Iowa at Washington women’s basketball glance: Time, TV, game notes (Jan. 22, 2025)

Hawkeyes try again to reverse their fortunes, this time against one of the Big Ten’s best shooting teams

Jeff Linder

Jan. 21, 2025 9:19 am, Updated: Jan. 21, 2025 11:42 am

Iowa guard Taylor Stremlow (1) reacts during the Hawkeyes’ game against Nebraska last Thursday. The Hawkeyes are at Washington on Wednesday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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What: Iowa (12-7, 2-6) at Washington (13-6, 4-3), Big Ten women’s basketball

When/where: 8 p.m. (CT) Sunday, Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle

TV: Peacock

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates

Iowa’s next game: Northwestern, 7 p.m. Tuesday

What to know: Wednesday marks just the second game between the two programs since the 1998-99 season. Washington earned a 70-63 victory over the Hawkeyes at the Puerto Rico Clasico on Nov. 30, 2019.

Iowa is in the midst of its first five-game losing streak since 2013. The Hawkeyes’ most recent six-game skid came in 1999.

Those five losses have come by a combined 24 points.

The Hawkeyes are coming off a 50-49 loss at Oregon, scoring just 17 second-half points.

Iowa’s Hannah Stuelke is expected to miss her second straight game due to effects from a concussion suffered last week.

Washington can shoot. The Huskies are second in the Big Ten in field-goal percentage (.469), first in 3-point percentage (.366) and second in free-throw percentage (.778).

Sayvia Sellers (5-7 sophomore guard) and Elle Ladine (5-11 junior guard) average 16.8 and 16.0 points per game for the Huskies.

The Huskies’ last game was an 87-58 win home win over Purdue on Saturday. UW is 10-2 at home this season.

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