Coming off a frustrating loss on Thursday at No. 16 Indiana, the No. 4 Iowa Hawkeyes returned home to Carver-Hawkeye Arena looking for a strong bounce-back performance.
Iowa got just that. Behind a balanced scoring effort, the Hawkeyes rolled away from Illinois, 101-85. It’s the ninth time this season that Iowa has eclipsed 100 points and the 19th game in which the Hawkeyes scored 90 or more points.
The Hawkeyes were led by Caitlin Clark’s 16th career triple-double. The 6-foot senior guard dropped 24 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and dished out 10 assists to power Iowa past the Illini.
It wasn’t a vintage shooting day for Clark as she finished just 6-of-18 from the floor, including 5-of-14 from 3-point range. But, she more than made up for it with all of her collective contributions.
Iowa (24-4, 13-3 Big Ten) had three others join Clark in double figures. Sophomore forward Hannah Stuelke finished with 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting. She nearly double-doubled with nine rebounds as well. Stuelke also added an assist and a block.
Meanwhile, fifth-year guard Molly Davis had an encouraging day, scoring 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting with five assists. Davis knocked down a trio of 3-pointers.
Graduate guard Kate Martin rounded out Iowa’s double-figure scorers with 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting, including a 3-for-6 day from beyond the arc.
The Hawkeyes had three other players with six or more points as redshirt junior guard Kylie Feuerbach, junior guard Sydney Affolter and sophomore guard Taylor McCabe each knocked down a pair of 3-pointers.
It was an important bounce-back victory for the Hawkeyes. Social media enjoyed what it saw from Iowa.