After a sensational year for Iowa basketball (21-11, 10-10 Big Ten), senior guard Bennett Stirtz has secured a trio of All-Big Ten honors.
Stirtz was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the league’s media and All-Big Ten Second Team by the conference’s coaches. The 6-foot-4 Hawkeye point guard was also named All-Big Ten Second Team by the Associated Press.
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Stirtz finished the regular season averaging 20.2 points, 4.4 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game on 49.8% shooting, 38.2% accuracy from 3-point land, and 84.4% from the free throw line in 31 games played.
As one of six Drake transfers to follow Ben McCollum to Iowa and as the reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, Stirtz was hailed as the go-to offensive option by fans and media entering the season. Fortunately for Iowa, Stirtz certainly lived up to those lofty expectations by being the Hawkeyes’ leading scorer and the leader of its new-look squad.
As Iowa looks to improve its seeding in the upcoming NCAA Tournament, the Hawkeyes will once again be leaning on the scoring prowess of the Liberty, Mo., native in the upcoming Big Ten Basketball Tournament. Iowa (20-11, 10-10 Big Ten) is the No. 9 seed and will meet 17th-seeded Maryland (12-20, 4-16 Big Ten), who opened the tournament by knocking off No. 16 seed Oregon, 70-60.
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Tipoff against Maryland is set for 11 a.m. CT on Wednesday and the Hawkeyes’ Big Ten Tournament opener will stream exclusively on Peacock. If the Hawkeyes win their Wednesday game against the Terrapins, they would advance and meet No. 8 seed Ohio State (20-11, 12-8 Big Ten) on Thursday at 11 a.m. CT on the Big Ten Network.
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