MINNEAPOLIS — Ben Krikke scored 25 points, Josh Dix, who started in place of the injured Patrick McCaffery, added 21 points and Iowa beat Minnesota 86-77 on Monday night to make Fran McCaffery the winningest coach in the game. history of the program.
Fran McCaffery, who is in his 28th season as head coach and 14th at Iowa, won his 272nd game as a Hawkeye, surpassing Dr. Tom Davis (1986-99) for the most wins in program history. On January 6, McCaffery won his 127th career Big Ten game to surpass Davis for the most wins in the league.
Dix scored 8 straight Iowa points, capped by a jumper with 7:07 left for a 67-56 lead. Minnesota got as close as 5 points from there, but Owen Freeman's dunk and subsequent free throw pushed Iowa's lead to 78-67 with 1:27 remaining.
Tony Perkins added 13 points and Freeman had 12 points and eight rebounds for Iowa (11-6, 3-3 Big Ten). McCaffery did not play due to an ankle injury.
Dawson Garcia scored 30 points for Minnesota (12-5, 3-3). Joshua Ola-Joseph added 15 points and Cam Christie scored 12.
Iowa won its third straight game in Minneapolis for the first time since 1954-56.
Former Iowa star Luka Garza, the 2021 National Player of the Year, sat behind the Hawkeye bench. Garza, now a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, is the school's male scoring leader with 2,306 points. Caitlin Clark became Iowa's all-time scoring leader with 2,813 points on Sunday.
Iowa returns home to play No. 2 Purdue on Saturday. Minnesota goes on the road to play Michigan State on Thursday.
