Columbus, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - The Iowa Hawkeyes and 20th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes play one of the first Big Ten Conference games of the 2014-15 campaign, as the two teams get together at Value City Arena on Tuesday afternoon. Iowa went 9-4 during the non-conference portion of its schedule, and the team recently snapped a two-game losing streak by taking down visiting North Florida three days before Christmas, 80-70. The victory improved the Hawkeyes to 8-1 at home, and this marks only their second true road game of the season. Ohio State has enjoyed plenty of home cooking in the early going, playing 11 of its first 13 games in Columbus. The team has won each home game, losing only a pair of bouts overall. The Buckeyes put forth one of their most dominant efforts of the season the last time out, as they routed visiting Wright State in a 100-55 final. It was the second time OSU reached the century mark, also turning the trick in a 106-48 shellacking of Sacred Heart back on Nov. 23. Ohio State took a 77-76 lead in the all-time series with Iowa by winning nine of the last 10 meetings. OSU is 47-27 in the series in games played in Columbus, which includes victories in seven of the last eight encounters there. But the Hawkeyes won on the Buckeyes home floor last season, 84-74. Iowa put four players in double figures in the recent win over North Florida, led by Aaron White who tied a season-high with 23 points while also coming up with nine rebounds and a career-high five steals. Mike Gesell and first-time starter Peter Jok each scored 12 points, and Jarrod Uthoff chipped in with 10 for Iowa, which shot just 38.3 percent from the floor, but set a new program record for free-throw efficiency (min. 25 attempts) by going 26-of-28 at the stripe. Uthoff actually had a double-double as he grabbed a career-best 12 rebounds, the team winning the battle on the boards, 40-31, while taking advantage of 20 UNF turnovers. The Ospreys shot 45.6 percent from the floor, which included an impressive 12-of-26 showing from 3-point range. Iowa collected 11 steals, which marked the sixth time this season that the team was credited with 10 or more thefts in a game. Gabriel Olaseni had nine points to go along with a game-high four blocks. White (15.8 ppg, 7.2 rpg) and Uthoff (10.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg) are the only players averaging double digits in the scoring column for Iowa this season, and they rank one-two on the teams rebounding chart as well. Five others net between 5.3 and 8.5 ppg, giving the team steady, if unspectacular production. As a result, the Hawkeyes are putting up 70.7 ppg, despite shooting just 40.7 percent from the field and 30.8 percent from beyond the arc. Defensively, the club ranks among the best in the country in yielding a mere 58.8 ppg, with foes knocking down just 30.2 percent of their long-range launches, while coming up short in both rebounding (-4.0) and turnovers (-2.8). DAngelo Russell drained all six of his 3-point attempts to tally 24 points, and Amir Williams added 21 of his own in helping the Buckeyes steam roll visiting Wright State over the weekend. Kam Williams tacked on 15 points and Marc Loving 13 more for an Ohio State squad that shot a sizzling 61.4 percent from the floor, which included an 11-of-20 showing out on the perimeter. As for OSUs defensive effort, it limited the Raiders to 30 percent field goal efficiency, and the visitors missed the mark on 23 of their 31 3-point tries. The Buckeyes owned a 19-5 edge in points from the foul line, while also winning the rebounding battle, 41-34. Russell (17.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 5.3 apg), Loving (12.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, .529 3-point FG percentage) and Kam Williams (10.2 ppg, .544 3-point FG percentage) are all averaging double digits in scoring for Ohio State, which nets 85.3 ppg while permitting only 58.5 ppg. The team is knocking down 52.6 percent of its total shots, which includes a stellar 42 percent of its 3-point attempts, while allowing the opposition to connect on only 37.4 percent overall and 30.1 percent from downtown. Shannon Scott has dished out 100 assists already (7.7 per game), and the Buckeyes goad the enemy into more than 18 turnovers per outing. Custom Cleveland Cavaliers Jerseys . For Sweed, a second round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008, this will be his second go around in the CFL after previously having spent time with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Kyrie Irving Jersey . At this point, even he isnt sure when it is going to stop. 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WASHINGTON -- Doug Fister did the splits while covering first base and reached backward to make a how-did-he-do-that stab of a grounder while on the mound, adding a bit of gymnastics to another pinpoint outing. No one can accuse the 6-foot-8 righty of being either ungainly or inaccurate. He won his fourth straight start Thursday, another walk-free outing of seven innings with just two runs and four hits allowed as the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 to complete a three-game sweep. Fister (4-1) struggled in the Nationals debut last month after missing all of April with a lat strain. He hasnt allowed more than two runs in a game since. In six starts, hes walked only two batters. "Id rather them earn it," he said, "than give it away." And earning it is that much harder with a pitcher as flexible as Fister. The college first baseman did a full split while not quite hanging on to a throw to first that would have completed a double play in the first inning. "Yeah, thats not comfortable," Washington manager Matt Williams said. For the player or the manager? "For both," Williams said. Then there was the play in the third inning, when Fister flipped himself around to rob Ben Revere of a hit up the middle -- a play that proved more valuable when Jimmy Rollins followed immediately with a double. "Hes a cat out there on the mound," reliever Tyler Clippard said. "Hes getting everything." Sounds like hes the teams unofficial "pepper" champ. "I try to do a lot of work with groundballs up the middle and try to work on reaction time," Fister said. "Being able to field my position is something I take a lot of pride in." Fisters start is the latest in whats starting to look like the tough-act-to-follow rotation expected from the Nationals this season. Jordan Zimmermann threw eight scoreless innings in the series opener Tuesday, and SStephen Strasburg fanned 11 in Wednesdays win.dddddddddddd Overall, the Nationals have won five of six. They have out-scored opponents 38-12 in those half-dozen games, including 19-6 in each of the three-game series against the Texas Rangers and the Phillies. Now comes a 10-game road trip to San Diego, San Francisco and St. Louis. "We have a really hard road trip coming up against some really good teams," Williams said. "Without going too far, were happy with where were at it right now and the way its gone. We have to continue to push." It would be easier if they could keep playing the Phillies, who have lost six straight, are an NL-worst 9-20 since May 5. A team meeting on Tuesday yielded nothing productive, and Rollins can already envision a possible lost season in which key players are traded away. "Its getting out of control now," Rollins said. "Weve got a chance to go out there and change that tomorrow. If not, then thats a decision theyre going to make either way. But wed like to put a streak together going the other direction. Be up in that left column, and find a way to win some games." Kyle Kendrick (1-6) allowed four runs over seven innings and walked a season-high five. He is 1-11 in his last 19 starts, has an 11-start winless streak on the road and hasnt won a day game since 2012, going 0-6 in his last nine starts in the sunshine. But the problems are team-wide. The Phillies are batting .224 over their last 29 games. "Its been time to straighten it out," Philadelphia manager Ryne Sandberg said. NOTES: With the matinee following a rain-delayed game the night before, Nationals SS Ian Desmond and Phillies OF Marlon Byrd were given a day off for the first time this season. Desmond had started every game up to Thursday, while Byrd had started all but one. ... Adam LaRoche hit a two-run homer, and Rafael Soriano picked up his 12th save for the Nationals. ' ' '