Pardon held to 6 Northwestern loss

Joe Weiskamp had 19 points, Luka Garza added 16 and Iowa beat Northwestern 73-63 on Wednesday night in Evanston despite playing without leading scorer Tyler Cook.

Isaiah Moss had 12 points for the Hawkeyes (13-3, 2-3), who have won seven of eight. Cook, a 6-9 junior forward, sat out with a sore knee.

Vic Law had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Anthony Gaines also scored 13, Ryan Taylor had 11 and A.J. Turner 10 for Northwestern (10-6, 1-4), which has dropped two of three.

Dererk Pardon, the Wildcats' second-leading scorer, was held to six points and five rebounds before fouling out with four minutes remaining.

Despite missing Cook's 17.3 points in the starting lineup, Iowa jumped out to a 9-2 lead.

Northwestern missed its first five field-goal attempts and its first seven 3-point attempts, but battled back from the slow start to tie the score at 13.

The Hawkeyes were leading 28-19 - their biggest of the first half - with 5½ minutes to go before the Wildcats closed with a 15-6 run for a tie at 34 at halftime.

Northwestern had opportunities to mount a rally in the final 10 minutes, but couldn't develop any consistency offensively. The Wildcats were 22 of 57 (38.6 percent) from the field, including 7 of 27 on 3-pointers.

The Wildcats have been a strong shooting team throughout coach Chris Collins' first five seasons, but this year's group has struggled to put the ball in the basket against good teams, especially from behind the 3-point arc.

Northwestern will play at No. 2 Michigan on Sunday.