6	6.3	18.1	12.1	20.7	2.7	1.6	15.5	2.1	1.3	3.4	8.6	323
Cam ManyawuF	37	710	20.9	62.7	—	17.5	12.9	19.9	16.4	10.9	2.7	3.8	12.6	1.9	1.3	3.2	7.0	258
Cooper KochF	37	1052	12.5	60.6	—	13.6	4.0	10.9	7.5	7.2	1.3	0.8	6.6	2.0	1.2	3.2	5.8	270
Isaia HowardG	37	672	14.2	52.8	—	16.7	6.1	13.8	10.0	11.3	3.6	2.0	11.9	0.9	1.2	2.0	5.6	195
Tavion BanksG	37	863	19.7	61.4	—	23.3	8.6	18.8	13.7	9.7	2.7	1.3	14.5	2.2	1.5	3.6	5.5	366
Tate SageG	37	597	16.4	62.1	—	18.8	6.9	10.7	8.8	7.9	1.1	1.4	9.4	1.6	0.7	2.2	5.0	214
Kael CombsG	37	965	10.9	58.4	—	14.2	2.6	10.1	6.3	16.4	1.8	0.3	20.8	1.1	1.2	2.2	3.5	249
Joey MatteoniF	11	40	17.8	51.8	—	25.8	13.7	10.4	12.1	16.7	3.2	0.0	10.9	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.5	18
Brendan HausenG	21	215	11.5	50.5	—	21.9	0.0	9.0	4.5	8.8	1.2	0.0	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	-0.6	72
Trevin JirakC	17	137	12.6	57.1	—	27.7	2.0	14.2	8.1	26.9	0.9	1.0	25.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	-2.4	62
Jacob KochG	5	10	4.7	33.3	—	16.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-9.5	2

Game Logs

Date	Opp	Rslt	Shooting			3PT		Boards			Other
			FG-FGA	FG%	eFG%	3P-3PA	3P%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV
Nov 4	Robert Morris	W 101–69	29-47	61.7	69.1	7-15	46.7	9	14	23	21	11	11
Nov 7	Western Illinois	W 77–58	26-50	52.0	62.0	10-25	40.0	4	21	25	21	8	6
Nov 14	Xavier	W 81–62	29-51	56.9	59.8	3-11	27.3	8	32	40	16	5	13
Nov 18	Southeast Missouri State	W 99–70	30-49	61.2	71.4	10-23	43.5	9	19	28	17	11	11
Nov 20	Chicago State	W 93–54	33-58	56.9	67.2	12-31	38.7	10	25	35	26	6	6
Nov 25	vs Ole Miss	W 74–69	24-56	42.9	50.0	8-22	36.4	9	17	26	9	5	6
Nov 26	vs Grand Canyon	W 59–46	19-47	40.4	46.8	6-19	31.6	8	19	27	11	7	10
Dec 2	@ Michigan State	L 52–71	17-45	37.8	45.6	7-23	30.4	4	11	15	11	7	11
Dec 6	Maryland	W 83–64	34-63	54.0	61.1	9-18	50.0	8	22	30	19	12	10
Dec 11	@ Iowa State	L 62–66	26-51	51.0	57.8	7-15	46.7	7	20	27	15	5	15
Dec 14	Western Michigan	W 91–51	33-59	55.9	67.8	14-31	45.2	9	27	36	24	5	6
Dec 20	vs Bucknell	W 94–39	38-63	60.3	66.7	8-21	38.1	10	22	32	18	19	9
Dec 29	UMass Lowell	W 90–62	32-55	58.2	61.8	4-14	28.6	6	20	26	20	10	7
Jan 3	UCLA	W 74–61	22-47	46.8	55.3	8-26	30.8	11	19	30	11	7	13
Jan 6	@ Minnesota	L 67–70	25-63	39.7	45.2	7-26	26.9	10	24	34	12	5	13
Jan 11	Illinois	L 69–75	27-66	40.9	47.7	9-29	31.0	9	19	28	19	5	8
Jan 14	@ Purdue	L 72–79	27-51	52.9	64.7	12-25	48.0	4	16	20	14	6	13
Jan 17	@ Indiana	W 74–57	23-46	50.0	57.6	7-19	36.8	5	21	26	15	1	6
Jan 20	Rutgers	W 68–62	24-51	47.1	53.9	7-19	36.8	5	14	19	12	9	12
Jan 28	Southern California	W 73–72	23-55	41.8	49.1	8-25	32.0	9	19	28	11	12	14
Feb 1	@ Oregon	W 84–66	33-56	58.9	67.9	10-22	45.5	6	17	23	18	8	4
Feb 4	@ Washington	W 84–74	31-52	59.6	68.3	9-19	47.4	4	15	19	10	6	3
Feb 8	Northwestern	W 76–70	24-53	45.3	50.0	5-16	31.3	9	20	29	12	6	7
Feb 11	@ Maryland	L 70–77	25-59	42.4	48.3	7-28	25.0	9	13	22	15	4	2
Feb 14	Purdue	L 57–78	20-53	37.7	43.4	6-22	27.3	8	20	28	12	3	6
Feb 17	Nebraska	W 57–52	17-51	33.3	39.2	6-23	26.1	11	22	33	5	4	11
Feb 22	@ Wisconsin	L 71–84	28-59	47.5	53.4	7-26	26.9	9	18	27	13	4	9
Feb 25	Ohio State	W 74–57	27-47	57.4	62.8	5-18	27.8	4	22	26	15	7	7
Feb 28	@ Penn State	L 69–71	26-57	45.6	53.5	9-28	32.1	10	13	23	17	7	7
Mar 5	Michigan	L 68–71	25-64	39.1	44.5	7-26	26.9	10	15	25	15	7	5
Mar 8	@ Nebraska	L 75–84 OT	27-56	48.2	58.0	11-30	36.7	7	24	31	17	9	19
Mar 11	vs Maryland	W 75–64	27-53	50.9	59.4	9-23	39.1	5	18	23	19	9	10
Mar 12	vs Ohio State	L 69–72	22-44	50.0	61.4	10-21	47.6	5	17	22	16	5	8
Mar 20	vs Clemson	W 67–61	18-47	38.3	45.7	7-25	28.0	13	23	36	5	3	7
Mar 22	vs Florida	W 73–72	26-51	51.0	57.8	7-24	29.2	8	16	24	14	4	9
Mar 26	vs Nebraska	W 77–71	27-52	51.9	64.4	13-30	43.3	3	18	21	18	6	4
Mar 28	vs Illinois	L 59–71	18-47	38.3	50.0	11-30	36.7	6	12	18	12	5	8

2025-26 Roster 14 players

#	Player	Class	Pos	Ht	Wt	Hometown	High School
3	Cam Manyawu	JR	F	6-9	228	Kansas City, MO	Staley (MO)
5	Peyton McCollum	FR	G	6-2	180	Maryville, MO	Maryville (MO)
6	Tavion Banks	SR	G	6-7	200	Kansas City, MO	Minnesota Prep (MN)
7	Alvaro Folgueiras	JR	F	6-9	215	Malaga, Spain	DME Academy (FL)
8	Cooper Koch	SO	F	6-8	215	Peoria, IL	Metamora Township (IL)
10	Jacob Koch	SO	G	6-2	180	Iowa City, IA	Iowa City West (IA)
11	Kael Combs	JR	G	6-4	190	Nixa, MO	Nixa (MO)
14	Bennett Stirtz	SR	G	6-4	180	Liberty, MO	Liberty (MO)
15	Brendan Hausen	SR	G	6-4	205	Amarillo, TX	Amarillo (TX)
20	Trey Thompson	FR	F	6-8	220	Greeneville, TN	Greeneville (TN)
23	Isaia Howard	SO	G	6-5	200	Plattsburg, MO	Plattsburg (MO)
24	Tate Sage	FR	G	6-7	210	Weatherford, OK	Weatherford (OK)
27	Trevin Jirak	FR	C	6-11	250	West Des Moines, IA	Valley (West Des Moines, IA)
44	Joey Matteoni	SO	F	6-8	215	Overland Park, KS	Blue Valley Northwest (KS)

2025-26 AP Poll Movement

AP Poll

Final

#15

Final Ranking

Season Summary

Highest Rank: #15
Lowest Rank: #25
Weeks in Poll: 3
Total Weeks: 21

Week-by-week rankings

11/10

11/17

11/24

12/1

12/8

12/15

12/22

#25

12/29

1/5

#19

1/12

1/19

1/26

2/2

2/9

2/16

2/23

3/2

3/9

3/16

3/23

Final

#15

Updated Jun 1, 5:30 AM

Men's Basketball History

Season Snapshot 2025-26 at a glance

2025-26 Iowa Men's Basketball

By the Numbers

Memorable Games

Rankings & Streaks

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

Beat #4 Florida

Signature Wins

Beat #9 Nebraska

Beat #15 Nebraska

Beat Bucknell

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

Lost OT vs Nebraska

Lost by 3 to Michigan

Faced #4 Iowa State