No. 5 Indiana Drops Contest To Iowa

Saturday, February 19

Bloomington, Ind.

4 P.M. ET

Indiana University

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Iowa

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Iowa

Indiana

2/19/2022 7:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Senior forward Aleksa Gulbe scored 22 points as No. 5 Indiana tried to mount a fourth-quarter comeback but came up short in 96-91 loss to No. 22 Iowa on Saturday.

KEY MOMENTS

Couldn't get anything going in the first, shooting just 26.7 percent from the floor as Iowa led by as Indiana trailed 25-11.

The Hoosiers cut the lead down to single digits on an and-1, transition layup and and-1 from graduate guard Ali Patberg and senior forward Aleksa Gulbe to make it 30-21 with 6:47 in the second quarter. But Iowa would outscore Indiana the rest of the frame, 18-6, and take a 46-29 lead at the break.
The lead grew larger for Iowa in the third quarter, taking its largest lead of 24 with 4:51 left.
Indiana mounted a comeback in the fourth quarter, scoring 42 points to set a new program and Big Ten record for points in a single quarter. Berger and Gulbe combined for 25 of the 42 points as IU shot 57 percent in the last quarter, but the effort was just a bit too late to overcome the hot shooting Hawkeyes.

NOTABLE

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with a home record of 12-2 and 7-1 in Big Ten games.
The Hoosiers had five players score in double-figures.
Indiana scored 42 points in the fourth quarter, their most in a quarter all-time. Their previous best was 37 against Wisconsin on 1/13/19.
The 42 points in the fourth quarter is a Big Ten record, eclipsing the old mark of 41, done twice, both last year (Maryland, third quarter vs. Arkansas 11/29/20 and Maryland, first quarter vs. Iowa 2/23/21). It is also the most in a fourth quarter in Big Ten history, the previous was 39 points by Penn State vs. Michigan on 1/17/16.
The Hoosiers outscored Iowa 42-25 in the fourth quarter.
Indiana shot 16-for-28 (57.1 percent) from the field in the fourth quarter.
Aleksa Gulbe led the Hoosiers with 22 points, her sixth career game with 20 or more points.
Grace Berger scored in double-figures for the 21^st time in 24 games this season with 21 points. It is the 17^th time in her career Berger has scored 20 or more points in a game.
Ali Patberg scored in double-figures with 18 points.
Chloe Moore-McNeil scored 11 points.
Nicole Cardaño-Hillary recorded 11 points for the Hoosiers.
Berger tied her career-high with five steals.
Indiana shot 23-for-26 (88.5 percent) from the free-throw line.

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will face Iowa again on Monday in a game rescheduled from earlier this season. Tipoff at Carver Hawkeye Arena is set for 8 p.m. ET.

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