IOWA CITY, Iowa - Jeff Horner scored 20 points, Brody Boyd had 19 and Iowa made the shots it needed during a foul-filled second half to beat Ohio State 79-65 Saturday night.

In a ragged game stopped constantly by whistles, Iowa (10-6, 3-2 Big Ten) broke a four-game losing streak to Ohio State at home and sent the struggling Buckeyes (9-9, 1-4) to their fifth loss in six games.

The officials called 57 fouls - 33 on Ohio State - and the two teams shot 74 free throws.

Pierre Pierce added 15 points, three blocks and three steals for Iowa, which led by 10 at halftime and never let Ohio State get closer than eight in the second half.

Ohio State played without leading scorer Tony Stockman, whose future with the team is in question. He did not make the trip and coach Jim O'Brien said he wasn't sure if Stockman wanted to continue playing.

Brandon Fuss-Cheatham led the Buckeyes with 17 points, 10 in the final 2:51, and J.J. Sullinger scored 15.

Fouls mounted quickly on both sides in the second half. Ohio State was in the 1-and-1 with 15:19 left and in the double bonus with 13 minutes to play. By the 9:41 mark, Iowa was in the double bonus as well.

Iowa increased its lead from 32-24 to 51-33 while Ohio State was going 7 1/2 minutes without a field goal. The Buckeyes made nine of 15 free throws during that stretch, then scored seven straight points to cut the lead to 51-40 on Nick Dials' 3-pointer with 9:22 remaining.

Boyd and Horner each hit a 3 to stretch the lead to 57-41, and another Horner 3 made it 61-46 with 4:20 left. Ohio State drew to 61-50 on Ugo Nwankwo's steal and layup, but with Boyd going 8-for-8, Iowa made 16 of 18 free throws to wrap it up.

Ohio State shot just 35.6 percent and was 3-for-15 on 3-pointers.

OHIO STATE

(9-9) 

Sullinger 4-12 6-9 16, T. Dials 3-7 1-2 7, Radinovic 2-6 1-2 5, Fuss-Cheatham 5-11 7-7 17, N. Dials 1-7 3-3 6, Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Nwankwo 1-3 0-0 2, Billings 0-3 1-2 1, Sylvester 3-5 1-2 8, Jenkins 2-5 0-0 4, Marinchick 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 21-59 20-29 65.

IOWA

(10-6) 

Pierce 4-16 7-11 15, Worley 2-6 3-4 8, Sonderleiter 3-4 1-7 7, Horner 4-5 8-8 20, Boyd 4-11 8-9 19, Brownlee 0-0 1-2 1, Rand 0-0 0-0 0, Spurgeon 0-0 0-0 0, Hansen 1-2 0-0 2, Brunner 3-5 1-4 7. Totals 21-49 29-45 79.

Halftime-Iowa 30-20. 3-Point goals-Ohio State 3-15 (Sullinger 1-4, N. Dials 1-5, Sylvester 1-1, Fuss-Cheatham 0-2, Billings 0-2, Nwankwo 0-1), Iowa 8-16 (Horner 4-5, Boyd 3-8, Worley 1-2, Pierce 0-1). Fouled out-Sullinger, Radinovic, Worley. Rebounds-Ohio State 43 (T. Dials 8), Iowa 37 (Horner 8). Assists-Ohio State 10 (Fuss-Cheatham 3), Iowa 14 (Horner 7). Total fouls-Ohio State 33, Iowa 24. A-14,268.