CEDAR FALLS -- Megan Gustafson has scored 12 points with five rebounds as No. 25 Iowa has built a 28-24 halftime lead over Northern Iowa this afternoon inside the McLeod Center.
Iowa (10-1) has knocked down 12 of 27 shots and held UNI (3-6) to 9 of 29 shooting during a rugged first half in which each team turned the ball over nine times.
Megan Maahs knocked down back-to-back treys as UNI closed the first quarter on a 10-2 run as part of her eight-point half. Point guard Kennedy Kirkpatrick hit a 3-pointer and scored off a drive during a 1:30 stretch to close the second quarter in which UNI outscored Iowa, 8-2.