No. 14 Iowa women cruise past Indiana 81-64

No. 14 Iowa women cruise past Indiana 81-64

Published Feb. 15, 2015 7:57 p.m. ET

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Melissa Dixon scored 15 points, including four 3-pointers, and No. 14 Iowa cruised past Indiana 81-64 on Sunday.

Dixon eclipsed 300 career 3-pointers (303) in the win. It was Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder's 299th win in her 15th season with the program.

Indiana led 18-17 on Karlee McBride's 3-pointer midway through the first half. Iowa answered with a 16-2 run - punctuated by Ally Disterhoft's trey with 2:14 left in the frame - to put the Hawkeyes up 33-20, en route to a 35-26 lead at the break.

Iowa (20-4, 11-12 Big Ten) took control early in the second. Disterhoft started a 15-4 run with a jumper and ended it with a 3-pointer that lifted the Hawkeyes to an 18-point lead.

ADVERTISEMENT

Disterhoft finished with 13 points and has scored in double figures in 39 of her 42 career starts. Samantha Logic had 11 points and 11 assists.

Jess Walter led Indiana (14-10, 4-9) with 18 points.

share