Northwestern Wildcats at Iowa Hawkeyes
· BIG TEN WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT - 2nd ROUND
78 - 73
Coffey's 34, Douglas ices Northwestern women's win over Iowa
Coffey had 15 points in the second quarter as the Wildcats erased a five-point deficit to lead 41-32 at the half. Iowa's Megan Gustafson had 13 of her 27 in the third quarter, including the last five to help the Hawkeyes cut a 12-point deficit to 60-55 entering the fourth quarter.
Back-to-back baskets by Gustafson and Kathleen Doyle put Iowa up 69-68 with 3:45 to play but Christen Inman quickly answered for Northwestern. The Wildcats were clinging to a one-point lead when Ashley Deary made two free throws with 14.8 seconds left. Douglas rebounded an Iowa miss and made two from the line at 6.7 and after a Gustafson layup, Douglas iced it with four seconds to go.
The Wildcats (20-10) face top-seeded and ninth-ranked Ohio State in the quarterfinals on Friday. Coffey, who had the fourth-highest point total in tournament history, and Douglas both had eight rebounds while Deary had nine points, seven assists, five rebounds and four steals.
Iowa (17-13) also got 18 points from Ally Disterhoft.
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- TV Channel: Wildcats vs Hawkeyes 2021 College Basketball, week 17, is broadcasted on BTN.
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Statistics
 NU |
IOWA |
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|---|---|---|
| 30-66 | FG | 28-59 |
| 45 | Field Goal % | 47 |
| 3-9 | 3PT | 3-11 |
| 33 | Three Point % | 27 |
| 15-19 | FT | 14-17 |
| 79 | Free Throw % | 82 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 18 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 20 |
| 14 | Assists | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 19 | Points Off Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 46 | Points in Paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fouls | 19 |
| 12 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Capacity:
2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 18-0 | - | 37-1 |
| Michigan | 15-3 | 3 | 28-7 |
| Iowa | 15-3 | 3 | 27-7 |
| Ohio State | 13-5 | 5 | 27-8 |
| Minnesota | 13-5 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Maryland | 11-7 | 7 | 24-9 |
| Michigan State | 11-7 | 7 | 23-9 |
| Washington | 10-8 | 8 | 22-11 |
| Illinois | 9-9 | 9 | 22-12 |
| USC | 9-9 | 9 | 18-14 |
| Oregon | 8-10 | 10 | 23-13 |
| Nebraska | 7-11 | 11 | 19-13 |
| Indiana | 6-12 | 12 | 18-14 |
| Wisconsin | 5-13 | 13 | 16-18 |
| Purdue | 5-13 | 13 | 13-17 |
| Penn State | 4-14 | 14 | 11-18 |
| Northwestern | 2-16 | 16 | 8-21 |
| Rutgers | 1-17 | 17 | 9-20 |