Clearly the Wildcats were excited to get on the court because during warmups at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, because junior center Alex Olah got a bit aggressive with a pregame dunk, breaking the shot clock in the process.

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Olah’s thunderous dunk forced the arena staff to power the basket in order to fix the shot clock, causing a slight delay in pregame warmups. 

Sadly, the Wildcats left all their thunder in the warmups because the Hawkeyes rolled to a 69-52 win.