Basketball’s most fundamental featureFree throws are called free throws for a reason. Free… throws. And in the beginning of the game, when the Hawkeye couldn’t score a field goal for the lives, free throws are what got it going. It was a good thing that the Hawkeyes were far less reliant on free throws in the second half. Iowa took advantage of that, shooting well above its 76.9 percent range and making free throws when it mattered most.