UNDATED (AP) — Iowa needed a strong performance on Wednesday after dropping four of five to fall out of the top 10. The 15th-ranked Hawkeyes got one against No. 25 Rutgers as Joe Wieskamp scored 26 points for the Hawkeyes in a 79-66 victory.
Wieskamp had 16 points in the first half and finished with 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season.
National scoring leader Luka Garza missed his first five shots before finishing with 22 points and 10 boards for his ninth double-double of the season.
In other top-25 men’s basketball action:
— Jeremiah Robinson-Earl was the star in fifth-ranked Villanova’s 96-64 pounding of Marquette. Robinson-Earl poured in a season-high 27 points on 10 of 11 shooting. He also shot 5-for-5 from 3-point range and grabbed eight rebounds for the 13-2 Wildcats.
— Quentin Grimes provided 29 points as eighth-ranked Houston beat South Florida 82-65, spoiling the Bulls’ first game in 32 days because of coronavirus interruptions. The Cougars outscored USF 29-8 in the first 9:18 of the half to take a 72-44 lead.
— Trey Murphy III scored 18 points and ninth-ranked Virginia closed on a 16-5 run to beat Georgia Tech, 57-49. Kihei Clark added 14 points and helped the Cavaliers overcome a 44-41 deficit in the final 6 1/2 minutes.
— Mississippi pulled off the stunner of the night as Jarkel Joiner scored 21 points in an 80-59 romp over No. 10 Missouri. Ole Miss used a 17-2 run spanning the two halves to build an insurmountable 51-37 lead.
— Jaden Springer poured in a career-high 30 points to lead No. 16 Tennessee to a 89-81 victory over Georgia. Santiago Vescovi added 19 points and Josiah-Jordan James had 18 for the 14-4 Volunteers.
— Jonathan Davis scored 10 points and made a couple big baskets to help No. 21 Wisconsin pull away in the second half of a 61-48 stifling of Nebraska. D’Mitrik Trice, Aleem Ford and Brad Davison each scored nine points for the Badgers, who won despite shooting 32%.
