Coach Ben McCollum saw game slippage from his unbeaten Iowa team on Friday night.

The stats from an 81-62 win over Xavier tell another story. The Hawkeyes (3-0) sank 56.9% of their field-goal attempts and dominated the glass 41-24 while making more foul shots (20) than the Musketeers took (14).

Iowa continues its season-opening five-game homestand on Tuesday night when it welcomes Southeast Missouri State to Iowa City.

Just as he did last year when he directed Drake to the Missouri Valley Conference title and its first NCAA Tournament win since 1971, McCollum is riding Bennett Stirtz. The senior point guard is averaging 21.3 points, 5.3 assists and 2.7 steals while playing 115:25 of a possible 120 minutes.

Stirtz coming off a 21-point, eight-rebound performance against Xavier in which

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