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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Iowa 68, Louisiana-Monroe 40
When: 8:35 PM ET, Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
Officials: # Ed Hightower, # John Hughes, # Steven Skiles
Attendance: 9023
Iowa built a big lead early and cruised to a 68-40 home victory against Louisiana-Monroe on Tuesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Hawkeyes (1-1) opened the game on a 13-2 run and led 29-18 at halftime. Their lead was never smaller than nine points in the second half.

Forward Zach McCabe led Iowa with 12 points. McCabe was the only Hawkeye in double figures.

Melsahn Basabe added seven points and 11 rebounds for Iowa, and Cully Payne had seven points and seven assists.

The Hawkeyes shot 46.7 percent from the field and got 29 points from the bench, while the Warhawks (0-2) shot just 31.5 percent and got only nine points from their reserves.

Louisiana-Monroe was 3-of-16 from 3-point range and committed 25 turnovers.

Tommie Sykes had 14 points and seven rebounds to lead the Warhawks.
Top Game Performances
 
Louisiana-Monroe   Iowa
Tommie Sykes 14 Scoring Zach McCabe 12
R.J. McCray 3 Assists Cully Payne 7
Lawrence Gilbert 8 Rebounds Melsahn Basabe 11
Tommie Sykes 2 Free Throws Made Zach McCabe 2
Marcelis Hansberry 4 Steals Eric May 3
Steven McClellan 2 Blocks Melsahn Basabe 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Louisiana-Monroe 40 31.5 3-16 3-5 10 29 2 10
Iowa 68 46.7 8-21 4-10 17 40 4 10