Iowa coach Ben McCollum wants the Hawkeyes to play with some edge.

After cruising to a 101-69 season-opening home win against Robert Morris on Tuesday, Iowa has another chance to show off its tenacity against Western Illinois in Iowa City on Friday.

"We've got some edgy, tough kids that fly around," McCollum said. "They get pretty physical and make the game fun."

Isaia Howard transferred from Drake, where McCollum was his coach last season. The physical presence and mental make-up of the 6-foot-5 sophomore guard is what McCollum wants from his players.

"He's half nuts," McCollum said of Howard, who scored 10 points in his Iowa debut. "I like people that are half nuts because I'm fully nuts. We had a team vote, who would you most want to be playing defense if we needed a stop. And he wa

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