Tony Perkins made a layup with 1.3 seconds to go in overtime, and Iowa held on for an 88-86 overtime win over No. 20 Wisconsin in a Big Ten Conference matchup Saturday afternoon in Iowa City, Iowa.
Owen Freeman scored 20 points on 6-for-6 shooting from the field and 8-for-11 shooting from the free-throw line to lead Iowa (15-11, 7-8 Big Ten). Perkins and Payton Sandfort each scored 18 points.
Steven Crowl scored 22 points to lead Wisconsin (17-9, 9-6). A.J. Storr finished with 21 points on 8-for-18 shooting, and Chucky Hepburn had 18 points and nine rebounds.
Iowa outscored Wisconsin 10-8 in overtime to notch the narrow win.
Perkins made a pair of free throws to make it 74-65 in favor of Iowa with 7:06 left in regulation.
The Badgers rallied with a 9-0 run to even the score at 74-74 with 3:16 left. Max Klesmit made a layup off an assist from Tyler Wahl to finish the run.
Iowa took a 76-74 lead on Freeman’s layup with 3:00 left.
Forty seconds later, Wisconsin pulled back even at 76-76 on a Hepburn jump shot. Wahl turned to his left hand for a layup to give the Badgers a 78-76 lead with 1:02 left.