Olson scores 21, Iowa forces 24 ball losses to expel Michigan St., 74-61 in Big 10 Tourney-Momb Daily

Indianapolis (AP) -Lucy Olson scored 21 points and obtained his ninth assistance by finding Kylie Feuerbach in the corner for a triple at the last minute that hit the door in the 74-61 victory of Iowa over No. 24 Michigan State on Thursday night in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.

With former teammate Caitlin Clark encouraging them, the Hawkeyes won their eleventh consecutive victory in the conference tournament to advance to the quarter -final round and a rematch with the state of Ohio No. 8 classified and third. Iowa (22-9) has played in five of the last six championship games of the Big Ten tournament.

Julia Ayrault connected two triples of the first quarter to bet on Michigan State to an advantage of 16-12 to start the second quarter, but Iowa opened with a 16-0 race that was fed by the eight points of Hannah Stuekle. The Spartans took a brief advantage in the middle of the third period, but Ava Heiden scored six consecutive points and Iowa took an advantage of 54-48 to start the fourth quarter. Ayrault hit two free throws to reduce the spartan deficit to five with 2:49 remaining. After Ayrault committed the number 24 of the state of Michigan, Olson led to the lane and kicked a pass to an open feuerbach in the corner so that the 3 pushes the advantage of two digits with 54 remaining 54 seconds.

Olson ended with five rebounds and four of the 16 robberies of the Hawkeyes. Stuelke registered 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds with four robberies. Taylor McCabe was 4 of 10 from beyond the arch to add 12 points and Heiden scored 11 points from the bank.

Ayrault led the state of Michigan (21-9) with 17 points. Grace Vanslooten scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Ines Sotelo added 11 points from the bank.

Originally published: March 7, 2025 at 1:06 am est