Matt Gatens scored 30 points in Iowa's 78-66 win over Indiana.IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -
Iowa senior Matt Gatens has often been viewed as the steady though unspectacular leader of a rebuilding Hawkeyes program.
Gatens finally showed how spectacular he can be against Indiana on Sunday, burying the Hoosiers with a remarkable second-half shooting display.
Gatens scored a career-high 30 points and the Hawkeyes beat Indiana 78-66 on Sunday, snapping the Hoosiers' three-game winning streak.
Melsahn Basabe had 13 points and five blocks for the Hawkeyes, who beat the Hoosiers in Iowa City for the seventh time in eight tries.
Iowa jumped out to an 11-point halftime lead and pushed it to 52-33 midway through the second half.
The Hoosiers finally got going by scoring nine straight points to cut it to 52-42. But that's when the steady Gatens broke their momentum with a remarkable stretch of back-breaking 3s.
The first 3 from Gatens stopped Indiana's run, which had threatened to make things interesting. Gatens then rescued a lost possession with a 3 from at least 25 feet out to put Iowa back on top 58-44 with 6:36 to go.
Gatens also hit one from the corner and finished it off from the top of the key, making it 65-46 with 4:35 left.
Gatens finished 7 for 10 on 3s, earning a serenade from the student section in one of the final home games of his career.
