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What: Northwestern (7-11, 0-7) at Iowa (13-7, 3-6), Big Ten women’s basketball
When/where: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City
TV: BTN
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates
Iowa’s next game: USC, 12:30 p.m. Sunday
What to know: Iowa has won the last four in the series, including a 110-74 rout in Evanston last season.
The Hawkeyes snapped a five-game losing streak last Wednesday with an 85-61 win at Washington. They set a new program record for field-goal percentage, hitting 33 of 46 shots for 71.7 percent. Lucy Olsen was 8-for-8 (making all four from 3-point range) and scored 20 points.
Iowa has outrebounded 18 of its 20 opponents this season.
Hannah Stuelke has missed the last two games after suffering a concussion. Stuelke is second on the team in scoring (12.9 points per game) and third in rebounding (8.2 per contest)
Northwestern has lost six straight games, and the Wildcats have dropped five games this season by six points or less. Iowa has lost four games by that same margin.
Five Wildcats average between 10.5 and 11.2 points per game, led by 6-foot-3 senior Caileigh Walsh.
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