Men's Basketball Breakdown: Iowa vs. DePaul

Hawkeyes face Blue Demons in Gavitt Tipoff Games.

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Breaking down Monday's game between Iowa and DePaul.

Game facts

Time and place — 7 p.m. Monday, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City

What — Gavitt Tipoff Games (Big Ten vs. Big East)

TV — FS1

Radio — Hawkeye Radio Network.

Records — Iowa 1-0, DePaul 3-0.

Rankings — Neither team is ranked.

Series — Iowa leads, 2-1.

Iowa lineup — Jack Nunge (F, 6-11, Soph, 2 ppg.), Luka Garza (C, 6-11, Jr., 20 ppg.), Connor McCaffery (G, 6-5, Soph., 7 ppg.), C.J. Fredrick (G, 6-3, Fr., 4 ppg.), Joe Wieskamp (G, 6-6, Soph., 16 ppg.)

DePaul lineup — Romeo Weems (F, 6-7, Fr., 9.3 ppg.), Jaylen Butz (F, 6-9, Jr., 12 ppg.), Paul Reed (F, 6-9, Jr., 11.3 ppg.), Charlie Moore (G, 5-11, Jr., 19.3 ppg.), Jalen Coleman-Lands (G, 6-4, Sr., 2.7 ppg.)

Fast facts

• The Hawkeyes have won 60 of their last 64 nonconference home games.

• Iowa went undefeated in nonconference play last season, winning all 11 games by a margin of 16.9 points.

• Forward Cordell Pemsl will be available for Iowa after serving a two-game suspension.

• Iowa is 1-1 in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, with a road win over Marquette in 2015 and a home loss to Seton Hall in 2016.

What to watch

Iowa's season-opening win over SIU Edwardsville on Friday was a little sloppy, but that's what you expect from the first game.

It can't be that way against the Blue Demons, who have already played three games.

Garza and Wieskamp were as good as expected in Friday's win, but Fredrick and Nunge combined for just six points. That kind of production will have to improve.

It's only the second game, but it's an important test for the Hawkeyes.