Iowa Basketball

Iowa gave No. 3 UCLA its second-toughest game of the season, but the final seconds and a 67-65 win went to the team that’s 14-1 in the conference, not 8-8.

Women’s basketball: Down 12 in the third quarter, No. 3 UCLA rallies to beat Iowa, 67-65. Free throws with 3.8 seconds left spell the difference.

Photos from the UCLA vs. Iowa women’s basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025.

If Big Ten men’s hoops borrowed the system employed by European soccer, even games like Saturday’s Washington-Iowa affair would be of great importance

Women’s basketball: When Iowa hosts No. 3 UCLA on Sunday, it will be a reunion for former teammates Addison O’Grady and Lauren Betts. For three years at Grandview High School in Aurora, Colo., they formed a front line that stood 6-foot-7 and 6-4.

Iowa falls for the eighth time in its last 10 games. Josh Dix’s layup in the final moments rolled off.

Women’s basketball: Miraculous comeback allows Iowa to force overtime at Columbus, but No. 8 Ohio State prevails there, 86-78, ending the Hawkeyes’ six-game win streak.

All five Terrapin starters score at least 16 points as Maryland shoots 58.2 percent from the floor. The Hawkeyes had a hot first half, then came unglued at both ends of the floor.