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No. 19 Iowa vs. No. 7 Baylor women’s basketball glance: Time, TV, game notes (Nov. 20, 2025)
The Hawkeyes and the Bears are playing in the regular season for the first time
Jeff Linder Nov. 19, 2025 8:58 am, Updated: Nov. 19, 2025 11:17 am
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What: No. 19 Iowa (4-0) vs. No. 7 Baylor (4-0), women’s basketball
When/where: 8 p.m. (CT) Thursday, State Farm Field House, Orlando, Fla.
TV: ESPN2
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates
Iowa’s next game: vs. Miami (Fla.), 7 p.m. (CT) Saturday, at Orlando, Fla.
What to know: This is the first regular-season meeting between the teams. Baylor defeated Iowa in the NCAA tournament in 2015 (Sweet 16) and 2019 (Elite Eight).
Baylor’s Taliah Scott ranks eighth nationally in scoring at 24.5 points per game. The 5-foot-9 sophomore guard has already taken 35 free-throw attempts, making 30.
Bella Fontleroy and Darianna Littlepage-Buggs add 14.0 and 12.5 points per game, respectively for the Bears.
Iowa has won all four of its games by 33 points or more. The Hawkeyes are averaging 94.8 points per game and allowing 48.3.
Opponents are shooting 29.4 percent from the floor against the Hawkeyes.
Ten Iowa players are averaging between 12 and 28 minutes per game.
Chit-Chat Wright, a sophomore guard and a transfer from Georgia Tech, leads the team at 14.5 points per game. She has hit 20 of 30 shots from the floor, 11 of 18 from 3-point range.
Ava Heiden is adding 14.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, followed by Layla Hays (13.0 ppg) and Hannah Stuelke (12.0 ppg).
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