Outside of the Herculean performance by freshman Journey Houston against USC, the Hawkeyes did not show up against USC.
Houston was Iowa's best player all night, notching a career-high 16 points, while adding eight rebounds and two assists in 26 minutes off the bench.
Everyone looked a step slow on defense, and the offense struggled to find any consistency in the 81-69 loss in Southern California on Thursday night.
After the emotional highs and lows the program experienced during and after the big win over Ohio State, Head Coach Jan Jensen had some interesting comments regarding why Iowa couldn't get the job done against a previously 11-9 (3-6 Big Ten) USC.