At halftime of Iowa’s 95-71 win over Illinois on Sunday, there was a 3-point shooting contest. At the under-12 timeout, a student drained a buzzer-beating halfcourt shot. It was only right that the 3-point magic continued to flow.

The Hawkeyes proved to be college basketball’s version of the Golden State Warriors in the victory, hitting 15 of their 21 attempts from deep, nearing the school record of 75 percent set against Northwestern in 1998 and setting an arena record for field goal percentage with 68 percent.

“The only way you can explain it is to empower your guys to have the confidence to shoot it without hesitation,” Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery said. “It’s one of the things I pride myself in.”

Joe Wieskamp and Isaiah Moss led Iowa in its clinic from beyond the arc. Wieskamp finished perfect from the floor 6-of-6 from 3-point land, and Moss went 5-of-6 from deep.

The duo combined for 73 percent of Iowa’s total 3-pointers. Jordan Bohannon also made both of his attempts from downtown and Nicholas Baer netted 2 3s of his own to round out the 3-point barrage.

But it was Wieskamp who stole the show early and kept the hot shooting going into the second half.

“It’s a great feeling,” Wieskamp said. “I have the confidence every game that every shot I take is going to go in, and luckily today, that’s what happened.”

Wieskamp finished the game with 24 points on 8-of-8 shooting, along with 5 rebounds and 3 assists in 33 minutes of action. Before he even took the floor, Illinois head coach Brad Underwood was intrigued with the freshman from Muscatine, Iowa.

Underwood said he never watches pregame warm-ups, but was inclined to do so with Wieskamp on the floor. What he saw in warm-ups made its way into the game and it didn’t bode well for his Illini squad.

“I just heard what a terrific shooter he was; I’m fascinated by guys who can make baskets,” Underwood said. “I sat out there and watched him at the free-throw line – I mean jump shots. He hit 19 in a row and I don’t think any of them hit the rim. I said, ‘I’m going to make myself sick because he’s on the opposing team.’

“He’s elite. I knew he was an elite shooter; that was his reputation.”

Moss took the baton from Wieskamp in the second half as they both continued to hit almost every shot they took.

There was a stretch just over eight minutes in the second half where the Hawkeyes hit 9 3-pointers. Moss drained 4 of those, Bohannon and Baer made 2 each, and Wieskamp netted 1.

Moss hit a 3 at the buzzer to end the first half, and it turned out to be a sign of things to come in the second.

Moss now sits at 9-of-10 from beyond the arc in his last two games.

“It feels great,” Moss said. “That just comes from believing in myself. My teammates did a good job of finding me and getting me the ball, so it feels good.”