Opponent: Ohio State
Records: Iowa 8-15, 2-8; Ohio State 17-6, 7-3
When: Sunday 11 a.m.
Where: Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Series: Iowa 75-71
Quad-Cities TV: Big Ten Network
Quad-Cities radio: WOC (1420 AM), KROS (1340 AM), WMT (600 AM), WHO (1040 AM)
You need to know/Ohio State
— Evan Turner leads the Buckeyes in scoring (18.9), rebounding (9.5) and assists (5.7) this season. Ohio State is 7-2 since Turner returned Jan. 6 after missing a month because of a fractured bone in his back, an injury suffered as he attempted a dunk in a Dec. 5 game against Eastern Michigan.
— Ohio State center Dallas Lauderdale leads the Big Ten with an average of 2.4 blocks per game. Lauderdale has leads the league’s starters in shooting percentage. He has hit 76.7 percent of the 86 shots he has attempted this season.
— Jon Diebler recently became the second Buckeye to hit 200 3-point baskets in his career. He has 212, a number that trails only the 242 made by Jamar Butler.
— Ohio State continues to work with what is primarily a six-player rotation. Three Buckeyes played all 40 minutes of Wednesday’s 75-62 win over Penn State and four — William Buford, David Lighty, Diebler and Turner — average more than 30 minutes per game. Diebler and Lighty average over 35 minutes.
— Lighty scored a game-high 20 points when Ohio State won at Iowa 65-57 on Jan. 27.
— The Buckeyes are 14-0 at home this season.
— Ohio State is recognizing 20 former Buckeye captains at Sunday’s game.
You need to know/Iowa
— Iowa plays five of its final eight regular-season games on the road. The Hawkeyes are 1-5 in road games this season.
— Today’s game begins a tough stretch for Iowa, which plays four games over the next 10 days before having a nine-game break in the schedule.
— Aaron Fuller has led Iowa in rebounding in six of the last seven games, including grabbing nine boards in Iowa’s eight-point loss to the Buckeyes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena last month. Fuller has averaged 11.1 points and 7.7 rebounds in Big Ten play, doubling his production from the nonconference season.
— With 119 rebounds, Eric May currently ranks second on the team on the boards and trails Jarryd Cole by four rebounds. May is attempting to become the fourth freshman to lead Iowa in rebounding.
— Iowa has outrebounded its opponent in 10 of its last 16 games.
— The Hawkeyes have won in eight of their last 13 games at Ohio State, but have lost in their last four visits there. Matt Gatens scored 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting in a 68-65 loss at Ohio State this season.
Batterson’s call
Ohio State 70, Iowa 58
Probable lineups
Iowa
F Aaron Fuller, 6-6, soph., 8.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg
C Jarryd Cole, 6-7, jr., 8.2, 5.4
G Matt Gatens, 6-5, soph., 12.1, 4.4
G Cully Payne, 6-1, fr., 8.0, 3.0
G Eric May, 6-5, fr., 9.1, 5.2
Ohio State
F David Lighty, 6-5, jr., 12.9 ppg, 4.7
F Evan Turner, 6-7, jr., 18.9, 9.5
C Dallas Lauderdale, 6-8, jr., 7.3, 5.2
G William Buford, 6-5, soph., 14.2, 5.1
G Jon Diebler, 6-6, jr., 12.9, 2.9
Next tip
Northwestern at Iowa, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
