Iowa vs. Rutgers: A closer look

SACRAMENTO REGION

No. 8 Iowa vs. No. 9 Rutgers

* Site: Maples Pavilion, Stanford, Calif.

* Time: 7:16 p.m. (Iowa time) Saturday

* TV/radio: ESPN2, WMT-AM (600), KXIC-AM (800)

* Announcers: Terry Gannon and Mary Murphy.

* Records: Iowa is 19-13; Rutgers is 19-14.

* Stat that matters: Iowa shoots 77.2 percent from the line, the seventh-highest rate in the nation.

* The buzz: The outcome will be decided by tempo, and possibly the way the game is officiated. A tightly-reffed game would favor Iowa. The Hawkeyes would prefer a game in the 70s; the Scarlet Knights, a contest in the 50s. It's the third time Rutgers Coach C. Vivian Stringer has opposed her former school (she coached at Iowa from 1983 to 1995). Stringer is 2-0 vs. the Hawkeyes and 5-0 against Iowa Coach Lisa Bluder.