Iowa Basketball Faces Virginia Tech In Sioux City Tonight

Virginia Tech men's basketball faces a challenging matchup in Iowa at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday night according to the Hokies Men's Basketball article. The game will be televised on FS1 with Kevin Kugler and Greg McDermott providing play-by-play and color commentary while radio coverage is handled by Gary Dolphin and Bobby Hansen for the Hawkeye Radio Network spanning over forty stations across Iowa and surrounding states.

Iowa enters this contest having opened its season with victories against two mid-major teams before traveling to face three straight Power 5 opponents away from home. Second-year forward Peyton McCollum led his team in scoring during their previous game, tallying fourteen points on five-of-nine shooting including four made threes while eight different players contributed to a total of fourteen three-pointers.

Ty'Reek Coleman has also been effective offensively with double-digit scoring in both recent contests. He finished the last game against Eastern Illinois with thirteen points and six assists which was his career high from that contest alone. Iowa's defense remains stout as they have allowed fifty point five or fewer in two games including a season low of forty-seven points versus EIU.

Opponents are shooting just thirty-four percent overall while converting only twelve percent beyond the arc according to team statistics provided by MBB Notes. The Hawkeyes previously held Lipscomb to their lowest opening score since 2013-14 and allowed fourth-fewest points under McCollum's tenure during that same period.