Iowa hosts Western Michigan following Griffith’s 28-point showing

Western Michigan Broncos (5-5) at Iowa Hawkeyes (8-2, 1-1 Big Ten)

Iowa City, Iowa; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Western Michigan plays Iowa after Jalen Griffith scored 28 points in Western Michigan’s 83-73 win against the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars.

The Hawkeyes have gone 6-0 at home. Iowa ranks second in the Big Ten in team defense, allowing 62.9 points while holding opponents to 43.5% shooting.

The Broncos have gone 1-4 away from home. Western Michigan ranks third in the MAC with 26.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Jayden Brewer averaging 6.4.

Iowa makes 51.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.8 percentage points higher than Western Michigan has allowed to its opponents (42.8%). Western Michigan averages 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 more made shots on average than the 5.7 per game Iowa allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bennett Stirtz is scoring 17.9 points per game and averaging 2.8 rebounds for the Hawkeyes. Cooper Koch is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers.

Griffith is scoring 16.3 points per game and averaging 1.1 rebounds for the Broncos. Brewer is averaging 13.9 points and 7.5 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.