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Freshman Tyler Smith made all 10 of his free throw attempts in the home win over Indiana. With a minimum of 10 attempts, Smith is the first Hawkeye player to make all of his free throw attempts in a game since Luke Recker connected on all 11 attempts vs. Minnesota in February, 2002.
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Iowa Hawkeyes
March 9, 2007
Senior Adam Haluska is the first men's basketball player at Iowa to earn first team academic all-America honors and the first to be named the Academic All-American of the Year.
Iowa Coach Steve Alford holds a 13-5 record in the Big Ten Tournament. Alford ranks first among all Big Ten coaches in tournament wins and winning percentage (.722) winning percentage.
Adam Haluska is the first Iowa player to score 30 or more points more than once in a season since Andre Woolridge scored 30 or more three times during the 1996-97 season.
Tyler Smith is just the third freshman in Iowa basketball history, and the eighth Iowa player ever, to record over 200 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists in a single season. Smith currently has 444 points, 146 rebounds and 110 assists. He ranks second on the team in scoring (14.8), leads the team in rebounds (4.9) and is second in assists (3.7). Smith joins Jeff Horner (2003) and Pierre Pierce (2002) as the only Iowa players to surpass the century mark in all three categories as freshmen.
Junior Justin Johnson has taken over the team lead in stitches. Johnson was cut above the right eye in the late stages of the game at Drake and had to get three stitches.
With a loss to #5 Purdue, the fourth-seeded team has lost in the first round each of the last five years.
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