In an intriguing Big Ten matchup between Iowa and UCLA, a head-to-head showdown between promising wing prospects is worth monitoring. Iowa’s Payton Sandfort and

The UCLA Bruins (12-6, 3-4) earned a much-needed win to snap their four-game losing streak over the Iowa Hawkeyes (12-6, 3-4) at home, Friday night. A dominant

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Iowa men’s basketball player Payton Sandfort injured his left (non-shooting) shoulder during Friday’s game at UCLA and will miss the rest of the contest. Sandfort got tangled up with a UCLA player during the first half and went to the bench in pain.

Iowa basketball can still salvage its West Coast trip with a win over UCLA on Friday, but the Hawkeyes will need to fix their road struggles to do it.

Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton, and John Wooden haven’t played or coached for UCLA inside Pauley Pavilion since the late 1960s and early 1970s, but the Iowa men’s basketball team allowed the 2024-25 rendition of the Bruins to look just like those famous squads on Friday evening in Los Angeles.

Iowa basketball plays UCLA today in the 2025 Big Ten college basketball season. Here's how to watch the Hawkeyes men's game.

For the second-straight game in L.A., Iowa’s opponent shot over 62 percent and had lots of easy baskets. The Bruins made their first nine shots and cruised to a 33-point halftime lead.

Eric Dailey Jr. posted a career-high 23 points to lead five UCLA players in double figures, and the Bruins emphatically ended their four-game losing streak with a 94-70 blowout of Iowa on Friday in Los Angeles.

Freeman 3-3 5-5 11, Pa.Sandfort 0-4 2-2 2, Dix 7-11 0-0 19, Harding 2-7 2-2 8, Thelwell 2-3 2-4 7, Pr.Sandfort 2-7 3-3 7, Traore 1-5 3-4 5, Mulvey 2-2 2-4 6, Dembele 2-4 0-1 5, Kingsbury 0-1 0-0 0, Tadjo 0-0 0-0 0, Brauns 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 19-25 70.

The 24th-ranked Arizona Wildcats visit the Texas Tech Red Raiders for a Big 12 matchup with some potential to drop a game as a ranked opponent on Saturday afternoon. The Red Raiders are 12-4 overall this season and 8-2 at home,