Iowa vs. Penn State 2024 Big Ten women’s basketball tournament score updates, highlights, analysis

Nathan Ford

Jeff Linder

Mar. 8, 2024 4:45 pm, Updated: Mar. 8, 2024 8:58 pm

Penn State Nittany Lions guard Leilani Kapinus (5) and Iowa Hawkeyes guard Kate Martin (20) reach up to get control of the rebound in the first quarter during game nine of the Big Ten Tournament at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday, March 8, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

MINNEAPOLIS — Over in a flash.

On a day in which the top half of the bracket was upset-littered, Iowa brought back a measure of order.

The third-ranked Hawkeyes scored the first 10 points, led by 18 at the end of the first quarter and coasted past Penn State, 95-62, in a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal Friday evening at Target Center.

That’s pretty much the way this series has been lately. Iowa (27-4) beat Penn State for the 10th straight time, and the Hawkeyes have averaged 101.7 points in the last seven conquests.

Iowa (27-4) will face No. 12 Indiana or Michigan in a semifinal at 3:30 Saturday afternoon (BTN).

— Jeff Linder