Iowa City, Iowa (AP)-Lucy Olson scored 28 points, and Addison O’grad had 13, as Iowa headed №4 USC 76-69 on Sunday, clicking the triumphant series of 15 games.
The victory came on a day when Iowa withdrew Kaitlin Clark’s T -shirt number 22 to the after -game ceremony, and Hokis brought a win to add to honor.
Iowa (15-7, 5-6 Big Ten) opened the game 18-1, struggled with a response of 17-1 of the Trojans in the second quarter, after which it coincided with USC through the rest of the road.
The biggest lead of the Trojans was 47-41 in the third quarter, and they were 50-45 with 2:09 remained in the period before Hokis scored six consecutive points, closed by the Olson jumper just before the Zumer.
Olson and O’gradi took control of the game in the second half. They had 23 of the 25 points from the fourth quarter of Iowa to secure the victory.
Sydney Aforter had 11 points and nine rebounds, and Hannah Stulke added 10 points for Hawkis.
Juju Watkins led the USC (19-2, 9-1) with 27 points. Kiki Iriafen had 13 points, and Kennedy Smith had 11.
Output
USC: The Trojans were arranged since Iowa’s early start, but there was still a response from the second quarter. Watkins received his points, but he was 8 out of 22 of the pitch, 1 out of 7 in 3 testers.
Iowa: The Houkes were the best way to start the game, feeding the emotion of the crowd of sales from 14 998. With Clark’s presence, the game felt like some of its best times in the last few seasons.
Key
USC had reached 63-60 with five minutes to play, but O’grad and Olson answered three consecutive field goals to put Hawkeyes in the command. Later Olson became a 3-point game of 3-point games had the assistance of her arrangement-and Iowa had a lead of 72-62.
Key statistics
USC missed 20 of its first 22 photos. Watkins had the lonely goal of the Trojans in the first quarter.
Forward
USC: In Wisconsin on Wednesday.
Iow: In Minnesota on Thursday.
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