Iowa vs #10 Missouri Iowa Hawkeyes Basketball vs #10 Missouri on 3/20/1983 - HawkeyeRecap.com

W 77 - 63

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Head Coach: Lute Olson
Attendance: 14,105

RECAP

The "Twin Towers" of Greg Stokes and Michael Payne scored 22 points and 19 points respectively, but more importantly they held Missouri's big men both under 10 points. Mark Gannon helped put the game away with 9 straight points. The Hawks hit their last 8 free throws to end the game and advance to the Sweet Sixteen to face Villanova.

1 2 F

Iowa 32 45 77

Missouri 20 43 63

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PLAYER GAME QUOTES

Sure, we felt we had something to prove. We were sick of hearing about the Iowa Choke-eyes, the wind-suckers, the Iowa Blue Jeans and all those other bad names. But a lot of the team that were laughing at us are back there watching it on TV now.
-- Bobby Hansen
Quoted in the CR Gazette, after beating Missouri and advancing to the Sweet Sixteen

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