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PHOTO GALLERY: Iowa Men's Basketball vs Robert Morris

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The Hawkeyes opened the Ben McCollum Era with a 101-69 win over Robert Morris. (Photo by Dennis Scheidt)
The Hawkeyes opened the Ben McCollum Era with a 101-69 win over Robert Morris. (Photo by Dennis Scheidt)

For all the anticipation and the excitement, the first game of the Ben McCollum era could not have gone much better. The Iowa Men’s Basketball team opened the 2025-26 campaign with a 101-69 win over Robert Morris on Tuesday night. Iowa has won 15 consecutive season-openers dating back to the 2011-12 season.

McCollum’s team was energized from the start and showed a lot of intensity that turned into offense the other end. A 17-2 run to begin the game put the Colonials in a hole that they never escaped from. Iowa led 49-26 at the half and shot 61.7% from the floor for the game, rolling to a 101-69 victory. Six Hawkeyes scored in double figures led by Bennett Stirtz (19), Tavion Banks (17) and Alvaro Folgueiras (11).

HawkeyeReport.com photographer Dennis Scheidt was at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday night to capture the best shots of the action between the Hawkeyes and Colonials. Up next, the Hawkeyes host the Western Illinois Leathernecks on Friday in Iowa City.

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