Iowa at Ohio State women’s basketball glance: Time, TV, game notes (Feb. 17, 2025)

What: Iowa (18-7, 8-6) at No. 9 Ohio State (21-3, 10-3), Big Ten women’s basketball

When/where: 11 a.m. (CT) Monday, Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio

TV: Fox

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates

Iowa’s next game: UCLA, 1 p.m. Sunday

What to know: The Hawkeyes continue to inch up the Big Ten standings. A far-less-than-pretty 55-43 victory over Rutgers on Thursday moved them into a three-way tie for eighth place with four games to go.

Lucy Olsen stayed hot Thursday, scoring 27 points. She is scoring 22.8 points per game during Iowa’s current six-game win streak.

Three of those wins — at home against USC, away against Minnesota and Nebraska — were of the Quad-1 variety. The Hawkeyes are 3-4 vs. Quad-1 opponents.

The teams split last season, with both teams holding serve on their home court.

Ohio State squandered a late lead in regulation Thursday before prevailing in overtime, 87-84, at home against Minnesota. The Buckeyes are 12-0 in Columbus this season.

OSU’s Taylor Thierry and Jaloni Cambridge are second and fifth in the league in steals. The Buckeyes’ 13.1 steals per game is best in the conference.

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