FINAL | Iowa 64, Illinois 58
Illinois made a late run when Iowa turned to its reserves, but, for the most part, the Hawkeyes cruised to a win in the Big Ten quarterfinals.
They'll get the winner of 3 Michigan vs. 11 Oregon tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. for a spot in the title game!
END Q3 | Illinois 31, Iowa 53
Iowa is on cruise control here in Indy.
The Hawkeyes lead by 22 after a Chit-Chat triple to close the third quarter.
Iowa won the third quarter 16-8.
Journey Houston: 10 rebounds.
Q3 2:37 | Illinois 31, Iowa 50
Iowa matches its largest lead of the game at 19 on an Ava Heiden layup and Illinois takes a timeout.
A loud cheer as Gabbie Marshall and Kate Martin are shown on the jumbotron.
HALF | Illinois 23, Iowa 37
Hawkeyes lead by 14 at the break.
Iowa held Illinois to 10-of-31 from the floor and 2-of-10 from three-point range.
Hawkeyes had assists on 11 of 14 field goals.
Ava came up with this one.
Q2 4:44 | Illinois 18, Iowa 30
Super balanced attack from the Hawkeyes so far. All five starters have 5 or more points and 2 or more field goals made so far tonight.
Stremlow leads all players with 7. Illinois' Maddie Webber also has 7.
Stremuary ended six days ago ... Has Starch begun?
END Q1 | Illinois 11, Iowa 21
The Hawkeyes take care of business in the first quarter.
They built a 10-point lead between efficient offense (8-of-14 (57.1%) from the field) and stifling defense (Illinois shot 5-of-18 (27.8%)).
Illinois takes a timeout as a Taylor Stremlow layup makes it 19-7.
Kylie with the nice move to get a layup to fall.
Iowa leads 17-7.
Q1 4:28 | Illinois 5, Iowa 9
Iowa scored the first seven points of the contest and remain in front by four after five minutes of action.
Teams are a combined 5-of-16 from the field.
Hannah still hounding after those blue collar plays. Love it!
#ShooterSleeveStuelke
ALERT: Hannah Stuelke is starting !!
Starters for 10 Illinois vs. 2 Iowa 👇
📍Gainbridge Fieldhouse
30 minutes away from a Big Ten quarterfinal matchup between 10-seed Illinois (21-10, 9-9 Big Ten) and 2-seed Iowa (24-5, 15-3 Big Ten).
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BREAKING | Iowa F Hannah Stuelke is available for tonight's Big Tournament opener against Illinois.
Would not be surprised to see a limited workload for her after nursing a shoulder & elbow injury to right arm.
Leaving Indy with a 100% healthy Hannah Stuelke is Priority No. 1
Is this Coach McCollum’s burner?
FINAL | Michigan 71, Iowa 68
Bennett Stirtz scores 21 points in his final game in CHA as a #Hawkeye. Cam Manyawu adds 14 as Michigan escapes Carver-Hawkeye Arena with a win.
Iowa led for more than 11 minutes but never managed to get the lead back in the last 10 mins.
This second half whistle has been about the most predictable thing ever.
Big Ten refs (refs in general) love to get super touchy in second halves after physical first halves like tonight's.
Brutal. The Hawkeyes were making the most of their physical defense.
They reviewed it. Didn't explain their reasoning for reassigning it.
You'll take that first half if you're Iowa, but I think you go to the locker room feeling like you left something out there.
Hawkeyes forced 11 turnovers (only committed 2) and scored 16 points off those turnovers, but shot just 11-of-31 (35.5%) from the field.
Could've built a larger lead.
HALF | Michigan 30, Iowa 30
A late 9-2 run allowed Iowa to tie this game up at halftime.
Bennett Stirtz and Tate Sage connected on three-pointers during the run.
Stirtz and Manyawu lead all players with 8.
Bennett Stirtz. Bang!
CHA was salivating. If that Stirtz three fell ...
Cam Manyawu has been pretty good offensively today.
He's the game's leading scorer with 8 on 4-of-5 shooting.
Michigan has their first lead since 18:12.
McCollum is fired up.
Like a shark who smells blood.
H1 11:59 | Michigan 9, Iowa 13
Ben McCollum takes a timeout and all the way to the top of the key to discuss a defensive lapse with Kael Combs.
Iowa leads by four and has forced 8 Michigan turnovers now.
