Roos Fall Short at Iowa

Friday, November 12

Iowa City, IA

7:00 PM

Kansas City

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Iowa

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Kansas City

Iowa

Photo by: Ricky Bassman

11/12/2021 9:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Anderson Kopp led KC with a team-high 11 points

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Kansas City Men's Basketball was outmatched by Iowa this evening, falling to the Hawkeyes, 89-57. Every Roo that saw the court scored on the night, led by Anderson Kopp's 11.

KEY MOMENTS

1H / 2-7 | After the Hawkeyes jumped out with the first seven points, Kopp put the Roos on the board with a pull-up jumper from the elbow.
1H / 16-21 | The Roos were able to draw within five points, holding Iowa to a stretch of 1-for-9 shooting.
1H / 23-27 | Shemarri Allen found Caden Boser at the top of the key for an open three-point bucket, making the deficit four.
2H / 26-37 | Kopp knocked down a triple on the first possession of the second half, continuing his hot shooting from the first frame.
2H / 33-48 | Evan Gilyard II and Josiah Allick scored on back-to-back possessions, giving the Roos' five-straight points.
2H / 41-78 | Jacob Johnson pulled down an offensive board and nailed the put-back, stopping a 30-6 Iowa run.
2H / 53-82 | Johnson, Timothy Barnes, Sam Martin and Jack Chapman put together a nine-point Kansas City run that spanned two minutes of game time.

STATS TO NOTE

The Roos shot 41.1% from the field on the night, including 48.4% second half shooting.
Marvin Nesbitt Jr. led Kansas City's rebounding efforts, pulling down eight boards.
The freshman duo of Chapman and Barnes combines for 11 points and five rebounds in 33 minutes of playing time.
Kopp scored a team-high 11, knocking down 3-of-4 three-point shots.

UP NEXT
The Roos travel across Missouri to take on the Tigers on Monday at 7 p.m. in Columbia. KC came away with the win in the teams' most recent meeting, a 69-61 victory in November of 2014.