Revisiting: Iowa 102, Northwestern 99

EVANSTON, Ill. - The Iowa Hawkeyes rewrote several records in Thursday's 102-99 Big Ten women's basketball victory over Northwestern at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

* The Hawkeyes' 19 3-pointers was a school record, as was their 32 assists.

* Iowa and Northwestern combined for an NCAA-record 32 3-pointers. The Hawkeyes were 19 of 28 from long range, Northwestern was 13 of 18.

Other highlghts:

* Melissa Dixon hit 9 of 10 shots from long range, just missing the school-record 10 triples she hit at Drake in December's 100-98 win.

* Dixon scored 29 points, Bethany Doolittle 26, Ally Disterhoft 22 for Iowa. Northwestern's Nia Coffey led all scorers with 35 points. Ashley Deary added 22, Maggie Lyon 20 for the Wildcats.

* Iowa's Samantha Logic collected 12 assists.

The 17th-ranked Hawkeyes (17-3 overall, 8-1) travel to No. 5 Maryland (18-2, 9-0) for a battle of the league's top two teams at 3 p.m. Sunday.

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Here is the boxscore:

IOWA 102, NORTHWESTERN 99

IOWA (102): Bethany Doolittle 9-15 8-10 26, Whitney Jennings 6-13 0-0 16, Ally Disterhoft 5-8 8-8 22, Melissa Dixon 10-12 0-0 29, Samantha Logic 1-4 1-2 4, Alexa Kastanek 0-3 0-0 0, Christina Buttenham 0-1 0-0 0, Kali Peschel 2-2 0-0 5, Claire Till 0-0 0-0 0, Carly Mohns 0-0 0-0 0, Chase Coley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-58 17-20 102.

NORTHWESTERN (99): Nia Coffey 12-19 7-12 35, Alex Cohen 4-9 0-0 8, Christen Inman 4-11 0-0 8, Maggie Lyon 7-12 2-2 20, Ashley Deary 6-10 5-6 22, Lydie Rohde 0-1 0-0 0, Allie Tuttle 0-0 0-0 0, Karly Roser 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 36-67 14-20 99.

Halftime: Iowa 58, Northwestern 41. 3-point goals: Iowa 19-28 (Jennings 4-8, Disterhoft 4-5, Dixon 9-10, Logic 1-2, Kastanek 0-1, Buttenham 0-1, Peschel 1-1), Northwestern 13-18 (Coffey 4-5, Cohen 0-1, Inman 0-1, Lyon 4-5, Deary 5-5, Rohde 0-1). Team fouls: Iowa 17, Northwestern 18. Fouled out: Roser. Rebounds: Iowa 27 (Doolittle 6), Northwestern 35 (Coffey 8). Assists: Iowa 32 (Logic 12), Northwestern 28 (Roser 9). Steals: Iowa 5 (Logic 2), Northwestern 8 (Deary 3). Turnovers: Iowa 13, Northwestern 13.

Attendance: 987.

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Here's the scoring summary, including all of the NCAA-record 32 3-pointers:

First half

I: Jennings 3FG. Iowa 3-0 (19:37)

N: Cohen layup. Iowa 3-2 (18:43)

I: Jennings 3FG. Iowa 6-2 (18:31)

N: Coffey jumper. Iowa 6-4 (18:10)

I: Dixon 3FG. Iowa 9-4 (17:46)

I: Dixon 3FG. Iowa 12-4 (16:37)

N: Lyon 3FG. Iowa 12-7 (16:18)

N: Coffey 1-2 FT. Iowa 12-8 (15:51)

I: Jennings jumper. Iowa 14-8 (15:28)

N: Coffey layup. Iowa 14-10 (14:45)

I: Dixon 3FG. Iowa 17-10 (14:31)

N: Cohen layup. Iowa 17-12 (14:10)

N: Deary 3FG. Iowa 17-15 (13:43)

I: Disterhoft 3FG. Iowa 20-15 (13:29)

I: Peschel 3FG. Iowa 23-15 (12:59)

N: Coffey layup, FT. Iowa 23-18 (12:44)

N: Coffey layup. Iowa 23-20 (12:04)

I: Doolittle 2-2 FT. Iowa 25-20 (10:24)

N: Inman layup. Iowa 25-22 (10:08)

N: Coffey jumper. Iowa 25-24 (9:10)

I: Doolittle jumper. Iowa 27-24 (8:56)

N: Coffey 3FG. 27-27 (8:43)

I: Doolittle layup. Iowa 29-27 (8:32)

N: Coffey layup, FT. NU 30-29 (8:20) << Northwestern's first and only lead

I: Dixon 3FG. Iowa 32-30 (8:06)

I: Disterhoft 3FG. Iowa 35-30 (7:40)

I: Logic 3FG. Iowa 38-30 (7:08)

N: Cohen layup. Iowa 38-32 (6:47)

I: Dixon 3FG. Iowa 41-32 (6:29)

I: Disterhoft 3FG. Iowa 44-32 (5:16)

N: Lyon 3FG. Iowa 44-35 (4:57)

I: Disterhoft 2-2 FT. Iowa 46-35 (4:43)

N: Lyon 2-2 FT. Iowa 46-37 (4:20)

I: Dixon 3FG. Iowa 49-37 (3:43)

I: Logic 1-2 FT. Iowa 50-37 (2:35)

I: Doolittle 1-2 FT. Iowa 51-37 (2:31)

N: Deary 2-2 FT. Iowa 51-39 (2:19)

I: Dixon 3FG. Iowa 54-39 (1:37)

I: Doolittle 2-2 FT. Iowa 56-39 (1:07)

N: Deary 2-2 FT. Iowa 56-41 (0:38)

I: Jennings jumper. Iowa 58-41 (0:08)

Second half

I: Doolittle 1-2 FT. Iowa 59-41 (19:33)

I: Jennings 3FG. Iowa 62-41 (18:46)

I: Disterhoft 3FG. Iowa 65-41 (18:20) << Iowa's biggest lead

N: Deary 3FG. Iowa 65-44 (17:59)

N: Inman jumper. Iowa 65-46 (17:44)

N: Roser layup. Iowa 65-48 (17:15)

I: Dixon 3FG. Iowa 68-48 (17:05)

I: Dixon 3FG. Iowa 71-48 (16:43) << Dixon's 9th and final 3FG

N: Coffey 1-2 FT. Iowa 71-49 (16:27)

N: Deary 3FG. Iowa 71-52 (15:49)

N: Coffey layup. Iowa 71-54 (14:05)

N: Deary 3FG. Iowa 71-57 (13:34)

N: Lyon layup. Iowa 71-59 (12:25)

N: Lyon 3FG. Iowa 71-62 (12:00) << Caps 14-0 Northwestern run

I: Doolittle layup. Iowa 73-62 (11:30)

N: Cohen layup. Iowa 73-64 (11:05)

I: Jennings 3FG. Iowa 76-64 (10:51)

I: Doolittle jumper. Iowa 78-64 (10:14)

N: Lyon jumper. Iowa 78-66 (9:56)

N: Roser layup. Iowa 78-68 (9:20)

I: Doolittle jumper. Iowa 80-68 (8:57)

N: Inman layup. Iowa 80-70 (8:43)

N: Coffey layup. Iowa 80-72 (7:58)

N: Deary 1-2 FT. Iowa 80-73 (7:49)

N: Inman layup. Iowa 80-75 (7:13)

I: Doolittle layup. Iowa 82-75 (6:01) << NU missed 3 shots at 80-75 before this basket

N: Coffey 1-2 FT. Iowa 82-76 (5:51)

I: Disterhoft jumper. Iowa 84-76 (5:34)

N: Coffey 3FG. Iowa 84-79 (5:15)

I: Peschel jumper. Iowa 86-79 (4:56)

N: Lyon layup. Iowa 86-81 (4:40)

I: Doolittle layup. Iowa 88-81 (4:20)

N: Roser layup. Iowa 88-83 (4:05)

I: Disterhoft 2-2 FT. Iowa 90-83 (3:42)

N: Deary 3FG. Iowa 90-86 (3:21)

I: Disterhoft 2-2 FT. Iowa 92-86 (2:50)

N: Coffey 2-2 FT. Iowa 92-88 (2:40)

I: Doolittle 2-2 FT. Iowa 94-88 (2:19)

I: Doolittle layup. Iowa 96-88 (0:55)

N: Lyon 3FG. Iowa 96-91 (0:44)

I: Doolittle layup. Iowa 98-91 (0:37)

N: Coffey 3FG. Iowa 98-94 (0:32)

I: Disterhoft 2-2 FT. Iowa 100-94 (0:23)

N: Deary layup. Iowa 100-96 (0:19)

I: Dixon layup. Iowa 102-96 (0:14)

N: Coffey 3FG. Iowa 102-99 (0:03)

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