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Iowa at Minnesota women’s basketball glance: Time, TV, game notes (Feb. 6, 2025)
Hawkeyes have won three straight, including a stunner over No. 4 USC on Sunday
Feb. 5, 2025 2:12 pm, Updated: Feb. 8, 2025 11:40 am
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What: Iowa (15-7, 5-6) at Minnesota (18-5, 6-5), Big Ten women’s basketball
When/where: 7 p.m. Thursday, Williams Arena, Minneapolis
TV: BTN
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates
Iowa’s next game: At Nebraska, 7 p.m. Monday
What to know: Iowa distanced itself from the NCAA tournament bubble a bit with a 76-69 upset win over No. 4 USC on Sunday, its third consecutive victory.
Lucy Olsen is the reigning Big Ten player of the week — and national player of the week, by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association — after averaging 22 points per game in the last two contests.
She scored 28 against USC (23 in the second half).
The Hawkeyes and the Gophers are among four teams, all from the Big Ten (Nebraska and Indiana are the others) among the “last four byes,” in the NCAA, according to ESPN bracketologist Charlie Creme.
Iowa has won the last 10 games in the series, and the Hawkeyes have scored 105 and 108 points in their last two trips to Minneapolis.
Minnesota is 12-1 at home this season. The Gophers have lost three of their last four games, but two of those were at UCLA and USC.
The Gophers are third in the Big Ten in defensive scoring average (57.6 ppg allowed) and commit the fewest turnovers (10.2 per game).
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