AH TV: McCaffery, Iowa players talk about Sunday’s 81-70 victory over Nebraska
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Fran McCaffery talked on Friday about how the 3-point shot is the great equalizer in college basketball.
His team then showed why on Sunday while defeating Nebraska 81-70 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Hawkeyes made nine 3-point baskets and held Nebraska to just three treys. That's a difference of 18 points from 3-point range.
Game. Set. Match.
"It's all about ball movement and screening and recognition and how to get the ball to those guys and just be locked in and say, 'okay, who's hot? Who's are shooters?" McCaffery said..
Freshman point guard Jordan Bohannon and sophomore shooting guard Brady Ellingson both had hot hands for Iowa on Sunday, making four and three 3-point baskets, respectively. Bohannon also set the school record for most 3-pointers in a season by a freshman. The former Linn-Mar star has made 54 treys in 24 games.
"It means a lot knowing the company I'm with, Matt Gatens and Jeff Horner and all those guys who played as freshmen," said Bohannon, who led four Iowa players in double figures on Sunday with 15 points.
Iowa now has won three games in a row and improved to 14-10 overall and 6-5 in the Big Ten. Nebraska fell to 10-13 and 4-7 in the conference. The Cornhuskers have only won one game since defeating Iowa 93-90 in double overtime on Jan. 5 in Lincoln, Neb..
McCaffery started his post-game press conference by thanking the Iowa students who helped to raise over $2.5 million with Dance Martathon this weekend. McCaffery lost both of his parents to cancer. His son, Patrick McCaffery, also had a malignant tumor removed from his thyroid almost two years ago.
"Without question, that's the mot important thing that happened this weekend," said Fran McCaffery.
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