IOWA CITY, Iowa — The men’s basketball game between Iowa and Northwestern scheduled for Wednesday in Iowa City will not be played due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the Northwestern program, the Wildcats announced on Tuesday.
The two schools will work with the Big Ten to reschedule the game.
All distributed tickets for the Northwestern-Iowa contest will be valid for the new date and time, if the game is able to be rescheduled.
Northwestern (12-5 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) will have to wait to stop its two-game losing streak. Iowa (12-6, 4-3 Big Ten), on the other hand, is in midst of a four-game win streak. Both trail No. 3 Purdue (17-1, 6-1 Big Ten) in the conference.
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Iowa next plays at Ohio State on Saturday. Northwestern is scheduled to play Wisconsin at home Saturday.