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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Women’s basketball edges Wisconsin

The Iowa women’s basketball team (17-12, 10-8) closed out its regular season with an 86-80 overtime win on Sunday against Wisconsin (20-9. 10-8) in Madison, Wis.

With the victory, the Hawkeyes secured the No. 3 seed and a first-round bye in this week’s Big Ten Tournament.

Sophomore Kamille Wahlin scored a game-high 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting. The sophomore also went four-for-eight from 3-point range.

Junior Kachine Alexander scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to record her 14th double-double of the season.

Sunday’s victory was Iowa’s first overtime win of the season. The Hawkeyes had been 0-2 in overtime games.

Iowa now awaits the outcome of Thursday’s Big Ten Tournament first-round matchup between sixth-seeded Penn State (16-12, 8-10) and 11th-seeded Minnesota (13-16, 6-12).

The Hawkeyes will face the winner of that game at approximately 1 p.m. on Friday. The Big Ten Network will televise all tournament matchups live until the championship game, which will be broadcast live on ESPN2 at 4:30 p.m. on March 7.

— by Jordan Garretson

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