Northwestern Wildcats vs. Iowa Hawkeyes

Feb 8, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NU	35	35	70
IOWA	39	37	76

Game Recap

Bennett Stirtz scores career-high 36 to help Iowa hold off Northwestern 76-70. Bennett Stirtz scored a career-high 36 points and Iowa upped its winning streak to six games by handing Northwestern a seventh straight loss with a 76-70 victory over the Wildcats on Sunday.

Player Stats

NORTHWESTERN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Tre Singleton	22	3-5	0-1	4-5	4	0	0	1	1	5	10
1Tyler Kropp	24	1-1	0-0	4-4	4	1	0	0	2	2	6
2Nick Martinelli	37	6-19	3-5	6-7	4	0	0	1	1	4	21
3Jake West	35	7-8	4-5	0-0	0	4	1	0	1	4	18
4Jayden Reid	32	2-9	1-3	2-2	1	3	1	0	0	1	7
22Arrinten Page	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	4	2
13Phoenix Gill	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
44Angelo Ciaravino	28	1-2	0-0	4-4	5	1	0	0	0	4	6
11Jordan Clayton	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	21-4546.7%	8-1457.1%	20-2290.9%	19	10	2	2	9	25	70

IOWA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3Cam Manyawu	17	2-4	0-0	0-2	3	2	1	0	0	3	4
8Cooper Koch	34	2-6	1-4	2-2	5	2	0	0	0	4	7
14Bennett Stirtz	40	12-20	4-6	8-8	2	2	2	0	3	0	36
6Tavion Banks	30	3-9	0-2	7-7	7	2	1	0	2	3	13
11Kael Combs	29	3-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	0	6
7Alvaro Folgueiras	25	1-5	0-3	4-8	5	3	1	0	0	0	6
24Tate Sage	13	1-3	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
23Isaia Howard	12	0-3	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	5	0

TOTAL	-	24-5345.3%	5-1631.3%	23-2979.3%	29	12	6	0	7	16	76

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNUIOWA

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Northwestern.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Iowa.
+2 (19:45) Tre Singleton makes layup (Jake West assists).
20
(19:26) Tavion Banks bad pass turnover.
(19:06) Tre Singleton misses driving layup.
(19:03) Northwestern Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:02) Tyler Kropp makes 9-foot jumper (Jayden Reid assists).
40
(18:36) Bennett Stirtz misses driving layup.
(18:33) Tre Singleton Defensive Rebound.
(18:07) Jayden Reid misses 13-foot jumper.
(18:04) Tavion Banks Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:53) Cam Manyawu makes layup (Cooper Koch assists).
42
(17:19) Nick Martinelli misses 16-foot jumper.
(17:19) Northwestern Deadball Team Rebound.
(17:19) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (17:00) Cam Manyawu makes layup (Cooper Koch assists).
44
(16:31) Nick Martinelli misses 10-foot jumper.
(16:28) Cam Manyawu Defensive Rebound.
(16:16) Foul on Tyler Kropp.
+1 (16:16) Cooper Koch makes free throw 1 of 2.
45
+1 (16:16) Cooper Koch makes free throw 2 of 2.
46
+2 (16:01) Arrinten Page makes 2-foot dunk (Jayden Reid assists).
66
(15:41) Cooper Koch misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:38) Tavion Banks Offensive Rebound.
(15:37) Tavion Banks misses layup.
(15:37) Tre Singleton Block.
(15:30) Tavion Banks Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:30) Tavion Banks makes 0-foot tip in layup.
68
(15:22) Nick Martinelli misses 7-foot hook shot.
(15:19) Cooper Koch Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:12) Bennett Stirtz makes driving layup.
610
(14:58) Arrinten Page out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(14:40) Alvaro Folgueiras misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:37) Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:16) Nick Martinelli makes 23-foot three point jumper (Arrinten Page assists).
910
(13:57) Foul on Arrinten Page.
(13:57) Alvaro Folgueiras misses free throw 1 of 2.
(13:57) Iowa Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (13:57) Alvaro Folgueiras makes free throw 2 of 2.
911
(13:42) Jayden Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:39) Alvaro Folgueiras Defensive Rebound.
(13:32) Foul on Isaia Howard.
(13:32) Isaia Howard turnover.
(13:21) Foul on Isaia Howard.
+2 (13:14) Jake West makes driving layup.
1111
(12:52) Bennett Stirtz misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:49) Cooper Koch Offensive Rebound.
(12:47) Cooper Koch misses 5-foot jumper.
(12:41) Tate Sage Offensive Rebound.
(12:41) Tate Sage misses tip in layup.
(12:40) Angelo Ciaravino Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:33) Jayden Reid makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
1311
(12:17) Foul on Arrinten Page.
+1 (12:17) Tate Sage makes free throw 1 of 2.
1312
+1 (12:17) Tate Sage makes free throw 2 of 2.
1313
(11:55) Nick Martinelli misses layup.
(11:52) Cam Manyawu Defensive Rebound.
(11:26) Bennett Stirtz misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:25) Iowa Deadball Team Rebound.
(11:25) team shot clock turnover .
(11:01) Nick Martinelli misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:59) Cam Manyawu Defensive Rebound.
(10:40) Foul on Angelo Ciaravino.
(10:35) Tavion Banks misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:32) Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
(10:24) Jayden Reid misses 18-foot jumper.
(10:21) Tre Singleton Offensive Rebound.
(10:05) Foul on Cooper Koch.
+1 (10:05) Angelo Ciaravino makes free throw 1 of 2.
1413
+1 (10:05) Angelo Ciaravino makes free throw 2 of 2.
1513
(9:41) Foul on Tre Singleton.
(9:34) Foul on Tre Singleton.
(9:34) Cam Manyawu misses free throw 1 of 2.
(9:34) Iowa Deadball Team Rebound.
(9:34) Cam Manyawu misses free throw 2 of 2.
(9:34) Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
(9:23) Phoenix Gill bad pass turnover.
(9:23) Bennett Stirtz Steal.
(9:12) Foul on Nick Martinelli.
(9:12) Alvaro Folgueiras misses free throw 1 of 1.
(9:12) Tyler Kropp Defensive Rebound.
(8:59) Tyler Kropp bad pass turnover.
(8:59) Cam Manyawu Steal.
(8:49) Cam Manyawu misses layup.
(8:47) Iowa Offensive Rebound.
(8:43) Bennett Stirtz misses 10-foot jumper.
(8:41) Tyler Kropp Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:31) Jake West makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1813
+2 (8:12) Bennett Stirtz makes 12-foot jumper.
1815
(7:38) Nick Martinelli misses 16-foot floating jump shot.
(7:35) Alvaro Folgueiras Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:33) Kael Combs makes layup (Bennett Stirtz assists).
1817
(7:09) Foul on Tate Sage.
+1 (7:09) Tyler Kropp makes free throw 1 of 2.
1917
+1 (7:09) Tyler Kropp makes free throw 2 of 2.
2017
(6:42) Tavion Banks misses layup.
(6:39) Tyler Kropp Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:31) Jake West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nick Martinelli assists).
2317
(6:14) Alvaro Folgueiras misses driving layup.
(6:12) Foul on Angelo Ciaravino.
+1 (6:12) Alvaro Folgueiras makes free throw 1 of 2.
2318
+1 (6:12) Alvaro Folgueiras makes free throw 2 of 2.
2319
(6:11) Alvaro Folgueiras Offensive Rebound.
(5:53) Arrinten Page bad pass turnover.
(5:53) Alvaro Folgueiras Steal.
(5:34) Bennett Stirtz bad pass turnover.
(5:34) Jayden Reid Steal.
(5:30) Phoenix Gill bad pass turnover.
(5:30) Bennett Stirtz Steal.
(5:23) Foul on Arrinten Page.
+1 (5:23) Alvaro Folgueiras makes free throw 1 of 2.
2320
(5:23) Alvaro Folgueiras misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:23) Angelo Ciaravino Defensive Rebound.
(5:03) Foul on Tavion Banks.
+1 (5:03) Tre Singleton makes free throw 1 of 2.
2420
+1 (5:03) Tre Singleton makes free throw 2 of 2.
2520
(4:51) Bennett Stirtz misses 9-foot jumper.
(4:49) Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
(4:32) Nick Martinelli traveling turnover.
(4:17) Foul on Nick Martinelli.
+1 (4:17) Tavion Banks makes free throw 1 of 2.
2521
+1 (4:17) Tavion Banks makes free throw 2 of 2.
2522
+2 (4:00) Angelo Ciaravino makes 1-foot dunk (Jake West assists).
2722
+2 (3:40) Bennett Stirtz makes driving layup.
2724
(3:18) Jake West bad pass turnover.
(3:18) Kael Combs Steal.
+2 (2:54) Bennett Stirtz makes 10-foot jumper.
2726
(2:54) Foul on Jake West.
+1 (2:54) Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 1 of 1.
2727
+3 (2:32) Nick Martinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Angelo Ciaravino assists).
3027
+2 (2:13) Bennett Stirtz makes layup.
3029
(2:13) Foul on Nick Martinelli.
+1 (2:13) Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 1 of 1.
3030
(1:47) Jayden Reid misses 21-foot jumper.
(1:43) Bennett Stirtz Defensive Rebound.
(1:41) Technical Foul on Jayden Reid.
+1 (1:41) Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 1 of 2.
3031
+1 (1:41) Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 2 of 2.
3032
+2 (1:33) Kael Combs makes 11-foot floating jump shot.
3034
(1:06) Angelo Ciaravino misses layup.
(1:03) Cooper Koch Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:52) Tavion Banks makes layup (Cam Manyawu assists).
3036
(0:52) Foul on Jake West.
+1 (0:52) Tavion Banks makes free throw 1 of 1.
3037
+3 (0:38) Jayden Reid makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tyler Kropp assists).
3337
(0:11) Foul on Angelo Ciaravino.
+1 (0:11) Tavion Banks makes free throw 1 of 2.
3338
+1 (0:11) Tavion Banks makes free throw 2 of 2.
3339
(0:08) Foul on Cam Manyawu.
+2 (0:04) Nick Martinelli makes layup.
3539

2nd half

Team Stats

IOWA

70Points76

21-45(46.7%)Field Goal(%)24-53(45.3%)

8-14(57.1%)3-Point(%)5-16(31.3%)

20-22(90.9%)Free Throw(%)23-29(79.3%)

22(3)Rebounds(Offensive)34(13)

10Assists12

2Steals6

2Blocks0

10Turnovers8

25(1)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

6Largest Lead14

Game Details

Sunday, February 8, 2026 · 3:00 PM

Carver-Hawkeye Arena · Iowa City, IA

attendance: 11,474 (76.2%)

tv: FS1

spread: IOWA -10.5

over/under: 139.5