Iowa basketball without starting guard vs. Rider

Per its Big Ten availability report, Iowa basketball will be without starting guard Josh Dix versus Rider on Tuesday night.

Dix injured his wrist in Iowa’s 76-66 Friday night win over Washington State. Afterwards, Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery commented on the severity of Dix’s wrist injury.

“Hopefully Josh’s injury will be taken care of relatively quickly. We’ll have to see,” McCaffery said.

Dix played 23 minutes against Washington State, scoring just two points and missing both of his field goal attempts.

On the season, the 6-foot-6 guard is averaging 12.3 points, 4.0 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. Dix is shooting 51.5% from the field, 44.4% from 3-point distance and a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line.

The Council Bluffs product has scored 414 points, grabbed 113 rebounds, dished out 103 assists, come away with 31 steals and blocked 15 shots during his Hawkeye career. Dix owns career averages of 6.0 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

Dix has started 24 games over the past two seasons for the Hawkeyes and has appeared in 69 games over the course of his Iowa career. Dix inked with Iowa as a three-star signee and was rated as the nation’s No. 24 shooting guard and as the top player in Iowa according to 247Sports.

Iowa freshman forward Chris Tadjo was also listed out on Iowa’s availability report versus Rider. Tadjo has been listed out since the Hawkeyes’ Nov. 12 date versus South Dakota.

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Publish date : 2024-11-19 23:35:00

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