Iowa grabbed a double-digit lead late in the first quarter and maintained it throughout, aside from two Purdue pushes. The Hawkeyes' cushion dipped from 15 to five during a four-minute stretch early in the second quarter, then slid from 21 to eight midway through the third. Both times, Iowa countered back with a momentum-sucking surge.

Illinois guard Jasmine Brown-Hagger (8) and Washington's guard Elle Ladine (24) in a NCAA basketball game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024.

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