No. 10 Iowa vs. No. 12 Ohio State women’s basketball glance: Time, TV, game notes (Jan. 25, 2026)

What: No. 10 Iowa (17-2, 8-0) vs. No. 12 Ohio State (18-2, 7-1), Big Ten women’s basketball

When/where: 1 p.m. Sunday, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City

TV: Peacock

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates

Iowa’s next game: At USC, 8 p.m. (CT) Thursday.

What to know: The Hawkeyes are 8-0 in the Big Ten for the first time in 30 years. The 1995-96 team, the first under Angie Lee, won its first 12 league games.

Iowa’s last nine-game conference win streak came early in the 2019-20 campaign.

The Hawkeyes stayed perfect in league play with an 85-78 overtime victory over Maryland on Thursday. They built a 17-point lead, blew it in the final 3 minutes of regulation, then ended overtime with a 12-3 run.

Ava Heiden scored 20 points Thursday, with Chit-Chat Wright adding 18 (eight in overtime).

Of the “traditional 10” Big Ten teams, Ohio State is the only team to lead its series with Iowa. The Buckeyes lead it 42-37, including a pair of wins last year. OSU won at Columbus, 86-78 in overtime, then prevailed in a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal, 60-59.

Ohio State is a game behind league co-leaders Iowa and UCLA. The Buckeyes overcame a 10-point halftime deficit at home against Indiana on Thursday, outscoring the Hoosiers 49-25 in the second half for an 81-67 win.

The Buckeyes have won seven straight games since a loss to UCLA on Dec. 28.

At 21.6 points per game, OSU’s Jaloni Cambridge — the 2025 Big Ten freshman of the year — is third in the league in scoring. Kennedy Cambridge is the conference leader in steals (4.2 per game).

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