IOWA CITY, Iowa - The Slippery Rock University men's basketball team lost an exhibition game against the University Iowa Friday night at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena, 99-47.
 
Friday's contest against the Division I Hawkeyes, which compete out of the Big 10 Conference, served as a final tune-up for Slippery Rock in preparation for its 2021-22 season which officially gets underway at home Nov. 12 against Notre Dame College.
 
The outing also marked Slippery Rock's first competition against another school that wasn't a scrimmage since its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament game at Pitt-Johnstown on March 2, 2020.
 
A short-handed Slippery Rock team, which was without the services of three projected starters, trailed Iowa by just 13 points with five minutes remaining in the first half before the Hawkeyes scored 10 unanswered points to take a 41-18 lead into halftime.
 
The Hawkeyes, which finished the 2020-21 season by going 22-9 and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, came out of the break by scoring 30 of the first 32 points in the second half to put the game out of reach.
 
Slippery Rock was paced by junior guard Amante Britt, who posted a team-high 10 points to go with three rebounds and a pair of steals.
 
Nik Cazacu and Jomo Goings scored eight points apiece with Cazacu also pulling down five rebounds and blocking a pair of shots while Goings came away with a two steals of his own on the defensive end of the floor.
 
Tyler Frederick fought through foul trouble to pull down a game-high nine rebounds, six of which came on the offensive glass, all the while scoring six points. 

Dylan Ahearn came off the bench to score seven points and grab three rebounds. Bobby Clifford added three points and four rebounds while Zaire Rogers chipped in three points, two steals and three rebounds to round out The Rock's top performers Friday.
 
As a team, Slippery Rock shot 21.5 percent (14-of-65) from the field overall and 15.4 percent (4-of-26) from 3-point range. However, SRU was great at the foul line as it converted 15 of its 19 free throws (78.9).
 
Iowa hit 52.1 percent (38-of-73) of its field goal attempts while going 6-for-21 (28.6 percent) from 3-point territory and 17-of-20 (85 percent) from the foul line. The Hawkeyes held a 56-34 advantaged in rebounds while forcing SRU into 19 turnovers which Iowa turned into 27 points. Patrick McCaffery led Iowa with 18 points and eight rebounds.

With its preseason now done, Slippery Rock turns its attention to hosting its first two regular season games of the season Nov. 12 against Notre Dame and Nov. 13 versus Alderson Broaddus at the Tip-Off Challenge. The Rock and Notre Dame are set for a 5 p.m. start at Morrow Field House.
 
 

 
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