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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- It wasnt that Bitumen won Saturdays Grade 3 Sanford Stakes, but more how he won the $150,000 stakes for 2-year-olds at Saratoga that has his connections excited about the future.After dueling on the lead to win his debut, Bitumen was 6-1/2 lengths off the pace after the opening quarter of the Sanford. But under a busy Javier Castellano, Bitumen made a move into contention around the far turn and then responded when asked to run four-wide in the stretch to rally and win the Sanford by 1-3/4 lengths.Random Walk, part of a three-play speed duel, finished second by three lengths over Zartera. Bronson, who had all kinds of trouble in the race, and Bay Numbers completed the order of finish.The win gave trainer Eddie Kenneally his first graded stakes victory at Saratoga in his 24th attempt.He ran a huge race, got a great education today because he was in behind and took so much dirt, said Kenneally, who trains Bitumen for owner Joseph Sutton.He overcame that and just showed how much class he has; just a really, really nice horse and he galloped out good. I think going forward the distance of these races is going to get longer and I think thats what he s going to be better at.Bitumen had the outside post in the five-horse field. He was bumped after Random Walk broke outward, pushing Bay Numbers into Bronson and Bronson into Bitumen.Zartera, breaking from the rail, spurted out to the lead while Random Walk and Big Numbers chased him. Bitumen was in fourth, 6-1/2 lengths off the pace.We had a little bump, he lost his momentum right there, and I had to go to Plan B because my plan was to put him into the race really close to the pace, said Castellano, who also said Bitumen didnt care for the dirt in his face.Zartera, Random Walk, and Bay Numbers were heads apart through a half-mile in 45.79, with Bitumen in fourth. Castellano was really asking Bitumen around the turn, he spun four to five wide in the stretch, and then set sail after Random Walk, who had put away the other speed.Bitumen caught Random Walk inside the eighth-pole and drew clear late.Bitumen, a son of Mineshaft, covered six furlongs in1 :10.68 and returned $3.90 as the odds-on favorite.He broke okay, got outsprinted, and dirt hit him in the face and he didnt care for that, Kenneally said. Then he found himself way farther back than I ever thought he would be, but thankfully he was able to overcome that. 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Colson said he focused on rebounding.I just try to play the game and just play like its my last game and just continue to battle with the bigs and continue to rebound and if I see the scoring opportunity just go to work in that department, he said.Iowa (3-4) had its largest lead of the second half at 52-50 when Notre Dame hit four straight shots and Iowa missed four straight during a 10-0 run capped by Vasturia driving through the lane for a layup to give Notre Dame a 60-52 lead.The Irish extended the lead to 79-63 on a jumper by Farrell.Freshman Jordan Bohanon, whose previous season-high was six points, finished with a team-high 23 points in his first start. Jok, coming off a career-high 42 points against Memphis, struggled throughout, making 4 of 20 shots for 15 points.They were really locked into him, Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. Those ones he missed tonight were the same ones he made against Memphis. I give Notre Dame credit for that.Jok blamed himself, saying he didnt do his part.Theres no way I should go 4-20 on a given night against anybody. But like I said it was one of those games. Ive still got to find a way to make shots, and I didnt do it tonight.BIG PICTUREIowa: The Hawkeyes were without freshman forward Tyler Cook, their second-leading scorer at 13.7 points game, who underwent ssurgery earlier Tuesday because of a fractured his right index finger and is expected to be out about three weeks.dddddddddddd After two straight losses the Hawkeyes tried to shake things up with three new starters but continued to struggle against Power Five opponents.Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish, who entered the game averaging 7.5 turnovers and 18.5 assists, had four turnovers in less than six minutes, 11 in the first half. The Irish finished with 14 turnovers and just 11 assists, but won comfortably to improve to 7-0 for the third time in 17 seasons under Mike Brey. The Irish also won their first seven in 2001 and got off to their best start at 8-0 in 2010.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Irish, who were two spots outside the poll on Monday, should have a chance of becoming ranked after their third win against a Power Five opponent.TIP-INSThe Hawkeyes, who had 18 turnovers in each of its past two games against No. 6 Virginia and Memphis, had only six against the Irish. ... Iowa fell to 5-11 in ACC/Big Ten Challenge games. Notre Dame is 3-1. ... The Irish improved to 8-1 vs. Big Ten opponents the past three seasons.REMEMBERING RIVERSNotre Dame will induct former standout guard David Rivers, who led the Irish to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 1984-88, into its Ring of Honor on Jan. 21 at halftime of its game against Syracuse. Rivers is the sixth-leading all-time scorer at Notre Dame with 2,058 points. He was a first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Lakers. He was a three-time captain for the Irish.UP NEXTIowa: The Hawkeyes return home to play ranked No. 19.Notre Dame: The Irish play North Carolina A&T and Fort Wayne at home before neutral-site games against No. 2 Villanova in Newark, New Jersey, and No. 15 Purdue in Indianapolis.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org