As has been the case for the majority of the season, Iowa was shorthanded against Nebraska. Freshman Cooper Koch was unavailable. Drew Thelwell, who started the previous five games and averaged 13.6 points during that span, tweaked something during warmups and did not play either.

Dix had career-high 31 and Sandfort matched his high of 30 as Iowa withstood a 15-point second-half deficit and beat the Huskers in overtime, 97-87.

The press conference came 13 days before Trump will be inaugurated, at which point he will become the only president since Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century to serve nonconsecutive terms.… With President-elect Donald Trump heading back to the White House,