No. 1 Gonzaga defeats No. 3 Iowa at Pentagon
12/19/2020, 3:00pm CST
By Sanford Media Relations
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Top-ranked Gonzaga remained unbeaten with a 99-88 victory over No. 3 Iowa at the Sanford Pentagon.
Freshman Jalen Suggs led the way for the Bulldogs (4-0) with 27 points. Iowa All-American Luka Garza finished with a team-high 30 points for the Hawkeyes (6-1).
This was the This will be the fourth meeting between Gonzaga and Iowa. The Hawkeyes won the first two contests in 1984 and 1985, while the Zags won the previous meeting in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
The game marks the twenty-second Division I college basketball game at the Sanford Pentagon since November 25.
DI Men’s Basketball Games at the Sanford Pentagon
| Date | Game |
|---|---|
| Nov. 8, 2013 | Wisconsin 86, St. John's 75 |
| Nov. 18, 2014 | Wichita State 71, Memphis 56 |
| Nov. 30, 2014 | Florida Gulf Coast 71, South Dakota State 58 |
| Dec. 13, 2014 | UNLV 75, South Dakota 61 |
| Nov. 13, 2015 | Iowa State 68, Colorado 62 |
| Dec. 12, 2015 | Oklahoma State 62, Minnesota 60 |
| Dec. 27, 2015 | South Dakota State 65, Middle Tennessee 61 |
| Dec. 28, 2015 | South Dakota 89, Florida Gulf Coast 81 |
| Nov. 25, 2016 | East Tennessee State 86, Milwaukee 62 |
| Nov. 25, 2016 | UC Irvine 63, South Dakota State 52 |
| Nov. 26, 2016 | Milwaukee 54, UC Irvine 37 |
| Nov. 26, 2016 | East Tennessee State 71, South Dakota State 59 |
| Nov. 27, 2016 | East Tennessee State 72, UC Irvine 66 |
| Nov. 27, 2016 | South Dakota State 81, Milwaukee 58 |
| Dec. 3, 2016 | Minnesota 56, Vanderbilt 52 |
| Nov. 24, 2017 | Northern Colorado 80, Youngstown State 67 |
| Nov. 24, 2017 | South Dakota 84, Southern Miss, 71 |
| Nov. 25, 2017 | Northern Colorado 63, South Dakota 62 |
| Nov. 25, 2017 | Southern Miss 71, Youngstown State 64 |
| Nov. 26, 2017 | Northern Colorado 77, Southern Miss, 63 |
| Nov. 26, 2017 | South Dakota 81, Youngstown State 53 |
| Dec. 2, 2017 | Missouri State 73, South Dakota State 53 |
| Dec. 22, 2017 | Iowa 80, Colorado 73 |
| Dec. 16, 2018 | Nebraska 79, Oklahoma State 56 |
| Feb. 7, 2019 | Omaha 107, South Dakota 102 (OT) |
| Nov. 5, 2019 | Saint Mary's 65, Wisconsin 63 (OT) |
| Nov. 9, 2019 | Oklahoma 71, Minnesota 62 |
| Dec. 20, 2019 | Northern Colorado 87, South Dakota 68 |
| Nov. 25, 2020 | Memphis 73, Saint Mary's 56 |
| Nov. 25, 2020 | Western Kentucky 93, Northern Iowa 87 |
| Nov. 25, 2020 | West Virginia 79, South Dakota State 71 |
| Nov. 25, 2020 | VCU 85, Utah State 69 |
| Nov. 26, 2020 | Western Kentucky 93, Memphis 69 |
| Nov. 26, 2020 | West Virginia 78, VCU 66 |
| Nov. 26, 2020 | Saint Mary's 66, Northern Iowa 64 |
| Nov. 26, 2020 | South Dakota State 65, Utah State 44 |
| Nov. 27, 2020 | West Virginia 70, Western Kentucky 64 |
| Nov. 27, 2020 | Saint Mary's 72, South Dakota State 59 |
| Nov. 27, 2020 | Utah State 82, Northern Iowa 71 |
| Nov. 27, 2020 | VCU 70, Memphis 59 |
| Dec. 10. 2020 | North Dakota 75, South Dakota 71 |
| Dec. 10, 2020 | South Dakota State 77, North Dakota State 75 |
| Dec. 11, 2020 | South Dakota State 74, North Dakota 62 |
| Dec. 11, 2020 | North Dakota State 74, South Dakota 67 |
| Dec. 12, 2020 | North Dakota State 53, North Dakota 52 |
| Dec. 12, 2020 | South Dakota 91, South Dakota State 78 |
| Dec. 19, 2020 | No. 1 Gonzaga 99, No. 3 Iowa 88 |
