Iowa and Bowen Too Tough for Indiana

Bob Knight, a coach who doesn’t hand out praise lightly, had plenty for Ryan Bowen.

Bowen scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half in No. 14 Iowa’s 89-76 victory over Indiana on Wednesday at Bloomington, Ind., in the Big Ten opener for both schools.

“In a given period of time, in nine minutes, I’ve never seen a guy so dominate a game as Bowen did,” Knight said. “I think Bowen is a tremendous player.”

The senior forward scored seven points during a 15-2 run that gave the Hawkeyes, 12-1 overall, an 81-67 lead with 3:48 left. Ricky Davis added 22 points for Iowa.

Indiana (9-4) took a 63-62 lead with 9:20 left on a three-point basket by Luke Recker, who led the Hoosiers with 19 points. But Recker scored only once after the key Iowa spurt, on a three-point shot in the final minute.

“They just buried us inside,” Knight said. “Iowa is certainly at this point a much tougher team than we are, and that was shown in the last nine minutes of the game.”

No. 15 Florida State 66, DePaul 55--The Seminoles showed former coach Pat Kennedy what he left behind as Corey Louis had 16 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots to lead the them past Kennedy’s new team in a nonconference game at Rosemont, Ill.

Kennedy, who was 202-131 in 11 years at Florida State, recruited Louis and every other player on the Seminoles before taking the DePaul job last June.

Florida State (11-2), which has won 29 of its last 31 games against non-Atlantic Coast Conference teams, is off to its second-best start. DePaul (3-8) is having another tough season after going 3-23 under Joey Meyer in 1996-97.

No. 18 Michigan 76, Wisconsin 63--Louis Bullock made two three-point baskets as the Wolverines scored the game’s final 12 points and opened the Big Ten schedule with a victory at Madison, Wis.

Bullock, who led the Wolverines (11-3) with 22 points, had scored only two points in the second half before making the three-point shots to spark the run. Sam Okey scored 14 points to lead Wisconsin (7-6).

Georgetown 74, No. 22 West Virginia 65--Boubacar Aw’s three-point play with under three minutes to play allowed the Hoyas to reassume command of the Big East game at Washington.

West Virginia had a double-digit Georgetown lead to 61-57 and had the ball when Kenny Brunner stole the ball and called time out. When play resumed, Brunner made a bounce pass to Aw, who made a layup and was fouled. Aw completed the three-point play, and the Hoyas (11-2, 1-2 Big East) led by at least seven points the rest of the way.

Damian Owens and Greg Jones each scored 18 points for West Virginia (11-2, 1-2), which had its winning streak ended at six games.

No. 23 Arkansas 103, Alabama State 48--The Razorbacks, playing their first game since a disappointing 1-2 showing in the Puerto Rico Holiday Classic, tuned up for their Southeastern Conference opener Saturday against LSU with an easy victory at Fayetteville, Ark.

The victory was Nolan Richardson’s 300th as Razorback coach. Arkansas (10-2) shot 53% while Alabama State (4-6) made 27% of its attempts.

No. 25 Marquette 71, St. Peter’s 55--The Golden Eagles used a 12-0 run in the second half to take control of the nonconference game at Milwaukee.

St. Peter’s (4-6) trailed, 43-41, with 16:07 remaining before the run that gave Marquette (9-0) a 55-41 lead with 9:44 left.

OTHER GAMES

Miami rebounded from its first loss of the season, last Saturday to Georgia Tech by defeating Seton Hall, 78-65, in a Big East game at East Rutherford, N.J. The Hurricanes (10-1, 3-0) shot 54%. The Pirates are 6-6 and 0-2. . . . Michael Maddox scored 24 points and Matt Harpring had 19 points and 11 rebounds as Georgia Tech (9-3) defeated North Texas, 93-76, in a nonconference game at Atlanta. The Mean Green (1-9) has lost eight games by 17 or more points. . . . North Carolina State (9-2) used a 21-6 run late in the second half to take control and defeat Morehead State, 63-41, in a nonconference game at Raleigh, N.C. The Eagles are 1-9. . . . Virginia Military Institute came from 15 points behind late in the game to upset Virginia Tech, 73-65, at Blacksburg, Va. VMI (5-4) had lost 14 consecutive games to the Hokies (5-4).