The Iowa women found themselves in a rock fight in their second round matchup earlier this week, but ultimately put together enough offense to emerge from the fight victorious 64-54 over the West Virginia Mountaineers. The win pushes Iowa on to the Sweet Sixteen for the second straight season and for the fourth time in six seasons.
The Hawkeyes will face off with yet another defense-oriented opponent as they take on the 5th-seeded Colorado Buffaloes. Notably, this marks a rematch of last year’s Sweet Sixteen when the then 2nd-seeded Hawkeyes defeated the 6th seed Colorado 87-77 on the back of 31 points from Caitlin Clark as Iowa had four players score in double figures.