IOWA CITY — Former Drake guard Isaia Howard has committed to Iowa basketball, following head coach Ben McCollum 's move to the Hawkeyes, he announced Thursday. Howard will come to Iowa with three seasons of college eligibility remaining.

When the Iowa Hawkeyes fired Fran McCaffery they immediately pivoted to bring McCollum back home, and since then he's done everything he can to make himself comfortable in his new

Isaia Howard, a 6-foot-5 guard, is joining his Drake basketball coach at Iowa. Howard averaged 4.5 points in a reserve’s role for Ben McCollum’s Bulldogs in the 2024-25 season. He had 21 points and six steals in Drake’s Missouri Valley Conference tournament semifinal win over Belmont and scored 11 in the Bulldogs’ title-game win over Bradley.