Freeman to leave Iowa basketball team

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IOWA CITY (AP) — Junior guard Tony Freeman is leaving the University of Iowa basketball team. Associate athletic director Fred Mims announced on Friday that Freeman had asked for and recieved permission to leave the Hawkeyes. In 22 games last year after returning from a pre-season stress fracture he averaged 13.8 points per game and 3.1 rebounds. Iowa coach Todd Lickliter says Freeman was a hardworker and says the team wishes his him the best. Freeman will have one season of eligibility. In three seasons in Iowa City he played in 86 games, with 40 starts, scoring 648 career points, 200 rebounds, 240 assists and 74 steals. ——— Information from: Quad-City Times, http://www.qctimes.com