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Photos from Iowa basketball’s win vs South Dakota

Iowa basketball downed South Dakota 96-77 on Tuesday night. Here’s a look back at the night through the best photos.

Iowa basketball rolled after halftime en route to a 96-77 win over South Dakota.

The Hawkeyes are 3-0 on the young season and will return to action on Friday night in the John Deere Quad Cities Hoops Showdown versus Washington State.

Minus sophomore forward Owen Freeman due to illness, Iowa saw junior guard Josh Dix author his best scoring night of the young season with 23 points. Dix knocked down 8-of-10 field goals, including 5-of-6 on 3-pointers.

The Hawkeyes also saw the season debut of sophomore forward Seydou Traore who transferred in from Manhattan. Traore flashed some of the athleticism that has Hawkeye fans excited about what he can bring to this Iowa team.

Traore finished with 12 points, four rebounds and a pair of blocks. The 6-foot-7 forward knocked down a pair from beyond the arc.

Sophomore forward Ladji Dembele also netted a career-high 11 points in the win.

Here’s a look back at Iowa’s 96-77 win over South Dakota in pictures.

WATCH: South Dakota upsets South Dakota State on a wild double-tipped Hail Mary

Do you believe in miracles?

Wild things are happening in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Just one week after the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, the No. 4 team in the Football Championship Subdivision, upset No. 2 North Dakota State, they caught the upset bug themselves against the in-state and conference rival South Dakota Coyotes.

The No. 19 Coyotes found themselves down 20-17 with just one second to play and the ball at their own 43. They had little more than a prayer of winning.

But that prayer was answered as quarterback Carson Camp took the snap, rolled right outside of the pocket, stepped up and fired the ball as hard as he could towards paydirt.

The ball didn’t make it all the way to the end zone, instead arching down near the five-yard line, where a tip drill ensued. When the dust settled, the ball was securely in the arms of Caleb Vander Esch across the goal line as the Coyotes walked it off against one of the best FCS programs in the country at home.

Here’s an angle from the alternate side. Look upon it in all its splendor.

North Dakota State still leads the conference and therefore the race for the league’s auto-bid in the FCS playoff. But this game could go a long way toward earning an at-large spot for South Dakota, and at the very least, it provides the Coyotes with bragging rights in the Mount Rushmore State and their first winning streak against South Dakota State since 1986-1988.

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