Cooper Koch’s career high wasn’t enough in Iowa’s overtime loss to the Hokies
The Iowa Hawkeyes (2-1) got slow starts in each of the three frames tonight in a 93-88 loss to Virginia Tech (3-0). The most notable was not scoring a field goal until 0:44 left in the overtime frame. Despite having a chance to tie at the end, Cooper Koch couldn’t make his 3 point attempt amidst a career night. Giving up 93 points is never Ben McCollum’s preferred style and they struggled to contain the Hokie guards, Ben Hammond & Jaylen Curry, who combined for 57 points on 18/34 shooting and 16/18 from the line. Curry’s 3 pointer in overtime proved to be enough distance for Tech as the Hawks couldn’t get it inside of 2 after that…