Hoosiers Setback Against No. 14 Iowa

Sunday, January 11

Bloomington, Ind.

5 p.m. ET

Indiana University

11-7,0-6Big Ten

Iowa

14-2,5-0Big Ten

Iowa

Indiana

1/11/2026 9:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana led by as many as 16 at the break but couldn't hold on as it fell 56-53 to No. 14 Iowa on Sunday night at home.

KEY MOMENTS

Indiana (11-7, 0-6 B1G) came out heated, pulling ahead by 10 (12-2) on a jumper at the elbow from Ciezki to make it 12-2 with 3:13 to paly. The Hawkeyes (14-2, 5-0 B1G) would score just two field goals in the first period, as IU went up 20-8.
Iowa came within as few as six with2:42 to play in the second but back-to-back buckets from Ciezki including a transition triple put the Hoosiers back up double digits.
With a 35-19 halftime lead, the Hawkeyes took advantage of a poor shooting performance by IU in the third. Using a 19-4 third quarter, Iowa pulled within one at the end of the third as sophomore forward Zania-Socka-Nguemen held on to Indiana's lead with 38 seconds on the clock, 39-38.
A tense fourth quarter led way to seven total lead changes in the last ten minutes. An and-1 by redshirt sophomore guard Lenée Beaumont with 2:53 remaining had IU on top 50-48. But the Hoosiers went scoreless after that until the final seconds with a desperation three 3-pointer from freshman guard Nevaeh Caffey.

NOTABLE

Ciezki led Indiana with 21 points, her 12^th game scoring 20 points or more this season.
Socka-Nguemen had her fifth double-double of the season with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Beaumont added five points, five rebounds and four assists.

UP NEXT
Indiana returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Washington in a 7 p.m. ET tipoff.

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