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Hawkeyes seek fifth appearance in Big Ten tournament finals in last six years
March 9, 2024 12:49 am, Updated: March 9, 2024 9:17 am
Iowa’s Sydney Affolter (3) dribbles the ball against pressure from Penn State’s Makenna Marisa in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament Friday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Iowa faces Michigan in the semifinals at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
That: No. 3 Iowa (27-4) vs. Michigan (19-12), Big Ten women’s basketball tournament semifinal
When where: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Target Center, Minneapolis
TELEVISION: BTN
Live broadcast: FoxSports.com either Fox Sports app
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network Affiliates
Iowa’s next game: The winner advances to the championship game, at 11 a.m. Sunday (CBS), against Nebraska or Maryland.
What to know: Iowa is the only “double-bye team” (top-four seed) to survive Friday’s quarterfinal slaughter. The 2-seed Hawkeyes Destroyed Penn State, 95-62, despite a “bad night” by Caitlin Clarkwho still managed 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.
Sydney Affolter scored a career-high 18 points as a starter. Gabbie Marshall (15 points) and Taylor McCabe (12) each scored four 3-pointers.
Sixth-seeded Michigan defeated No. 12 Indiana, 69-56. Trailing by 14 points at halftime, the Wolverines outscored the third-seeded Hoosiers by a 48-21 margin in the second half.
Laila Phelia led the Wolverines with 30 points.
Michigan won its second-round game, 76-57, over Minnesota on Thursday.
A win would put Iowa in the championship game for the fifth time in six years. Michigan has never reached a final.
Iowa beat Michigan, 106-89, on Feb. 15 in Iowa City. That was the game in which Clark broke the NCAA women’s basketball scoring record. and finished with a career-high 49 points..
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