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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Payton Sandford hit five 3-pointers and scored 24 points, Ben Krikke had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Iowa defeated Rutgers 86-77. Iowa starter Patrick McCaffery was ill and missed the game where his dad surpassed former coach Tom Davis for the most Big Ten wins at the school with 127. Mawot Mag scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Rutgers. Both teams started the second half hot but only the Hawkeyes stayed that way. Sandfort hit a 3-pointer and Owen Freeman converted two three-point plays and then had two free throws for a 66-52 lead with 12:16 to go. Twice Rutgers got the deficit to nine, but Freeman had a dunk and Sandfort drilled a 3-pointer to make it 73-61. Tony Perkins had five points in a 7-0 run, with his dunk pushing the lead to 80-63 with 5:43 to play.
