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<p class="uptitle"><span style="font-weight:bold;"> BIG TEN
BASKETBALL: IOWA 73, PENN STATE 49</span></p>
<p class="maintitle"><span class="Fid_16"> Hawks still on top </span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_15"> Iowa posts yet another
double-digit victory</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_11"> By Scott Dochterman,</span><span
class="Fid_12"> The Gazette</span><span class="Fid_6"> IOWA CITY
- Winning Big Ten games by double digits almost has gotten
redundant for the Iowa men's basketball team this year.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_6"> The Hawkeyes (18-4, 9-1 Big
Ten) claimed their eighth league game in such fashion in a
methodical 73-49 win against Penn State last night at
Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa, which is ranked fifth by the
Associated Press, dominated the game in every facet. In fact,
the performance embarrassed Penn State Coach Pat Chambers, who
apologized to Iowa counterpart Fran McCaffery in a post game
handshake.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_6"> 'We didn't give them much of a
game,' said Chambers, whose team fell to 11-12 overall and 2-8
in Big Ten play.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_6"> The game got out of hand
almost immediately. Iowa sped to a 14-4 lead barely six minutes
into the game. Then reserve forward Ahmad Wagner emphatically
powered the Hawkeyes ahead to stay with a baseline dunk. He was
fouled from behind by 7-foot-1 center Jordan Dickerson, and
completed a three-point play.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_6"> On Iowa's next possession,
Wagner caromed a shot off the glass to put the Hawkeyes ahead
19-7. But it was his dunk that left his teammates - like senior
guard Anthony Clemmons - talking to themselves during the
ensuing break.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_6"> 'Finally,' Clemmons said,
'because everybody's been preaching, 'Go up and dunk</span><span
class="Fid_6"> it every time.' He has this unbelievable first
step where he can get past a guy. He has a quick bounce of
getting to the rim, almost like how</span><span class="Fid_6">
Aaron White was. He's so strong with it. To see him do that, it
only shows flashes of what's to come in the next few years.'</span><span
class="Fid_6"> Iowa's offense soared from there, highlighted
with 3-pointers from Dom Uhl, </span><span class="Fid_7">Jarrod
Uthoff and Nicholas Baer. Uhl capped the half with a power dunk
off his own miss to push Iowa ahead 45-26 at the break.</span><br>
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<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_10"> Iowa guard Peter Jok (center)
goes to the hoop between Penn State's Deividas Zemgulis (right)
and Julian Moore (left) during the first half of their Big Ten
Conference game last night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
Iowa moved to 9-1 in conference play with a 73-49 victory.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_9"> Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette</span></p>
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<p class="maintitle"><span class="Fid_15"> Illinois next up </span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_16"> </span><span class="Fid_17"></span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_7"> </span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_7"> Penn State failed to keep up.
The Nittany Lions connected on just one of 20 3-point attempts
and missed half of their 12 free throws. While Penn State
grabbed 17 offensive rebounds, it scored just 13 second chance
points.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_7"> 'You can't play a great team -
a top-25 team - and shoot for 1 for 20 (from 3-point range) or 6
for 12 from the free throw line,' Chambers said. 'It's just not
possible.' 'I thought right from the outset, our defense set the
tone,' McCaffery said. 'We got stops. We</span><span
class="Fid_7"> got run-outs and kind of established how we want
to play. I mean, I'd like to think our defense was completely
responsible for 1 for 20; they had a bad night.' Iowa center
Adam Woodbury grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds in 22 minutes.
Forward Jarrod Uthoff, the Big Ten's leading scorer, led the
Hawkeyes with 14 points. Peter Jok and Clemmons each added 12.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_7"> Big Ten co-leaders Iowa and
Indiana appear on a natural collision course next week for first
place in the Big Ten. The</span><span class="Fid_7"> Hoosiers
set the pace on Tuesday with a double digit win at Michigan.
Iowa's win knotted their league marks at 9-1.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_7"> Indiana (19-4) plays at Penn
State on Saturday, and Iowa plays at Illinois (11-12, 3-7) on
Sunday before their showdown in Bloomington on Feb. 11. But
that's of little consequence to the Iowa players.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_7"> 'All we're looking for is
getting a win at Illinois next week,' Uthoff said. 'That's how
you have to approach it. If you do it over the course of time,
we're going to reach our goal.'</span><span class="Fid_7"> The
Hawkeyes have their best 22-game start since the 1986-87 squad
opened the season 20-2. While the players are keeping a narrow
approach, the wins are piling up. And so is the</span><span
class="Fid_7"> excitement.</span><span class="Fid_7"> 'One of
the things Fran talked about in the locker room was you're 9-1,
don't take this for granted,' Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta
said. 'Enjoy this. You worked hard, you played well. Then we'll
get for the next one. It's exciting.'</span></p>
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<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_13"> Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery
tugs at his collar during the second half of their Big Ten
Conference game against the Penn State Nittany Lions last night
at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_12"> Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette</span></p>
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