Iowa has opened up this game by doing whatever it wants to from three-point range against Northwestern so far. The Hawkeyes shot 11-16 from the field, and 68% from three to give themselves a 64-31 lead going into the break.

Keegan Murray and Jordan Bohannon are leading the way with scoring so far for Iowa. Murray has 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 1 assist. Bohannon has 11 points and 2 assists at half.The turnover battle so far has been fairly close with Northwestern leading in that department 7-5.

Northwestern’s leading scorer in the first half was Pete Nance with 9 points after the first 20 minutes.

While this may seem like a hard ask of Northwestern, Indiana was able to come back after being down 41-28 at halftime, so anything is possible. The Wildcats were also able to pull off a comeback of their own in the 1st round against Nebraska after being down 15 points at one point during that game.

You can watch the 2nd half of Iowa vs. Northwestern right now on the Big Ten Network.