Iowa vs. Holy Cross 2024 NCAA women’s basketball live score updates, highlights, analysis

IOWA CITY — Iowa sprung out of a small early hole and subdued Holy Cross, 91-65, in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament before a sellout crowd of 14,324 Saturday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa broke it open with a 25-9 second quarter that forged an 18-point halftime lead. The Hawkeyes led by as many as 30 points in the fourth quarter, and move on to face West Virginia (25-7) — a 63-53 winner over Princeton — in the second round at 7 p.m. Monday (ESPN).

The winner advances to the Sweet 16 next week at Albany, N.Y.

Kate Martin supplied a double-double (15 points and 14 rebounds) to complement a typical Caitlin Clark stat line (27 points, eight rebounds, 10 assists). And Addison O’Grady came off the bench in to tally 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting.

— Jeff Linder