NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (Interstat) — Enrique Freeman scored 23 points and Iowa held off Noblesville 126-121 in a G League game on Wednesday at Arena at Innovation Mile. The visiting Wolves improved to 1-3, while the host Boom dropped to 1-3 before an announced attendance of 865.

Iowa trailed 35-34 after the first quarter but seized momentum with a 37-point second quarter, outscoring Noblesville 37-21 in the period. The Wolves added 31 points in the third and 24 in the fourth. Noblesville scored 33 in the third and 32 in the fourth but could not complete the comeback. Iowa scored its 126 points on 103 possessions, posting an offensive rating of 122.4. Noblesville scored 121 points on 107 possessions and finished with an offensive rating of 113.5.

The win came after Iowa had dropped its previous three games, including a 117-98 loss at Noblesville in the teams’ previous meeting. Freeman scored nine points in that contest. Noblesville had lost two straight at Windy City before returning home.

Freeman, Iowa’s top star, finished with 23 points, four rebounds, three assists and two blocks in 31 minutes. The 6-foot-7, 206-pound forward, who previously played at Akron, helped Iowa control the paint and close out the game at the free-throw line. Nate Santos added 26 points and four rebounds in 28 minutes. Rocco Zikarsky had 20 points, four rebounds, two assists and five blocks in 27 minutes. Jules Bernard contributed 20 points, six rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes, and KJ Martin chipped in 11 points, eight rebounds and five assists.

Kobe Brown led Noblesville with 28 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two blocks in 34 minutes. The 6-foot-7, 250-pound forward from Huntsville, Ala., who previously played at Missouri, was the Boom’s most consistent offensive threat. Wade Taylor IV added 20 points, six rebounds and five assists in 31 minutes. Cameron Hildreth scored 17 points and handed out four assists, M.J. Iraldi scored 17 points in 18 minutes, and Keba Keita recorded a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Iowa shot 42 of 82 from the floor, 10 of 34 from 3-point range and 19 of 21 from the free-throw line. Noblesville shot 44 of 100 from the field, 11 of 35 from beyond the arc and 13 of 16 at the line. The Boom held a 53-38 rebound advantage, including a 16-4 edge on the offensive glass, but Iowa blocked nine shots to Noblesville’s three. Iowa had six assists and Noblesville had seven. Both teams committed 15 turnovers. Iowa was whistled for 26 fouls, while Noblesville had 29.

The decisive sequence came in the final minutes. Freeman’s alley-oop layup with 2:25 remaining and Jalen Crutcher’s driving layup with 1:52 left helped Iowa maintain its late push. Earlier in the fourth, Nate Santos hit a 25-foot 3-pointer with 10:52 left and Rocco Zikarsky made a driving layup at 10:21. Kobe Brown kept Noblesville close with a 13-foot pullup at 11:44 and a 12-foot pullup at the 9-minute mark. Freeman then hit a 24-foot 3-pointer with 58 seconds remaining. After Noblesville’s Rienk Mast made a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left, Jules Bernard made two free throws with 14 seconds remaining. Wade Taylor IV answered with a 28-foot 3-pointer with 10 seconds left, but Freeman made the second of two free throws with three seconds remaining to close the scoring. Freeman’s late shooting and Iowa’s 19-of-21 effort at the line helped Iowa close out the win despite Noblesville’s rebounding edge.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Iowa 120, Noblesville 119. Interstat’s ELO system gave Noblesville a 56.2 percent probability to win.