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Matt Gatens scores a career-high 30 points and Iowa blows out No. 18 Indiana 78-66

Iowa senior Matt Gatens has often been viewed as the steady though unspectacular leader of a rebuilding Hawkeyes program.Gatens finally showed how spectacular he can be against No. 18 Indiana on Sunday, burying the Hoosiers with a remarkable second-half shooting display.Gatens scored a career-high 30 points and the Hawkeyes beat Indiana 78-66 on Sunday, snapping the Hoosiers' three-game winning streak.Melsahn Basabe had 13 points and five blocks for the Hawkeyes (14-13, 6-8 Big Ten), who beat the Hoosiers in Iowa City for the seventh time in eight tries.Iowa jumped out to an 11-point halftime lead and pushed it to 52-33 midway through the second half. Indiana closed to 10, but Gatens responded with four crucial 3s to guide the Hawkeyes to the easy victory."Gatens, who was the most determined player on the floor in my opinion the whole day anyway, just took it to another level," Indiana coach Tom Crean said. "When he hit those shots, we just couldn't overcome it."Freshman Cody Zeller ha...

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