Hawkeyes Escape the Knapp Center

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Hawkeye women’s basketball team secured an, 86-73 victory over the Drake Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon inside the Knapp Center. The Hawkeyes’ win advances them to 4-0 for the season.

Senior Addi O’Grady led the Hawkeyes with a career-high 27 points and 10 rebounds, earning her second career double-double. Senior Lucy Olsen followed with 18 points, while junior Hannah Stuelke added 16. Freshman Teagan Mallegni rounded out the double-digit scorers with 13 points.

Drake held a narrow 25-21 lead after the first quarter as the Bulldogs hit five three-pointers to lead. O’Grady kept Iowa close with a perfect 7-for-7 shooting performance as she scored 14 points in the opening period.

In the second quarter, Iowa outscored Drake, 24-10 taking control of the game by limiting the Bulldogs to just two field goals in the period. Olsen and Mallegni led the charge with eight points each with Mallegni sinking back-to-back threes to close out the quarter and extend Iowa’s lead to a game-high 10 points. The Hawkeyes dominated the boards, pulling down 14 rebounds to Drake’s nine, with O’Grady contributing five of her own. Iowa closed the half on an 18-2 run.

Iowa opened the third quarter with two quick buckets, but Drake answered with a 14-5 run to cut the Hawkeyes’ lead to five and force a timeout midway through the quarter. Iowa regained momentum and extended their lead to 11 points heading into the fourth quarter, despite Drake’s Kaite Dinnebier scoring a quarter-high 19 points to keep the Bulldogs within striking distance.

In the final quarter, Iowa maintained its lead outscoring the Bulldogs 15-13. Junior Taylor Mccabe downed her third three in the final quarter to shoot 3-of-3 from behind the arc.

POSTGAME NOTES
– The Hawkeyes are 4-0 to start Jan Jensen’s tenure, making her the second coach in program history to do that, joining Angie Lee who started 7-0 in 1995-96.
– Iowa has won 20 of the last 21 against Drake.
– The Hawkeyes improved to 31-25 in the all-time series.
– It was Iowa’s largest margin of victory at the Knapp Center since 2012.
– Hannah Stuelke registered her 40th career game in double figures which is fifth-most in program history since 2020.
– Lucy Olsen scored 18 points going 7-of-15 from the floor. Olsen has reached double figures in all four career games with Iowa.
– Addi O’Grady recorded a career-high with 27 points (13-21 FG) and 10 rebounds.
– O’Grady is shooting a team-best 30-for-41 from the floor this season.
– In the first quarter, O’Grady was 7-of-7 from the field which ties for third in a single quarter in program history.
– O’Grady recorded her second career double-double and first of the season for Iowa.
– Teagan Mallegni registered a career-high with 13 points, she made three treys which was also a career best.
– Mallegni, O’Grady, and Olsen accounted for 38 or Iowa’s 45 points in the first half.
– Affolter and Olson registered six assists a piece which tied for a team-best.
– The Hawkeyes closed the first half on an 18-3 run over the last 5:30.
– Iowa had five players register double figures.
– Iowa had 19 assists on 34 field goals.
– Since 2020, the Hawkeyes lead the country in games with 80+ points scored offensively. (109)
– Since 2020, Iowa is 95-14 when recording 80+ points.
– The Hawkeyes have won 113 games since 2020-21 which ties for fourth-best nationally. (113-30)
– The Hawkeyes outscored the Bulldogs in the paint, 46-10.

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UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes will hit the road to face Kansas in a neutral site tilt at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. (CT). The game is set to broadcast on BTN and the Hawkeye Radio Network.