IOWA CITY, Iowa – Southeast Missouri (1-4) fell to Big Ten Conference foe Iowa (4-0) by a score of 99-70 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Tuesday night.
Luke Almodovar led three SEMO players in double figures with 15 points, his third double-digit effort in five starts.
Brendan Terry and
Braxton Stacker followed with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
SEMO had some good looks but struggled to score early. The Redhawks turned the ball over 10 times and were hampered by foul trouble too, as Iowa built its big lead.
Iowa, which shot 60.9 percent (14-of-23) from the field, made more free throws than it did field goals to key a 49-point first half. The Hawkeyes outscored the Redhawks, 17-2, at the free throw line in the game's first 20 minutes.
Tavion Banks' layup gave Iowa its first double-digit lead at 17-7 less than seven minutes into the contest and the Hawkeyes later led, 49-25, at the half.
SEMO played much better in the second half shooting 64 percent (16-of-25) from the field, its highest percentage in any half of basketball through five games this season.
Terry's two free throws cut the Hawkeyes lead to 86-67 with 3:48 to go and that was as close as the Redhawks could get.
Almodovar went 6-of-8 from the field and made a pair of 3-pointers, while Terry made all five of his field goals to go along with four rebounds. Stacker shot 4-of-9 from the field in his fourth game with double figures in the scoring column.
In his first career SEMO start,
Landren Blocker finished with four points and three rebounds. Freshman
PJ Farmer paved the way with five rebounds off the bench.
For the game, the Redhawks shot a season-best 52 percent (26-of-50) from the floor.
Alvaro Folgueiras led Iowa with 16 points off the bench. Folgueiras was one of 11 players who scored for the Hawkeyes.
Iowa outscored SEMO by a +17 margin (29-12) at the free throw line and made 10 three-pointers. The Hawkeyes shot 61.2 percent (30-of-49) from the field and 43.5 percent (10-of-23) from long range.
SEMO remains on the road to face Cal Poly (Nov. 25) and Northern Arizona (Nov. 26) in Flagstaff, Arizona before the Thanksgiving holiday.
