IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Melsahn Basabe scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half as Iowa throttled Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 88-59 on Saturday.
Devyn Marble added 15 points for the Hawkeyes (6-2), who never trailed and used a 20-0 run in the first half to bounce back from two straight losses.
Joy Williamson scored 14 points to lead Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-5).
Basabe came off the bench to spark Iowa's big first-half rally. The junior scored the final 13 points of the 20-0 run during a seven-minute stretch of the half. Basabe made 5 of 6 field goals and 7 of 8 free throws for the game.
Iowa freshman Adam Woodbury added 13 points and five rebounds. Josh Oglesby scored 12 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-5) | 23 | 36 | 59 |
| Iowa (6-2) « | 44 | 44 | 88 |
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| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Nelson, F | 12 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| N. Maxey, C | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| H. Ali, G | 34 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| J. Jordan, G | 34 | 5-11 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| K. Dvorak, G | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Williamson | 36 | 5-13 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| Z. Knowles | 33 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| D. Francis | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Martinez | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Pye | 7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Currie | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. King | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Wang | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-57 | 6-10 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 59 | |
| 42.1% | 60% | ||||||
| Iowa Hawkeyes | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. White, F | 11 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| A. Woodbury, C | 20 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| R. Marble, G | 23 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Clemmons, G | 21 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| M. Gesell, G | 21 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Oglesby | 24 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| P. Ingram | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Olaseni | 15 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Basabe | 13 | 5-6 | 7-8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| Z. McCabe | 12 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| E. May | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Stokes | 8 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Denning | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Rickert | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-52 | 22-29 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 88 | |
| 55.8% | 75.9% | ||||||
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