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Iowa beats Texas A&M-Commerce 89-67 behind Payton Sandfort's 20 points, 11 rebounds

AP
Nov 04, 2024

Iowa Hawkeyes CITY, Iowa (AP) Payton Sandfort scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to go with seven assists to help Iowa beat Texas A&M-Commerce Lions 89-67 on Monday night in a season opener.

Owen Freeman added 15 points and nine rebounds for Iowa. Pryce Sandfort had 13 points, and Josh Dix and Drew Thelwell scored 10 apiece.

Payton Sandfort shot 7 of 14 from the floor and 4 of 9 from long range. The senior averaged 16.4 points and hit 94 3-pointers last season, third-most in program history.

Khaliq Abdul-Mateen scored 12 points and Scooter Williams Jr. added 11 to lead Texas A&M-Commerce.

The Hawkeyes took the lead for good midway through the first half and led 42-35 at the break. The Sandforts combined for 15 first-half points and three 3-pointers.

The Lions pulled within five points early in the second half before Iowa used a 33-9 run for an 84-55 lead with 3:42 remaining. During the stretch, Pryce Sandfort made two 3s and Freeman scored on an alley-oop dunk.

It was the first meeting between the teams. The Hawkeyes are 10-1 against the Southland Conference and have won 90 of their last 96 nonconference home games dating to 2012.

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1st Half
ETXAM
Lions
35
IOWA
Hawkeyes
42

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Josh Taylor vs. Owen Freeman (Ladji Dembele gains possession)
19:48		Josh Dix misses three point jump shot
19:46		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen defensive rebound
19:30		Camerin James misses two point jump shot
19:28		Hawkeyes defensive rebound
19:13		Owen Freeman misses two point layup
19:11		Josh Taylor defensive rebound
19:10		Jump ball. (Lions gains possession)
19:10		Ladji Dembele turnover (lost ball) (Camerin James steals)
19:00		Owen Freeman blocks Scooter Williams Jr.'s two point layup
18:58		Josh Taylor offensive rebound
18:58		Ladji Dembele personal foul (Scooter Williams Jr. draws the foul)
18:50		Scooter Williams Jr. misses three point jump shot
18:48		Ladji Dembele defensive rebound
18:40		Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot
18:38		Payton Sandfort offensive rebound
18:29	+3	Josh Dix makes three point jump shot (Brock Harding assists)	0-3
18:19	+2	Khaliq Abdul-Mateen makes two point jump shot	2-3
18:12		Camerin James personal foul (Hawkeyes draws the foul)
17:57		Payton Sandfort misses two point layup
17:55		Demarco Bethea defensive rebound
17:46		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses three point jump shot
17:46		Owen Freeman defensive rebound
17:46		Evan Phelps shooting foul (Brock Harding draws the foul)
17:46	+1	Brock Harding makes regular free throw 1 of 2	2-4
17:46		Brock Harding misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:46		Tay Mosher defensive rebound
17:26		Demarco Bethea turnover (lost ball) (Josh Dix steals)
17:19		Josh Dix turnover (lost ball) (Evan Phelps steals)
17:06	+3	Scooter Williams Jr. makes three point jump shot	5-4
16:50	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point layup (Brock Harding assists)	5-6
16:22	+2	Evan Phelps makes two point layup	7-6
15:59	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point layup (Payton Sandfort assists)	7-8
15:59		Tay Mosher shooting foul (Owen Freeman draws the foul)
15:59		Owen Freeman misses regular free throw 1 of 1
15:59		Tay Mosher defensive rebound
15:50		Yusef Salih offensive foul (Hawkeyes draws the foul)
15:50		Yusef Salih offensive foul (Hawkeyes draws the foul)
15:50		Yusef Salih turnover (offensive foul)
15:27		Josh Dix misses three point jump shot
15:25		Tay Mosher defensive rebound
15:02		Tay Mosher turnover (bad pass) (Owen Freeman steals)
14:45		Ladji Dembele misses two point jump shot
14:43		Demarco Bethea defensive rebound
14:34		TJ Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Brock Harding steals)
14:26		Payton Sandfort misses two point layup
14:24		Ladji Dembele offensive rebound
14:16		Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot
14:14		Demarco Bethea defensive rebound
14:07		Demarco Bethea turnover (lost ball) (Brock Harding steals)
14:07	+2	Brock Harding makes two point layup	7-10
14:07		Lions 30 second timeout
13:47		Josh Taylor misses two point layup
13:45		Josh Taylor offensive rebound
13:39	+2	Josh Taylor makes two point layup	9-10
13:35		Ladji Dembele offensive foul (TJ Thomas draws the foul)
13:35		Ladji Dembele turnover (offensive foul)
13:18	+3	Evan Phelps makes three point jump shot (TJ Thomas assists)	12-10
13:02	+2	Pryce Sandfort makes two point jump shot (Josh Dix assists)	12-12
12:31		Evan Phelps turnover (lost ball) (Even Brauns steals)
12:24		Brock Harding misses two point layup
12:22		Josh Taylor defensive rebound
12:19		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen turnover (out of bounds)
12:06	+2	Even Brauns makes two point dunk (Cooper Koch assists)	12-14
11:44		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses three point jump shot
11:42		Drew Thelwell defensive rebound
11:33		Evan Phelps personal foul (Pryce Sandfort draws the foul)
11:33		TV timeout
11:31		Carter Kingsbury misses three point jump shot
11:29		Josh Taylor defensive rebound
11:14		Mykol Sanchez-Vega misses two point layup
11:12		Carter Kingsbury defensive rebound
11:06		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
11:04		Camerin James defensive rebound
10:51		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses three point jump shot
10:49		Josh Taylor offensive rebound
10:43	+2	Josh Taylor makes two point layup	14-14
10:41		Josh Taylor blocks Even Brauns's two point layup
10:39		Hawkeyes offensive rebound
10:32		Carter Kingsbury turnover (bad pass) (Scooter Williams Jr. steals)
10:32		Scooter Williams Jr. offensive foul
10:32		Scooter Williams Jr. turnover (offensive foul)
10:22	+3	Pryce Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Owen Freeman assists)	14-17
9:55		Scooter Williams Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:53		Owen Freeman defensive rebound
9:42		Hawkeyes 30 second timeout
9:39		Scooter Williams Jr. blocks Owen Freeman's two point layup
9:37		Scooter Williams Jr. defensive rebound
9:26		TJ Thomas misses three point jump shot
9:24		Tay Mosher offensive rebound
9:18	+2	Tay Mosher makes two point jump shot	16-17
9:09		Jump ball. Cooper Koch vs. Scooter Williams Jr. (Hawkeyes gains possession)
9:06		Hawkeyes turnover (bad pass) (Tay Mosher steals)
8:43		Owen Freeman blocks TJ Thomas's two point layup
8:41		Pryce Sandfort defensive rebound
8:36		Payton Sandfort turnover (bad pass) (Evan Phelps steals)
8:30	+2	Evan Phelps makes two point layup	18-17
8:16	+2	Drew Thelwell makes two point layup	18-19
7:58		Payton Sandfort blocks Khaliq Abdul-Mateen's two point layup
7:56		Owen Freeman defensive rebound
7:48	+2	Cooper Koch makes two point layup (Payton Sandfort assists)	18-21
7:23		Tay Mosher turnover (bad pass) (Cooper Koch steals)
7:16		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
7:14		Hawkeyes offensive rebound
7:14		TV timeout
7:00		Josh Taylor blocks Owen Freeman's two point layup
6:58		Camerin James defensive rebound
6:46		Owen Freeman personal foul (Josh Taylor draws the foul)
6:41		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen turnover (out of bounds)
6:28		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen personal foul (Drew Thelwell draws the foul)
6:28	+1	Drew Thelwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-22
6:28	+1	Drew Thelwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-23
6:14	+3	Khaliq Abdul-Mateen makes three point jump shot (Yusef Salih assists)	21-23
6:04	+2	Payton Sandfort makes two point layup (Drew Thelwell assists)	21-25
5:47		Camerin James misses three point jump shot
5:45		Hawkeyes defensive rebound
5:38		Even Brauns offensive foul
5:38		Even Brauns turnover (offensive foul)
5:14	+2	Khaliq Abdul-Mateen makes two point jump shot	23-25
5:09		Josh Taylor personal foul (Cooper Koch draws the foul)
5:09	+1	Cooper Koch makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-26
5:09		Cooper Koch misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:09		Even Brauns offensive rebound
5:05	+3	Payton Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Josh Dix assists)	23-29
4:42		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses three point jump shot
4:40		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
4:32		Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot
4:30		Lions defensive rebound
4:16	+2	Demarco Bethea makes two point layup (Scooter Williams Jr. assists)	25-29
4:00	+3	Payton Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Even Brauns assists)	25-32
3:42		Cooper Koch personal foul (Josh Taylor draws the foul)
3:42		TV timeout
3:33	+3	Khaliq Abdul-Mateen makes three point jump shot (Scooter Williams Jr. assists)	28-32
3:19	+2	Josh Dix makes two point jump shot (Brock Harding assists)	28-34
2:55	+2	Scooter Williams Jr. makes two point layup (Khaliq Abdul-Mateen assists)	30-34
2:36	+3	Brock Harding makes three point jump shot (Even Brauns assists)	30-37
2:17	+2	Demarco Bethea makes two point layup (Scooter Williams Jr. assists)	32-37
2:05		TJ Thomas shooting foul (Even Brauns draws the foul)
2:05		Even Brauns misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:05	+1	Even Brauns makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-38
1:54		Yusef Salih turnover (lost ball) (Owen Freeman steals)
1:40		Josh Dix offensive foul (Yusef Salih draws the foul)
1:40		Josh Dix turnover (offensive foul)
1:29	+3	Yusef Salih makes three point jump shot (Scooter Williams Jr. assists)	35-38
1:08		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
1:06		Owen Freeman offensive rebound
1:06		Tay Mosher personal foul (Owen Freeman draws the foul)
1:06	+1	Owen Freeman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-39
1:06	+1	Owen Freeman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-40
0:36		Scooter Williams Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:34		Hawkeyes defensive rebound
0:07		Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot
0:05		Pryce Sandfort offensive rebound
0:05		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen personal foul (Josh Dix draws the foul)
0:05	+1	Pryce Sandfort makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-41
0:05	+1	Pryce Sandfort makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-42
0:00		Brock Harding blocks Scooter Williams Jr.'s three point jump shot
0:00		Lions offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
ETXAM
Lions
32
IOWA
Hawkeyes
47

Time		Play	Score
19:50		Josh Dix blocks Scooter Williams Jr.'s two point layup
19:48		Scooter Williams Jr. offensive rebound
19:48		Scooter Williams Jr. turnover (out of bounds)
19:35	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point layup (Brock Harding assists)	35-44
19:12		Josh Taylor turnover (out of bounds)
18:51		Scooter Williams Jr. blocks Josh Dix's two point layup
18:49		Camerin James defensive rebound
18:34		Ladji Dembele personal foul (Evan Phelps draws the foul)
18:19		Payton Sandfort blocks Khaliq Abdul-Mateen's three point jump shot
18:17		Owen Freeman defensive rebound
18:11		Payton Sandfort turnover (lost ball) (Scooter Williams Jr. steals)
18:05	+2	Scooter Williams Jr. makes two point dunk	37-44
17:54	+3	Payton Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Brock Harding assists)	37-47
17:40		Owen Freeman personal foul (Josh Taylor draws the foul)
17:34		Scooter Williams Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Owen Freeman steals)
17:26		Josh Dix misses three point jump shot
17:24		Evan Phelps defensive rebound
17:09	+2	Camerin James makes two point layup	39-47
16:58		Brock Harding misses two point layup
16:56		Camerin James defensive rebound
16:52	+2	Camerin James makes two point layup	41-47
16:39		Brock Harding misses two point layup
16:39		Owen Freeman offensive rebound
16:39		Scooter Williams Jr. personal foul (Owen Freeman draws the foul)
16:37	+2	Ladji Dembele makes two point jump shot (Brock Harding assists)	41-49
16:12	+2	Khaliq Abdul-Mateen makes two point jump shot	43-49
15:56		Brock Harding misses two point layup
15:54		Scooter Williams Jr. defensive rebound
15:50		Scooter Williams Jr. misses two point layup
15:48		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
15:44	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point dunk (Payton Sandfort assists)	43-51
15:11		Evan Phelps turnover (traveling)
15:11		TV timeout
15:09		Even Brauns offensive foul
15:09		Even Brauns turnover (offensive foul)
14:51	+2	TJ Thomas makes two point layup (Tay Mosher assists)	45-51
14:51		Even Brauns shooting foul (TJ Thomas draws the foul)
14:51	+1	TJ Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 1	46-51
14:42		Mykol Sanchez-Vega personal foul (Payton Sandfort draws the foul)
14:32		Josh Dix misses two point layup
14:30		Mykol Sanchez-Vega defensive rebound
14:23		Yusef Salih misses three point jump shot
14:21		Demarco Bethea offensive rebound
14:04		Demarco Bethea turnover (out of bounds)
14:04		Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot
14:02		Owen Freeman offensive rebound
13:58	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point layup	46-53
13:30		Tay Mosher turnover (traveling)
13:18	+3	Pryce Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Payton Sandfort assists)	46-56
13:15		Lions 30 second timeout
13:08		TJ Thomas turnover (Drew Thelwell steals)
13:02		Drew Thelwell misses two point layup
13:00		Josh Dix offensive rebound
12:52		Owen Freeman misses two point layup
12:50		Owen Freeman offensive rebound
12:50		Demarco Bethea shooting foul (Owen Freeman draws the foul)
12:50		Owen Freeman misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:50	+1	Owen Freeman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-57
12:43		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen turnover (bad pass) (Payton Sandfort steals)
12:40	+2	Josh Dix makes two point layup (Payton Sandfort assists)	46-59
12:40		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen shooting foul (Josh Dix draws the foul)
12:40	+1	Josh Dix makes regular free throw 1 of 1	46-60
12:29		Evan Phelps turnover (lost ball) (Drew Thelwell steals)
12:18	+2	Drew Thelwell makes two point dunk	46-62
11:59		Demarco Bethea turnover (out of bounds)
11:57		TV timeout
11:32	+2	Josh Dix makes two point jump shot	46-64
11:17		Payton Sandfort shooting foul (Camerin James draws the foul)
11:17	+1	Camerin James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-64
11:17		Camerin James misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:17		Pryce Sandfort defensive rebound
11:10		Camerin James personal foul (Owen Freeman draws the foul)
11:08	+2	Drew Thelwell makes two point layup	47-66
10:57		Owen Freeman blocks Scooter Williams Jr.'s two point layup
10:55		Scooter Williams Jr. offensive rebound
10:51	+2	Scooter Williams Jr. makes two point dunk	49-66
10:43	+2	Owen Freeman makes two point layup (Payton Sandfort assists)	49-68
10:27	+2	Evan Phelps makes two point jump shot	51-68
10:14		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
10:12		Owen Freeman offensive rebound
10:10		Owen Freeman turnover (out of bounds)
10:00		Scooter Williams Jr. turnover (Drew Thelwell steals)
10:00		Drew Thelwell turnover (out of bounds)
9:46		Camerin James misses two point layup
9:44		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
9:25	+3	Pryce Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Josh Dix assists)	51-71
8:58		Yusef Salih turnover (lost ball) (Pryce Sandfort steals)
8:58		Hawkeyes 30 second timeout
8:41		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
8:39		Ladji Dembele offensive rebound
8:27		Pryce Sandfort misses three point jump shot
8:25		Lions defensive rebound
8:10		Pryce Sandfort blocks Yusef Salih's two point jump shot
8:08		Camerin James offensive rebound
8:01	+2	Demarco Bethea makes two point layup (Josh Taylor assists)	53-71
7:45		Drew Thelwell misses three point jump shot
7:43		Josh Dix offensive rebound
7:43		Josh Dix misses three point jump shot
7:43		Payton Sandfort offensive rebound
7:43		Demarco Bethea shooting foul (Payton Sandfort draws the foul)
7:43		TV timeout
7:43	+1	Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-72
7:43	+1	Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-73
7:30		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses three point jump shot
7:28		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
7:21	+2	Ladji Dembele makes two point layup (Payton Sandfort assists)	53-75
7:05		Demarco Bethea misses two point layup
7:03		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
6:58	+2	Drew Thelwell makes two point layup	53-77
6:27		Pryce Sandfort blocks TJ Thomas's two point jump shot
6:25		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
6:22		Pryce Sandfort turnover (out of bounds)
6:09		Payton Sandfort blocks Khaliq Abdul-Mateen's three point jump shot
6:07		Cooper Koch defensive rebound
6:01		Ladji Dembele misses three point jump shot
5:59		Hawkeyes offensive rebound
5:41		Ladji Dembele misses two point jump shot
5:39		Payton Sandfort offensive rebound
5:33	+2	Payton Sandfort makes two point layup	53-79
5:24	+2	Scooter Williams Jr. makes two point layup	55-79
5:12	+3	Payton Sandfort makes three point jump shot (Drew Thelwell assists)	55-82
5:00		Drew Thelwell shooting foul (Evan Phelps draws the foul)
5:00		Evan Phelps misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:00		Evan Phelps misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:00		Carter Kingsbury defensive rebound
4:40		Payton Sandfort turnover (out of bounds)
4:25		Scooter Williams Jr. misses two point layup
4:23		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
4:02		Cooper Koch misses two point layup
4:00		Camerin James defensive rebound
3:53		Khaliq Abdul-Mateen misses three point jump shot
3:51		Payton Sandfort defensive rebound
3:42	+2	Payton Sandfort makes two point layup	55-84
3:24		Tay Mosher misses three point jump shot
3:22		Lions offensive rebound
3:21		TV timeout
3:14	+3	Chris Adlam makes three point jump shot (KC Ugwuakazi assists)	58-84
3:01		Brock Harding turnover (out of bounds)
2:48		Camerin James misses two point layup
2:46		Chris Adlam offensive rebound
2:42		Yusef Salih turnover (traveling)
2:27		Chris Tadjo turnover (traveling)
2:15	+2	Chris Adlam makes two point layup (KC Ugwuakazi assists)	60-84
2:02		Chris Adlam personal foul (Brock Harding draws the foul)
2:02	+1	Brock Harding makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-85
2:02	+1	Brock Harding makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-86
1:46		KC Ugwuakazi misses two point layup
1:44		KC Ugwuakazi offensive rebound
1:44	+2	KC Ugwuakazi makes two point layup	62-86
1:44		Riley Mulvey shooting foul (KC Ugwuakazi draws the foul)
1:44		KC Ugwuakazi misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:44		Chris Tadjo defensive rebound
1:27		Brock Harding misses two point layup
1:25		Tay Mosher defensive rebound
1:17		Tay Mosher turnover (lost ball) (Brock Harding steals)
1:11		Chris Adlam blocks Brock Harding's two point layup
1:09		Yusef Salih defensive rebound
1:04		Chris Adlam misses three point jump shot
1:02		Cooper Koch defensive rebound
0:54		Chris Tadjo misses three point jump shot
0:52		Lions defensive rebound
0:36	+3	Tay Mosher makes three point jump shot (Yusef Salih assists)	65-86
0:28	+3	Cooper Koch makes three point jump shot (Jacob Koch assists)	65-89
0:01	+2	Tay Mosher makes two point hook shot	67-89
0:00		End of period

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Tay Mosher makes two point hook shot