Buckeyes Set for Top 10 Clash In Iowa City

THE BASICS

7 Ohio State at 8 Iowa • When: 7 p.m. • Date: Thursday, Feb. 4

Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena • TV: ESPN (Dan Shulman/Jay Bilas)

Radio: 97.1 The Fan (Paul Keels/Ron Stokes)

Satellite Radio: Sirius (OSU-81/Iowa-138), XM (81/195), Internet (81/957)

Game Basics

No. 7 Ohio State and No. 8 Iowa play at 7 p.m. Thursday in Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. ESPN will televise.
The teams will meet twice this season with the Hawkeyes traveling to Columbus Feb. 28 (4 p.m.). CBS will televise.
Ohio State is 8-4 in the Big Ten after defeating Michigan State 79-62 Sunday.
Chris Holtmann’s teams are 3-3 vs. Iowa. The Hawkeyes lead the overall series 79-76. Iowa is 51-25 in Iowa City and 21-10 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Buckeyes 49-27 in Columbus and 10-5 at Value City Arena.
When ranked among the Top 25 in the Associated Press poll, Ohio State is 24-14 vs. the Hawkeyes. Iowa is 19-14 as a ranked team vs. Ohio State. The Buckeyes are 5-4 in series when both teams are ranked. Junior Justin Ahrens leads the Buckeyes vs. Iowa with 12.7 points per game over three career meetings.
Ohio State has been ranked among the AP Top 10 22 times vs. Iowa with a record of 14-8. Both teams have been ranked in the Top 10 in the same game just once, a 62-61 OSU win at Iowa Feb. 18, 1961. The No. 1 Buckeyes downed the No. 9 Hawkeyes.
Kyle Young will be playing in his 100th game as a Buckeye when Ohio State and Iowa tip Thursday.