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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Jok wins 3-point championship

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Iowa guard Peter Jok shoots over Penn State forward Mike Watkins during the Iowa-Penn Stae game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, March 5, 2017. The Hawkeyes defeated the Nittany Lions, 90-79. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

Iowa senior Peter Jok beat the field at the College 3-point Championships at Grand Canyon University on March 30.

Jok beat Iowa State’s Naz Mitrou-Long in the first round head-to-head, 21-11. With five basketballs in a rack and the last ball in each rack designated as a “money ball” worth two points, the best possible score is 30.

Jok’s 21 first-round score led the field, and his 22 second-round score put him in first place heading into the finals against Grand Canyon’s Dewayne Russell.

The Big Ten’s leading scorer outdid Russell in the final with a score of 20 to take home the crown.

In the head-to-head matchup against the women’s champion, Kindred Wesemann of Kansas State, Jok lost on a tiebreaker after both shooters scored 16.

— by Blake Dowson

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