Josh Dix

IOWA CITY — Josh Dix made 5 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting to lead five Iowa players scoring in double figures Tuesday night and helped the Hawkeyes beat South Dakota 96-77.

Seydou Traore and Payton Sandfort scored 12 points apiece for Iowa (3-0). Ladji Dembele and Drew Thelwell each added 11.

Dix hit from behind the arc to make it 3-2 with 19:20 left in the first half and the Hawkeyes led the rest of the way. They made 13 3-pointers and shot 54% (37 of 68) overall, including 22 of 35 (65%) from the field in the second half.

Kaleb Stewart led South Dakota (3-1) with 26 points on 11-of-19 shooting, 4 of 10 from behind the arc. Isaac Bruns scored 11.

Dix sandwiched a pair of 3-pointers around a jumper by Dembele before Sandfort added a 3 and Riley Mulvey threw down a dunk to cap a 13-0 run that gave Iowa a 59-41 lead with 15:26 to play and the Coyotes trailed by double figures the rest of the way.

Iowa 96, South Dakota 77

SOUTH DAKOTA (3-1) — Fens 2-3 3-4 7, P.Bruns 1-8 1-2 3, Burchill 2-4 0-0 5, Forte 2-9 0-0 5, Stewart 11-19 0-1 26, Bullock 3-6 0-1 8, I.Bruns 4-7 2-2 11, Eberwein 3-7 1-4 8, Smith 2-5 0-0 4, Buom 0-0 0-0 0, Hayes 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 30-68 7-14 77.

IOWA (3-0) — Dembele 5-8 0-0 11, Pa.Sandfort 4-10 2-2 12, Pr.Sandfort 3-6 1-2 8, Dix 8-10 2-2 23, Harding 2-3 0-1 5, Thelwell 4-7 2-3 11, Traore 5-9 0-0 12, C.Koch 3-9 2-2 8, Mulvey 2-3 0-0 4, Brauns 0-0 0-0 0, Kingsbury 0-1 0-0 0, J.Koch 1-2 0-0 2. TOTALS 37-68 9-12 96.

Halftime–Iowa 42-36. 3-Point Goals–USD 10-32 (Stewart 4-10, Bullock 2-5, Burchill 1-2, Eberwein 1-2, I.Bruns 1-4, Forte 1-4, P.Bruns 0-5), Iowa 13-31 (Dix 5-6, Pa.Sandfort 2-3, Traore 2-5, Dembele 1-2, Harding 1-2, Pr.Sandfort 1-4, Thelwell 1-4, Kingsbury 0-1, C.Koch 0-4). Fouled Out–Pa.Sandfort. Rebounds–USD 35 (Fens, Bullock 7), Iowa 39 (Dembele 8). Assists–USD 10 (Bullock 3), Iowa 21 (Harding, Thelwell 6). Total Fouls–USD 15, Iowa 16. A–7,628 (15,500).