Bennett Stirtz scores career-high 36 to help Iowa hold off Northwestern 76-70

— Bennett Stirtz scored a career-high 36 points and Iowa upped its winning streak to six games by handing Northwestern a seventh straight loss with a 76-70 victory over the Wildcats on Sunday.
Feb 8, 2027, 05:34 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--NU
100%
--IOWA

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Tre Singleton makes layup (Jake West assists)
  • Tre Singleton misses driving layup
  • Tyler Kropp makes 9-foot jumper (Jayden Reid assists)
  • Bennett Stirtz misses driving layup
  • Jayden Reid misses 13-foot jumper
  • Cam Manyawu makes layup (Cooper Koch assists)
  • Nick Martinelli misses 16-foot jumper
  • Cam Manyawu makes layup (Cooper Koch assists)
  • Nick Martinelli misses 10-foot jumper
  • Cooper Koch makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cooper Koch makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Arrinten Page makes 2-foot dunk (Jayden Reid assists)
  • Cooper Koch misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tavion Banks misses layup
  • Tavion Banks makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Nick Martinelli misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Bennett Stirtz makes driving layup
  • Alvaro Folgueiras misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Martinelli makes 23-foot three point jumper (Arrinten Page assists)
  • Alvaro Folgueiras misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alvaro Folgueiras makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jayden Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jake West makes driving layup
  • Bennett Stirtz misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cooper Koch misses 5-foot jumper
  • Tate Sage misses tip in layup
  • Jayden Reid makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Tate Sage makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tate Sage makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli misses layup
  • Bennett Stirtz misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Martinelli misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tavion Banks misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jayden Reid misses 18-foot jumper
  • Angelo Ciaravino makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Angelo Ciaravino makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cam Manyawu misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Cam Manyawu misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Alvaro Folgueiras misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Cam Manyawu misses layup
  • Bennett Stirtz misses 10-foot jumper
  • Jake West makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Bennett Stirtz makes 12-foot jumper
  • Nick Martinelli misses 16-foot floating jump shot
  • Kael Combs makes layup (Bennett Stirtz assists)
  • Tyler Kropp makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tyler Kropp makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tavion Banks misses layup
  • Jake West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nick Martinelli assists)
  • Alvaro Folgueiras misses driving layup
  • Alvaro Folgueiras makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alvaro Folgueiras makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alvaro Folgueiras makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alvaro Folgueiras misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Tre Singleton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tre Singleton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bennett Stirtz misses 9-foot jumper
  • Tavion Banks makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tavion Banks makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Angelo Ciaravino makes 1-foot dunk (Jake West assists)
  • Bennett Stirtz makes driving layup
  • Bennett Stirtz makes 10-foot jumper
  • Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Nick Martinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Angelo Ciaravino assists)
  • Bennett Stirtz makes layup
  • Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jayden Reid misses 21-foot jumper
  • Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kael Combs makes 11-foot floating jump shot
  • Angelo Ciaravino misses layup
  • Tavion Banks makes layup (Cam Manyawu assists)
  • Tavion Banks makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jayden Reid makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tyler Kropp assists)
  • Tavion Banks makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tavion Banks makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes layup
  • Kael Combs makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Tavion Banks assists)
  • Bennett Stirtz makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cam Manyawu assists)
  • Tre Singleton makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tre Singleton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tre Singleton misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jayden Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jayden Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tre Singleton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Tavion Banks makes layup (Alvaro Folgueiras assists)
  • Nick Martinelli misses 3-foot hook shot
  • Bennett Stirtz misses layup
  • Cooper Koch misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Martinelli misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tavion Banks misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Isaia Howard misses layup
  • Cooper Koch makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tavion Banks assists)
  • Jayden Reid misses layup
  • Bennett Stirtz makes driving layup
  • Nick Martinelli misses 5-foot jumper
  • Bennett Stirtz makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alvaro Folgueiras assists)
  • Jake West makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Isaia Howard misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Angelo Ciaravino makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Angelo Ciaravino makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Isaia Howard misses 12-foot jumper
  • Nick Martinelli misses 9-foot hook shot
  • Cam Manyawu misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Nick Martinelli misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tavion Banks misses layup
  • Tate Sage makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Tre Singleton makes layup (Jake West assists)
  • Tre Singleton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Tate Sage misses driving layup
  • Jake West makes 1-foot dunk
  • Alvaro Folgueiras misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Martinelli makes 12-foot jumper
  • Cooper Koch misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Bennett Stirtz misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Bennett Stirtz makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kael Combs assists)
  • Nick Martinelli misses 9-foot jumper
  • Bennett Stirtz makes 7-foot jumper (Alvaro Folgueiras assists)
  • Nick Martinelli makes 9-foot hook shot
  • Nick Martinelli misses 9-foot jumper
  • Alvaro Folgueiras makes driving layup (Bennett Stirtz assists)
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alvaro Folgueiras misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Tyler Kropp makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tyler Kropp makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli misses 8-foot jumper
  • Bennett Stirtz makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jake West makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Bennett Stirtz misses driving layup
  • Jake West makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jayden Reid assists)
  • Bennett Stirtz makes driving layup
  • Jake West misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alvaro Folgueiras misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tavion Banks misses 9-foot jumper
  • Jayden Reid misses driving layup
  • Tavion Banks makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tavion Banks makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jake West assists)
  • Cooper Koch makes 4-foot dunk
  • Jayden Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Northwestern WildcatsNUNU
(10-14)
(10-14, 2-11 Conf)
o140.5
-112
+10.5
+100
o139.5
-110
+575
Iowa HawkeyesIOWAIOWA
(18-5)
(18-5, 8-4 Conf)
-13.5
-108
-10.5
-120
u139.5
-110
-850
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