IOWA CITY – No. 14 Iowa (12-2, 3-0) defeated No. 20 Nebraska (12-2, 1-2) on New Years Day inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, 86-76.
Hannah Stuelke registered a double-double with 21 points (7-7 FT) and 10 rebounds. It was Stuelke’s 13th career game with 20+ points and third of the season. It was also Stuelke’s second career 20-point double-double. Stuelke is the 14th Hawkeye in program history to record 1,300+ points and 700+ rebounds in her
career. Stuelke has notched double figures in five straight games and in 11 contests overall.
Chit-Chat Wright set a new career-high with 24 points (11-12 FT), three assists, and two steals. It was Wright’s seventh game in double figures as a Hawkeye.
Taylor Stremlow recorded eight points and dished out career-high eight assists.
Ava Heiden netted 18 points (8-10 FG) and grabbed seven rebounds.
Taylor McCabe added nine points. McCabe is 12-of-25 from 3-point range against the Huskers in her career.
Iowa leads the all-time series against Nebraska, 26-17. The Hawkeyes have won 12 of the last 14 meetings.
The Hawkeyes are 2-2 against AP Top 25 opponents this season.
Iowa extended its home winning streak to 10 games.
The Hawkeyes have won all eight home contests this season by 10+ points.
Iowa has played in front of 44 consecutive home sellouts which is the longest streak nationally.
Iowa is 134-20 in Iowa City since Nov. 11, 2016.
The Hawkeyes are 96-30 against Big Ten foes since the 2019-20 season.
The Hawkeyes are 19-1 when scoring 80+ points in the Jan Jensen era.
Iowa improved to 88-7 when dishing out 20+ assists since the 2020-21 season.
Since 2018-19, the Hawkeyes are 104-6 when registering 80+ points and 20+ assists in the same game.
The Hawkeyes are 5-8 against AP Top 25 opponents in Jensen’s first two seasons.
The nationally ranked Hawkeyes will hit the road to face Northwestern on Jan. 5 in Evanston at 7:30 p.m.
(CT). The contest will air on BTN and the Hawkeye Radio Network.
