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Wildcats Fall to Hawkeyes, 76-61
2/9/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Freshman Kristin Cartwright (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) and senior Ifeoma Okonkwo (Spring, Texas/Klein Oak) gave double-double efforts, but it wasn't enough as Iowa bested Northwestern 76-61 on Thursday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
"We need to finish ball games," head coach Beth Combs said. "We need everyone to show up every day because when they do, we're a pretty good ball club."
Okonkwo recorded her seventh double-double this season, a 14 point, 10 rebound effort. She now has 10 on her career. Cartwright produced the first double-dip of her young career, chipping in 13 points and 11 caroms on 5-of-12 shooting including a pair of treys. Junior A.J. Glasauer (Freiburg, Germany/Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium) joined Cartwright and Okonkwo in double figures with 14 points.
The Hawkeyes scored the first nine points of the game but the 'Cats went on an 11-4 run to pull within a basket at the 10:50 mark. The Hawks inflated the lead to as many as 13 before NU pulled to within 8 - 34-26 at the half. Glasauer scored 10 of her 14 points in the first stanza. Northwestern's defense forced 11 Hawkeye turnovers, which NU converted into 12 points.
The Wildcats (6-17, 2-10) cut into the lead to start the second half, outscoring Iowa, 10-7. A layup by Cartwright cut the lead to three with 15:30 left in the game. Iowa spurted on a 17-9 run over the next eight minutes to push the lead to 10. The Hawks used that run to balloon the difference the rest of the way.
In the second half, the two teams made the same number of baskets, but Iowa went to the free throw line twice as many times (14 compared to NU's seven).
NU is on the road again this weekend, as they travel to Bloomington, Ind. to take on the Hoosiers in a 2 p.m. tip.
