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Kirk Ferentz congratulates Luka Garza for becoming Iowa’s all-time leading scorer

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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It was only a matter of time.

Sunday, Iowa center Luka Garza officially rewrote the Hawkeye record books, becoming the program’s all-time leading scorer. He surpassed Roy Marble’s career mark of 2,116 points to take the top spot in the Iowa record book.

Garza posted another double-double on Sunday night, scoring 23 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in Iowa’s 74-68 win over Penn State. It was the 10th time this season the Hawkeye center has registered a double-double and the 16th time he’s scored at least 20 points in a game.

After Garza became etched his name in Hawkeye history, head football coach Kirk Ferentz congratulated the senior on his career achievement:

Garza still has four regular season games to improve on his scoring total and set the bar even higher at Iowa. The Hawkeyes have critical matchups against No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Ohio State, Nebraska and No. 21 Wisconsin to close out the season.

Garza is considered a frontrunner for the B1G Player of the Year and National Player of the Year.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB