Jarrod Uthoff’s pull-up jumper with 3.5 seconds left Tuesday lifted Iowa to a 77-75 victory over Minnesota, sealed when DeAndre Mathieu’s full-court drive for a layup at the buzzer was ruled a split-second late.
Uthoff had 16 of his career-high 22 points in the second half for the Hawkeyes (12-5, 3-1 Big Ten), who squandered a 17-point lead and found themselves trailing by four on Joey King’s 3-pointer with 3:11 remaining.
Carlos Morris scored 20 points for the Gophers (11-7, 0-5), who have lost four of their five conference games by five points or fewer.
The officials went to the monitor after Mathieu’s race to tie the game, but his double clutch as he approached the defense in the lane delayed his release of the ball just long enough to negate the basket.
