FINAL: Auburn 83, Iowa 75
- Tonight was the first ever meeting between Iowa and Auburn in men’s basketball.
- All-American Kris Murray tallied 15 points, a team bests in rebounds (9) and steals (2).
- Payton Sandfort tallied a game-best 21 points, making multiple 3-pointers for the 12th time in the last 18 games. Sandfort netted 20+ points six times this season, second most on the squad (Kris Murray, 15).
- Senior Filip Rebraca posted 14 points and seven rebounds in his final game as a Hawkeye. Rebraca reached double figures in scoring a team-best 28 times (33 games played).
- Iowa had eight turnovers, its fewest in an NCAA Tournament game since March 18, 2016 (3 vs. Temple).
- Iowa scored 49 second-half points, the most by a Hawkeye team in a half since scoring 49 in the first and second half versus Texas on March 19, 1992.
- Iowa concludes its season 19-14 overall, tying for fifth place in the Big Ten with an 11-9 league record.
