Ian Martinez and Utah State will take the court against Payton Sandfort and Iowa on Friday night.
Utah State and Iowa will travel to Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday night in the third weekend of the regular season in men’s college basketball. In Kansas City, they will face off at the T-Mobile Center in the Hall of Fame Classic. This game will be followed by Saint Louis and Wichita State in the same event. Both teams head on the road and into this event with undefeated records. Utah State is 4-0 through the first two and a half weeks of the season and the Big Ten’s Iowa is 5-0 in that same stretch.
The Hawkeyes opened their season and have played all five of their games on their home court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. They beat East Texas A&M by 22 points in the first week followed by Southern, 89-74. In the second week, they took down South Dakota by 19 points and Washington State by just 10 points. Earlier this week they won their fifth game of the season against Rider at home, 83-58.
The Aggies played two games in their first week as well, both on their home court at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah. They beat Alcorn State by almost 60 points, following it up with a 29-point win over Charlotte. They played just one game last week, beating Westminster by 64 points. Earlier this week, Utah State welcomed Montana and beat them by 12 points.
This will be each team’s first road game this season and first on a neutral court.
Utah State is led by leading scorer Ian Martinez. The senior guard is averaging 22.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game, shooting 53.5% from the field. Payton Sandfort leads Iowa in scoring this season. The senior forward is averaging 17.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game while shooting 45.6% from the court.
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