WOMENS BASKETBALL
Iowa 87, Wisconsin 65
By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. - Caitlin Clark scored 28 points, Hannah Stuelke added 21 and No. 4 Iowa beat Wisconsin 87-65 in the Big Ten opener for each team.
Iowa (10-1, 1-0) has won seven straight. It gained control with a 12-2 run midway through the third quarter, going in front 57-41 on Kylie Feuerbach’s 3-pointer. The Hawkeyes pushed the lead to 70-51 entering the final period en route to their 28th consecutive victory over Wisconsin.
Clark, the reigning Player of the Year, hit 11 of 19 shots, including 4 of 8 beyond the arc, and had nine rebounds. Sydney Affolter had 12 rebounds for the Hawkeyes
Ronnie Porter had 17 points, Serah Williams 15 and Sania Copeland 13 for Wisconsin (5-4, 0-1), which lost its second consecutive game. The Badgers had no field goals over the final 5 minutes.
The Badgers entered leading the Big Ten in opponent field goal percentage at 34%, but the Hawkeyes shot 50%, hitting 33 of 66 shots. Iowa shot 60.7% in the second half, connecting on 17 of 28.
Clark’s first 3-pointer after four misses with 9 seconds left in the second quarter put Iowa up 43-33 at the break. It also extended to 69 her NCAA-record streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer.
BIG PICTURE
Iowa: Clark has scored at least 20 points in all 11 games this season, but the Hawkeyes also got a huge contribution off the bench, outscoring Wisconsin 44-11.
Wisconsin: The Badgers, whose 5-3 start was their best since the 2019-20 season, have just two seniors on their roster - starters Brooke Schramek and Natalie Leuzinger. Eight of their top 10 rotation players are freshman or sophomores.
December 10, 2023
| Iowa | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| S. Goodman | C | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| C. Clark | G | 35 | 11-19 | 2-2 | 4-8 | 1-9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 28 |
| K. Martin | G | 29 | 2-9 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| G. Marshall | G | 25 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Davis | G | 16 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| H. Stuelke | 26 | 8-16 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| S. Affolter | 24 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| K. Feuerbach | 16 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| T. McCabe | 12 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| A. O'Grady | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| A. Ediger | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Gyamfi | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Johnson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 33-66 (.500) |
12-17 (.706) |
9-22 (.409) |
11-40 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 87 | |
| Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| S. Williams | F | 17 | 6-9 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 2-8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| R. Porter | G | 39 | 7-12 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 4-7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| S. Copeland | G | 37 | 4-10 | 4-5 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| B. Schramek | G | 34 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| N. Leuzinger | G | 20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| D. Jimenez | 26 | 2-8 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| H. Douglass | 19 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| A. Guillen | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| L. Patibandla | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 24-61 (.393) |
13-18 (.722) |
4-20 (.200) |
11-36 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 65 | |
Officials: Jesse Dickerson, Natasha Camy, Jamie Broderick
Attendance: 14,252
