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Florida and Iowa square off in second round of NCAA Tournament

By The Associated Press

Iowa Hawkeyes (22-12, 11-11 Big Ten) vs. Florida Gators (27-7, 17-3 SEC)

Tampa, Florida; Sunday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gators -10.5; over/under is 145.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 4 Florida and Iowa square off in the NCAA Tournament second round.

The Gators’ record in SEC play is 17-3, and their record is 10-4 in non-conference games. Florida has a 22-1 record in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Hawkeyes are 11-11 in Big Ten play. Iowa averages 75.0 points while outscoring opponents by 9.2 points per game.

Florida makes 48.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.5 percentage points higher than Iowa has allowed to its opponents (45.9%). Iowa averages 75.0 points per game, 3.5 more than the 71.5 Florida allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Thomas Haugh is scoring 17.0 points per game with 6.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists for the Gators. Alex Condon is averaging 18.6 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting 62.4% over the last 10 games.

Bennett Stirtz is scoring 19.9 points per game and averaging 2.6 rebounds for the Hawkeyes. Cooper Koch is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Gators: 9-1, averaging 90.8 points, 41.3 rebounds, 18.4 assists, 6.5 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 51.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.8 points per game.

Hawkeyes: 4-6, averaging 68.2 points, 27.4 rebounds, 13.4 assists, 5.8 steals and 1.3 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Cheryl Reeve steps away from the WNBA grind for a Hall of Fame induction

By The Associated Press
Cheryl Reeve is taking a break from her busy WNBA season to head to Knoxville this weekend and be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She's only the second WNBA coach to enter the Hall of Fame, joining former Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor, who was inducted in 2001. “(I appreciate) the magnitude of this recognition of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the great work that has gone into this institution,” Reeve said. “To walk around and see the history of how much has been done years before I could ever have this opportunity to coach. Grateful to the WNBA because I think there was some consideration given schedule wise.” Reeve will be joined by WNBA greats Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne in this year's class. Parker and Delle Donne also will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame later this year. Other inductees include ESPN broadcaster Doris Burke, Kirkwood Community College coach Kim Muhl, Spanish star Amaya Valdemoro, French great Isabelle Fijalkowski and Clemson's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, Barbara Kennedy-Dixon.
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