Iowa women come up short at Indiana

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Iowa women’s basketball team fell short in Thursday’s Big Ten Conference game at Indiana.

The Hoosiers rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit to defeat the Hawkeyes, 79-74. Indiana (13-9, 5-5) remains the lone unbeaten team in the conference at home with a 10-0 record.

Iowa (15-7, 5-5) led 16-15 at the end of the first quarter and took a 38-23 lead at the break. But, the Hoosiers sparked in the second half, trailing just 58-47 after the third quarter and ignited for 32 fourth-quarter points. Amanda Cahill led Indiana with a game-high 24 points. She also collected eight rebounds.

Whitney Jennings scored a team-high 22 points for the Hawkeyes, and Ally Disterhoft followed suit with 20 points. Megan Gustafson recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 boards in the loss.

Iowa will host No. 14 Michigan State at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

IOWA (74)
	MIN	FG	3P	FT	RB	A	TO	TP
Coley	28	3-6	0-0	2-3	6	2	2	8
Gustafson	26	6-10	0-0	0-1	10	0	1	12
Disterhoft	36	7-12	1-3	5-8	5	0	4	20
Davis	36	3-12	0-2	2-4	3	4	4	8
Jennings	38	9-17	3-7	1-3	2	2	1	22
Kastanek	15	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0
Stewart	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Peschel	20	1-1	0-0	2-2	3	1	0	4
Team					2
Totals	200	29-60	4-12	12-21	32	9	13	74

INDIANA (79)
	MIN	FG	3P	FT	RB	A	TO	TP
Cahill	27	10-14	2-4	2-6	8	2	3	24
Anderson	30	6-11	0-0	6-8	6	1	2	18
Buss	40	5-14	1-4	7-8	10	7	4	18
McBride	28	3-6	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	8
Gassion	34	3-9	1-1	2-4	11	8	1	9
Walter	15	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	2
Royster	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0
Towner	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Leikem	16	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	2	0
Team					0
Totals	200	28-58	6-13	17-26	38	21	13	79