Owen Freeman

IOWA CITY — Owen Freeman matched his career-best with 22 points and Iowa cruised to a 104-57 win over New Orleans on Sunday.

The Hawkeyes rebounded from their first home-court loss, falling 89-80 to No. 3 Iowa State on Thursday in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.

Brock Harding opened the game with a 3-pointer, but the Privateers answered with back-to-back layups from MJ Thomas and James White to take their only lead of the game, 4-3. Freeman answered with a layup and Payton Sandfort and Drew Thelwell each hit from deep to put Iowa in front for good and a 10-0 run made it 29-11 midway through the half.

Iowa (8-3) shot 62.7% from the field for the game (42 of 67), including 14 of 29 from beyond the arc. The Hawkeyes amassed 28 assists on 42 made baskets. Sandfort hit 3 of 4 from beyond the arc and finished with 15 points, five rebounds, four assists and a steal. Josh Dix and Brock Harding each added 13 points, with Harding collecting six assists, two steals and a blocked shot. Pryce Sandfort added 10 points off the bench.

New Orleans, playing its first game in more than a week, was 25 of 67 from the field (37.3%) and was just 4 of 24 from long range. White paced the Privateers (2-7) with 24 points, six rebounds and two assists. Thomas added 14 points.

Iowa 104, New Orleans 57

NEW ORLEANS (2-7) — Thomas 6-10 2-2 14, Hunter 1-6 0-0 3, Jacobs 1-2 0-0 2, Short 1-7 0-0 2, White 11-20 1-2 24, Vincent 0-7 0-0 0, Kemp 2-6 0-0 6, Rowbatham 1-3 0-1 2, Coleman 2-3 0-0 4, Davis 0-2 0-0 0, Grant 0-1 0-0 0, Sowards 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 25-67 3-5 57.

IOWA (8-3) — Freeman 10-12 2-3 22, Pa.Sandfort 5-8 2-2 15, Dix 5-7 0-0 13, Harding 5-6 0-0 13, Thelwell 4-6 0-0 9, C.Koch 2-6 0-0 6, Pr.Sandfort 4-9 0-0 10, Kingsbury 3-6 0-0 6, Brauns 1-1 0-0 2, Dembele 0-1 0-0 0, Mulvey 0-1 2-4 2, Tadjo 1-2 0-0 2, J.Koch 2-2 0-0 4. TOTALS 42-67 6-9 104.

Halftime–Iowa 57-29. 3-Point Goals–New Orleans 4-24 (Kemp 2-5, White 1-4, Hunter 1-6, Grant 0-1, Rowbatham 0-2, Short 0-2, Vincent 0-4), Iowa 14-29 (Harding 3-3, Pa.Sandfort 3-4, Dix 3-5, C.Koch 2-5, Pr.Sandfort 2-6, Thelwell 1-3, Freeman 0-1, Kingsbury 0-2). Rebounds–New Orleans 28 (Short 11), Iowa 33 (Pa.Sandfort, C.Koch 5). Assists–New Orleans 16 (Jacobs, Short 3), Iowa 28 (Harding 6). Total Fouls–New Orleans 7, Iowa 7. A–9,410 (15,500).