Report: Iowa vs. Northwestern rescheduled for Jan. 31

After COVID-19 issues within the Northwestern program forced the postponement of Wednesday night’s matchup with Iowa, a reschedule date has reportedly been set. The two teams will square off Jan. 31, Hawkeye Insider’s David Eickholt reported Wednesday night.

Northwestern reportedly only had six available players for the game, Stadium’s Jeff Goodman said Tuesday, which is why the game had to be postponed. It was unclear whether or not the game would end up getting made up, but the two teams worked with the Big Ten office to find a new date.

The Wildcats and Hawkeyes were supposed to square off at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network. Iowa made the news official Tuesday morning in a press release and confirmed the plans to work with the league on a new date for the game.

Northwestern and Iowa are right in the middle of the Big Ten race

Iowa is in the midst of a four-game winning streak, including an 81-67 home victory over Maryland on Sunday. The Hawkeyes got a big performance out of Tony Perkins that night as he dropped 22 points on 10-of-13 shooting to lead the offensive attack. Kris Murray also had an impressive showing with 19 points.

Northwestern, meanwhile, has lost two straight games to fall to 12-5 overall and 3-3 in conference action. The Wildcats fell to Michigan 85-78 on Sunday, just a few days after a loss to Rutgers in the final minutes at Welsh-Ryan Arena. In that loss to the Wolverines, Northwestern had a 59-58 lead with 10:17 to play before Michigan woke up to pull away with the victory. Boo Buie led the Wildcats with 22 points and five turnovers while Chase Audige had a big day on defense, coming away with five steals in the effort.

Iowa is next scheduled to take on Ohio State in Columbus on Saturday at noon ET while Northwestern is set to welcome Wisconsin that same day.