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Lewis Hamilton thinks Red Bull has looked incredibly strong in recent races and has become Mercedes closest competitor.?Red Bull claimed a double podium in Germany, moving ahead of Ferrari and into second in the championship as a result. Team boss Christian Horner has already turned his attentions to cutting the gap to Mercedes after the summer break.Hamilton agrees the former world champions can continue to threaten in the second half of the season.Theyve got a very, very strong team, he said. I think Red Bull have definitely picked up with their engine performance but also theyve got great downforce. I dont know why they closed up a little bit more than others [in recent races] but theyre definitely looking incredibly strong.Ferrari looked strong at one point during the [German GP] weekend and then they seemed to fade off more so in the race, so Red Bull is definitely our closest competitor.Though he is impressed with the form of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, Hamilton thinks the strength of the Red Bull team goes way beyond its two drivers.Daniel is performing really well and so is Max, and its not just because of them its because theyve got a great team, just like my [Germany win] is not just because of me, its because of this great team.Despite moving ahead of Ferrari by 14 points, Red Bull still sits 159 behind the reigning world champions in the constructors championship. Daniel Ricciardo sits as best of the rest behind Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in the drivers championship, 84 points down. Noah Fant Jersey . 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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Peter Jok scored 20 of his 27 points in the first half and Iowa cruised to a 95-67 win over Texas Rio Grande Valley on Sunday.Tyler Cook scored 15 points and Isaiah Moss had a career-high 14 for the Hawkeyes (3-1), who shot 51 percent from the field and scored 41 points off 26 Vaqueros turnovers.Iowa went on a 26-7 run in the middle of the game to pull away from UTRGV -- including a faster start to the second half that coach Fran McCaffery has wanted from his young team.McCaffery watched his Hawkeyes turn a two-point halftime lead into a 53-47 deficit in Thursdays loss against Seton Hall -- an eight-point swing in 4 1/2 minutes. On Sunday, Iowa pushed a 46-33 lead at the break to 20 points in just a few minutes.Im really proud of how aggressively our team came out during the second half and executed, said forward Nicholas Baer, who had eight points and seven rebounds. I think thats something weve been struggling with.Jok, Iowas top scorer and lone returning starter from last season, left a few minutes into the second half after a knee-to-knee collision with a defender during a drive to the rim.Jok -- who 9-of-13 shooting, including 5-of-8 3-pointers, in 19 minutes -- stayed in to shoot his two free throws, but didnt play after that as a precaution. Jok wanted to go back in the game to test his knee, but McCaffery wasnt having it.The last thing I wanted to do was put him back in there and have something happen to him, McCaffery said.Antonio Green scored 17 points to lead UTRGV (0-4), which out-rebounded Iowa 43-38.Iowas Brady Ellingson scored 11 points.BIG PICTUREIowa:: The Hawkeyes needed this pick-me-up after Thursdays tough loss to Seton Hall.dddddddddddd Iowa still struggled from the foul line, hitting 20 of 30 attempts. Its an area the Hawkeyes need to clean up as the competition stiffens.UTRGV: The winless Vaqueros have struggled to find consistent offense this season. Turnovers are a big reason why. UTRGV has averaged 24.3 turnovers in its last three games, including a season-high tying 26 against the Hawkeyes.HIGHLIGHT REELCook, a freshman, continues to show off his athleticism and leaping ability, finishing four big dunks in the first half.During one stretch late in the half, Dom Uhl drove the lane and tossed an alley-oop to Cook for the two-handed slam. Less than a minute later, Christian Williams passed back to Cook in transition for an easy, wide-open dunk.INJURIESIowas Dale Jones did not play after suffering a fractured wrist in Thursdays game against Seton Hall. The backup forward is expected to miss 8-9 weeks.Jones, a senior co-captain who transferred to Iowa from junior college in 2015, played in only six games last year before a knee injury ended his season. He was expected to add depth to the teams frontcourt rotation this season.UP NEXTIowa faces a huge challenge in No. 8 Virginia on Friday in the Emerald Coast Classic in Florida. The Hawkeyes will play either Providence or Memphis on Saturday to wrap up the tournament.UTRGV goes for its first win of the season against Southeast Missouri State on Tuesday. ' ' '