Sandfort brothers fuel Iowa past Southern

Pryce Sandfort scored a game-high 22 points, older brother Payton Sandfort added 17 points and Owen Freeman had 15 points and eight rebounds to lift Iowa to an 89-74 win against Southern on Thursday in Iowa City, Iowa.Iowa (2-0) led the Jaguars (0-2) by as many as 25 points.Five Hawkeyes scored in double figures, with Josh Dix (14 points) and Drew Thelwell (12) helping to round out a balanced attack.AJ Barnes sparked Southern with 14 points while Brentay Noel and DaMariee Joneseach scored 10 points. Tidjiane Dioumassi, who poured in 30 points during the Jaguars’ season-opening loss at South Dakota on Monday, was limited to nine points on 4-for-10 shooting.Pryce Sandfort, meanwhile, proved remarkably efficient from the floor. He connected on 8 of 10 attempts from the floor, including a 6-of-8 effort from 3-point range. Iowa shot 53.3 percent from the floor and Southern finished at 47.7 percent.The Jaguars closed the game on a 10-0 run but it couldn’t offset the Hawkeyes’ consistency from deep. Iowa made 18 3-pointers, with Payton Sandfort hitting four treys.Iowa blitzed Southern in the first half, racing to a 48-37 lead at the break behind 52.9 percent shooting that included a 9-for-20 (45 percent) effort from deep.

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