USC at Iowa women’s basketball glance: Time, TV, game notes (Feb. 2, 2025)

What: No. 4 USC (19-1, 9-0) at Iowa (14-7, 4-6), Big Ten women’s basketball

When/where: 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City

TV: FOX

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates

Iowa’s next game: At Minnesota, 7 p.m. Thursday

What to know: Iowa and USC collide for the first time since the 2013-14 season, when the Hawkeyes earned a 78-65 victory in Cancun, Mexico.

Iowa leads the series, 4-1.

Led by sophomore JuJu Watkins, the Trojans have won 15 consecutive games; their lone loss this season was a 74-61 home setback against Notre Dame on Nov. 23.

Watkins leads the Big Ten in scoring (24.6 points per game), free throws per game (6.5) and free-throw attempts (7.8 per game). USC is the league leader in scoring offense (83.7 ppg), scoring margin (plus-28.8 ppg) and blocks (7.0 per game).

Kiki Iriafen, a transfer from Stanford, adds 18.1 points per game for the Trojans

Iowa has answered a five-game losing streak with back-to-back wins. The Hawkeyes are coming off an 85-80 home win over Northwestern in which Hannah Stuelke scored 26 points.

Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement ceremony will be postgame. FOX will carry that live.

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com