Iowa women unable to limit a hot-shooting Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Despite a second-half surge, The Iowa women’s basketball team couldn’t contain a record-deceiving Penn State squad Wednesday.

The Hawkeyes fell to the Nittany Lions, 81-68, as Penn State swept the regular-season series.

Iowa (17-12, 7-10 Big Ten Conference) struggled early, trailing 22-13 after the first quarter and 41-23 at the half. The Hawkeyes rallied in the second half, but Penn State continued its steady dominance from start to finish.

Penn State (11-17, 6-11) was paced by Candice Agee’s team-highs of 21 points and seven rebounds. Lindsey Spann added 18 points of her own and Brianna Banks with 17.

Ally Disterhoft led Iowa with a team-high 21 points. Megan Gustafson recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds in the loss.

The Hawkeyes host Illinois for the regular-season finale at 5 p.m. Saturday. Iowa will head to the Big Ten tournament on March 2 in Indianapolis.

IOWA (68)
	MIN	FG	3P	FT	RB	A	TO	TP
Coley	16	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	3	4
Gustafson	33	7-9	0-0	1-2	11	2	5	15
Disterhoft	38	8-13	3-5	2-3	4	3	1	21
Davis	35	3-6	0-2	0-0	2	3	6	6
Jennings	27	2-9	2-7	1-2	6	6	2	7
Kastanek	22	4-8	2-6	0-0	0	5	2	10
Buttenham	12	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	2	0
Peschel	11	2-4	0-1	1-1	0	4	1	5
Team					1
Totals	200	28-53	7-22	5-8	27	24	22	68

PENN STATE (81)
	MIN	FG	3P	FT	RB	A	TO	TP
Whitted	33	4-6	0-0	1-2	6	0	0	9
Agee	26	7-13	0-0	7-9	7	2	2	21
Banks	23	6-14	0-2	5-5	4	1	3	17
Page	36	4-7	0-0	0-0	2	6	4	8
Spann	35	5-8	4-6	4-4	1	4	1	18
Mitchell	31	2-8	0-0	2-2	6	0	1	6
Knizner	0+	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0
Williams	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0
Thomas	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	2
McMurtry	0+	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Team					1
Totals	200	29-58	4-8	19-22	29	13	13	81