Iowa basketball star surpasses historic scoring mark

Iowa basketball star Bennett Stirtz was unstoppable on Sunday.

In the Hawkeyes 84-66 win over the Oregon Ducks, Stirtz poured in 32 points on an incredibly efficient 12-15 shooting from the field. He added seven assists and two steals, while ot committing a single turnover all night despite playing 38 minutes. His effort in that game was a big reason he was named the Co-Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday. But that wasn’t the only accolade to come out of that game for Stirtz.

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In the first half of the win, the senior point guard reached an impressive scoring milestone in his career: 2,000 career points.

Stirtz had accumulated his points at three different schools. So far this season, he’s scored exactly 400 points with the Hawkeyes. He had 673 points at Drake last season, his first Division I campaign. The rest of his career points came with Division II Northwest Missouri State, where he spent the first two years of his career with Ben McCollum. Stirtz scored 945 points across his two seasons with the Bearcats.

While the raw scoring numbers are impressive, Stirtz’s efficiency may be better. Across his entire collegiate career, he’s shooting 52.3% from the field, 38.5% from behind the arc, and 82.5% from the free throw line. Those are incredibly effective scoring numbers for any player, but especially a guard. No matter what level of college basketball he’s played at, Stirtz has dominated.

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Iowa fans should appreciate Stirtz and what he’s doing while he’s still here. He’s one of the best pure talents to take the court wearing black and gold in recent memory, and could be one of the biggest reasons why the Hawkeyes finally see some big success in March.

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