Michigan State locked down Iowa at crunch time and beat the Hawkeyes 63-61 in East Lansing.
Iowa missed seven of its last eight shots and Payton Sandfort misfired on two three pointers in the final eight seconds as the Hawks fall to 4-5 in the Big Ten.
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. The Hawkeyes made only three of 17 from three point range and were just six of 13 from the line.
Ahron Ulis had a career high 17 points for Iowa but he did have six turnovers.
Iowa hosts Rutgers on Sunday.