Nick DeWitz is leaving Iowa to continue his basketball career on the West Coast and Mike Henderson’s season with the Hawkeyes is over.
Both were declared academically ineligible for the second semester on Tuesday.
DeWitz said he will transfer to Oregon State. He said his overall grades, which included junior college, were good enough for him to transfer, but his Iowa grades weren’t high enough for him to continue playing for the Hawkeyes.
DeWitz, a 6-foot-8-inch sophomore, played in eight games for Iowa, averaging 4.7 points and 3.9 rebounds in 15.8 minutes per game.
Henderson, a freshman from Waterloo, had played in 10 games, averaging 3.2 points and 1.8 rebounds.
Washington St. gets help
Washington State tight end Cody Boyd has started practicing with the Cougars’ basketball team since coach Dick Bennett suspended center Ezenwa Ukeagu for two games for violating curfew Boyd, who’s 6-7, 237 pounds, caught 18 passes as a redshirt freshman last season.
RESULTS, TUESDAY’S SYNOPSIS
#9 Kentucky 69 at Tennessee 68
Erik Daniels had 19 pts. and Chuck Hayes added 18 pts., 16 rebounds and a key basket off his own miss with 3:49 left in OT as Wildcats (12-2, 3-1 SEC) survived scare. Vols 10-4, 2-3.
#11 Georgia Tech 73 at #10 W. Forest 66
Will Bynum scored 20 as Tech (15-2, 3-1 ACC) snapped Deacons’ 24-game home win streak. School record is 25. Tech gave up lead only once in 2nd half. Deacons fell to 11-3, 2-2.
#13 Syracuse 67 at Seton Hall 74
Kelly Whitney’s 21 points led Pirates (12-4, 2-2 Big East), who gave coach Louis Orr his first win in 5 games vs. alma mater. Syracuse (13-2, 3-1) saw 13-game winning streak end.
#16 Texas 75 at Missouri 69
Royal Ivey had 10 of his 24 points in OT for Texas (12-2, 3-0 Big 12). Rickey Paulding had 20 points for Tigers (7-7, 2-2), but missed 5 FTs in final 4 minutes of regulation and OT.
St. John’s 69 at Georgetown 71
Courtland Freeman’s dunk with 0.5 seconds left broke 3-game losing streak for Hoyas (11-3, 2-3) and left St. John’s (4-11, 0-5), the only team winless in Big East play.
N. Illinois 65 at Ball State 71
Robert Owens scored 17 for Ball State (8-6, 5-1 Mid American). Marcus Smallwood’s 17 led Huskies (7-10, 2-5), who closed to within 64-63 on 14-3 run but couldn’t take lead.
