IOWA CITY, Iowa – With a sound meter hitting 115 decibels throughout a raucous fourth quarter, the Iowa women’s basketball team rallied from an eight-point deficit to beat No. 18 Iowa State 75-69 Wednesday at sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
It was No. 21 Iowa’s ninth consecutive home victory over the rival Cyclones dating to 2008 and eighth win in nine meetings overall. By the late fourth quarter, the roar drowned out the public address announcer after buckets.
“Lucy Olson has just been so fun and a joy,” Iowa coach Jan Jensen said of the transfer who joined the Hawkeyes this season. “The very first exhibition game her eyes were like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is amazing.’ And I said, ‘Well, wait until we really hit the game that the fans are not going to give up their tickets for, right? You’re not going to believe what it’s going to be like.’”
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— Iowa Women’s Basketball (@IowaWBB) December 12, 2024
Iowa State (8-3) led the highly competitive matchup for all but 19 seconds over the first 35 minutes of action. But the Hawkeyes (9-1) took the lead for good on forward Hannah Stuelke’s at 62-61 with 4:17 left. It was part of a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter that gave Iowa a six-point lead that the Cyclones could…
