IOWA CITY — Seems, the Iowa Hawkeyes can win a grinder, too.
Protection — and free throws — saved the day, and No. 2 Iowa fought previous West Virginia, 64-54, in an NCAA ladies’s basketball second-round sport earlier than a sellout crowd of 14,324 Monday night time at Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment.
Held properly under their nation-leading 92.6 factors per sport, the Hawkeyes (31-4) had been capable of grunt and groan their approach again to the Candy 16.
They’ll face No. 17 Colorado (24-9) in a regional semifinal at MVP Enviornment in Albany, N.Y., on Saturday (time TBA).
West Virginia (25-8) scored the primary 10 factors of the fourth quarter to forge a 48-48 tie, and the Mountaineers obtained even at 50-50, then 52-52 with 2:57 to go.
J.J. Quinerly lined up a 3-point try from the fitting wing for the lead, which Gabbie Marshall blocked.
Sydney Affolter transformed a three-point play on the opposite finish for a 55-52 Iowa lead with 2:03 remaining, igniting a 12-2 run to shut the sport. Affolter’s bucket was Iowa’s lone make in 10 fourth-quarter tries. Irrespective of. The Hawkeyes had been 14 of 17 from the free-throw line within the fourth quarter, 9 of 10 within the ultimate 1:07.
— Jeff Linder