IOWA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Iowa women throttle past Northwestern

Register staff report

EVANSTON, Ill. — Five Hawkeyes scored in double figures as the Iowa women’s basketball team routed Northwestern 79-64 on Sunday.

Iowa (15-7, 5-5 Big Ten) took a 36-33 halftime lead over the Wildcats. And even though there were seven occasions where the score was tied, the Hawkeyes always remained out in front. Iowa limited Northwestern (13-9, 2-8) to almost 35 percent shooting from the floor in the game, while the Hawkeyes shot better than 50 percent in both halves.

Chase Coley led Iowa with a team-high 19 points off 8-of-10 shooting. Ally Disterhoft recorded 18 points, Megan Gustafson chipped in with 15 and Tania Davis as well as Whitney Jennings added 11 of their own.

Iowa will travel to Indiana for a 6 p.m. game on Thursday. The Hoosiers are 9-0 at home so far this season.

IOWA (79)

MIN

FG

3P

FT

RB

A

TO

TP

Gustafson

33

6-13

0-0

3-11

13

0

2

15

Coley

31

8-10

0-0

3-4

7

2

3

19

Davis

34

5-10

1-3

0-1

4

4

0

11

Jennings

35

2-8

1-4

6-8

1

3

3

11

Disterhoft

37

6-10

1-3

5-7

5

1

3

18

Kastanek

21

1-3

1-3

0-0

4

6

1

3

Peschel

9

1-2

0-0

0-0

2

0

2

2

Team

6

Totals

200

29-56

4-13

17-31

42

16

14

79

NORTHWESTERN (64)

MIN

FG

3P

FT

RB

A

TO

TP

Coffey

37

8-20

0-3

4-7

14

1

1

20

Kunaiyi-Akpanah

12

1-4

0-0

0-0

7

0

0

2

Inman

40

5-17

0-4

2-2

4

2

2

12

Lyon

40

7-16

3-7

1-2

6

5

3

18

Deary

39

3-14

0-4

0-0

3

9

3

6

Rhode

11

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

1

0

0

Tuttle

16

1-3

0-0

2-2

3

0

1

4

Johnson

1

0-0

0-0

0-0

2

0

0

0

Jamison

2

1-1

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

2

Hankins

2

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

1

0

0

Team

6

Totals

200

26-75

3-18

9-13

45

19

10

64

Iowa…19 17 18 25—79

Northwestern…17 16 17 14—64

Team fouls—Iowa 15, NW 24. Fouled out—Iowa: Coley (Iowa). Attendance—2,016.