IOWA CITY, IA – Tariq Ingraham (Philadelphia, PA/Bonner-Prendergast [Wake Forest]) and Jay Alvarez (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro Area [Houston Christian) scored in double figures with 14 and 13 points, respectively, but the Rider University men's basketball team fell at the University of Iowa, 83-58, Tuesday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The loss snaps the Broncs' three-game winning streak and Rider now stands at 3-2. Iowa improved to 5-0 with the win.

The Hawkeyes scored nine of the first 11 points to open the game and never trailed. Consecutive buckets from Ingraham and Zion Cruz cut the Hawkeyes' lead to 13-10 at the 12:36 mark, but a 14-2 Iowa run followed to push the Hawkeyes' lead to double digits and the advantage remained 40-26 at the half. Ingraham led the Broncs with 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the floor and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line in the period. Jay Alvarez added six points and four rebounds, while Cruz added four points.

Iowa's lead quickly swelled to 22, 50-28, with a 10-2 run to open the second half. Rider would score five-straight points to cut the deficit to 17, but could draw no closer.

Quotes & Notes
"Just a bad game as a whole. We just didn't play well in any phase of our game. Offensively, defensively, sharing the ball, too many breakdowns. Everything. So, chalk it up, learn from it and get ready for the next game."

"Give (Iowa) credit because they did some things to make us struggle. But we've got to show progress. We've got to show growth. I don't think we showed much growth out of this game tonight."

"We can always learn from these things. It doesn't matter who you play. There's things that you can always learn and we will learn from them. We'll get back to school tomorrow, we'll get back after it on Thursday and we've got to turn our attention right away to Bucknell on Saturday." – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

- The Hawkeyes and Broncs squared off for just the second time, with the first coming in Iowa City in December 1986.
- 10 of 13 Broncs to see action scored at least two points.

Broncs by the Numbers
- Ingraham scored 14 points on 6-of-11 from the floor and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line. He added three rebounds.
- Alvarez made 5-of-11 attempts from the floor, including 1-of-4 from long range and made both of his free-throw attempts. He grabbed a team-high five rebounds.
- Cruz added seven points off the bench on 2-of-8 shooting from the floor and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line.
- Flash Burton (Philadelphia, PA/Cardinal O'Hara) contributed a team-high four assists, while also scoring three points, grabbing two rebounds and making a steal.
- T.J. Weeks Jr. (Warwick, RI/Bishop Hendricken Catholic [UMass]) scored five points, grabbed four rebounds and made a team-high two steals.
- Ife West-Ingram (Philadelphia, PA/Abington Friends) added four points, three rebounds, two assists and a team-high two blocked shots.
- Iowa outshot Rider, 46.9 percent (30-64) to 42.6 percent (23-54) from the floor, including a 36.4 percent (8-22) to 6.3 percent (1-16) edge from long range.
- Rider took an 84.6 percent (11-13) to 71.4 percent (15-21) edge from the free-throw line.
- Rider outrebounded Iowa, 35-33.
- The Broncs were plagued by 20 turnovers to Iowa's eight, resulting in a 20-4 Iowa edge in points off turnovers.
- Iowa also enjoyed advantages of 44-36 in the paint, 13-10 on second chances, 19-3 on fast breaks and 21-18 in bench scoring.  
- Iowa never trailed and led for 38:30 of game time.
   
Up Next
The Broncs return to action Saturday, when they travel to Bucknell. Tipoff from Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, PA, is scheduled for 7 p.m. on ESPN+.