Eric Dailey Jr. scores a career-high 23 points as UCLA builds up a massive lead in the first half to defeat Iowa 94-70 and end a four-game losing streak.

The Iowa Hawkeyes (12-5, 3-3 Big Ten) travel to Los Angeles to tussle with the UCLA Bruins (11-6, 2-4) in Friday Big Ten action. Tip time at Pauley Pavilion will be 9 p.m. ET (FS1). Let's analyze

Eric Dailey Jr. scored a career high 23 points and UCLA snapped its four-game January losing streak with a 94-70 win over Iowa.

Iowa basketball plays UCLA today in the 2025 Big Ten college basketball season. Here's how to watch the Hawkeyes men's game.

Eric Dailey Jr. scores a career-high 23 points, Tyler Bilodeau adds 18 and the Bruins outscore the Hawkeyes by 33 points before halftime to coast to a 94-70 win.

Payton Sandfort and Eric Dailey Jr. have drawn interest with different play styles, but each could continue to climb draft boards by showing out in this head-to-head matchup.

Iowa men's basketball's trip to the West Coast was a resounding dud. After a 10-point loss to USC on Tuesday, Iowa was dominated by UCLA on Friday. The Bruins, who entered on a four-game losing streak, never trailed en route to an emphatic 94-70 victory.

Our expert college basketball predictions expect the Hawkeyes to play much better on the second-leg of its West Coast road swing.

Iowa basketball can still salvage its West Coast trip with a win over UCLA on Friday, but the Hawkeyes will need to fix their road struggles to do it.

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Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton, and John Wooden haven’t played or coached for UCLA inside Pauley Pavilion since the late 1960s and early 1970s, but the Iowa men’s basketball team allowed the 2024-25 rendition of the Bruins to look just like those famous squads on Friday evening in Los Angeles.

Iowa men’s basketball player Payton Sandfort injured his left (non-shooting) shoulder during Friday’s game at UCLA and will miss the rest of the contest. Sandfort got tangled up with a UCLA player during the first half and went to the bench in pain.