.The Iowa Hawkeyes are stroking their cuts coming from a stunning 20-19 rivalry reduction versus the Iowa State Cyclones.Regardless of locking out the Cyclones in the first half and also leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' unsatisfactory second-half functionality left behind sightseers with loads of questions.Among those was Iowa mind soccer coach Kirk Ferentz's selection to pick a two-point conversion try out.After Iowa State scored its very first goal of the day with a 3-yard touchdown grab coming from elderly Jayden Higgins with 8:48 left behind in the third fourth, Iowa answered with a 7-play, 79-yard travel that ended with a 3-yard goal range from jr running back Kaleb Johnson.Along with the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's goal dive and also 4:47 remaining in the 3rd one-fourth, Ferentz and Iowa decided to try for a two-point conversion to possibly stretch the Hawkeyes' cause 21-7.The two-point shot neglected as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara couldn't connect with freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the corner of the end region.Later on, Ferentz was actually asked about his selection to pursue the two-point sale." Yeah, I imply, I believe maybe the dispute will be actually is it prematurely, that kind of factor. That put us at 19-7. I believed it gave us our finest odds to succeed the volleyball activity, and to me the much bigger concern is our team certainly not a minimum of receiving one touchdown away from those 2 basket options. Our experts had the ball down inside there close. That's certainly a place our experts are actually going to must enhance," Ferentz claimed.The reasoning for seeking the two-point transformation make an effort makes good sense. Convert the two-point shot and also Iowa State will have needed a set of touchdowns and also extra suggest match the soccer video game.Rather, Iowa Condition redshirt freshman kicker Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard basket ended up as the game-winner as opposed to embodying a possible game-tying basket try if the Hawkeyes had elected for a PAT try earlier.Contact/Follow our team @HawkeyesWire on X and also like our webpage on Facebook to observe ongoing coverage of Iowa news, details as well as viewpoints.Observe Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.