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Olsen helps Iowa bottle up Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. — On the heels of a five-game losing streak, the Iowa women’s basketball team has won five in a row.

The Hawkeyes knocked down a season-high 12 3-pointers and held Nebraska in check long enough to notch an 81-66 victory over the host Cornhuskers in Monday’s Big Ten Conference game at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Lucy Olsen scored her Hawkeye-best 32 points to go with seven assists and six rebounds in leading Iowa (17-7, 7-6) back above .500 in the Big Ten.

Taylor McCabe, a Fremont, Neb., native, made five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, and Sydney Affolter added 13 points for the Hawkeyes.

Alberte Rimdal scored 20 points off the bench to lead Nebraska (16-8, 7-6).

Iowa 81, Nebraska 66

IOWA (17-7) — Stuelke 2-10 0-0 4, Affolter 4-6 2-3 13, Feuerbach 1-3 0-0 2, McCabe 5-8 2-2 17, Olsen 12-20 4-8 32, Ediger 0-0 0-0 0, Heiden 3-4 0-0 6, O’Grady 0-2 0-0 0, Guyton 1-7 0-0 2, Mallegni 1-1 1-1 3, Stremlow 1-2 0-0 2. TOTALS 30-63 9-14 81.

NEBRASKA (16-8) — Petrie 1-1 2-2 4, Markowski 4-9 6-10 15, Hake 0-2 0-0 0, Nissley 3-7 2-2 11, Prince 2-6 1-2 5, Bozan 2-4 0-0 5, Coley 0-1 0-0 0, Hargrove 1-1 2-2 5, Moriarty 0-1 1-2 1, Rimdal 5-8 9-9 20. TOTALS 18-40 23-29 66.

Iowa 16 22 22 21 — 81

Nebraska 13 22 11 20 — 66

3-Point Goals–Iowa 12-24 (Affolter 3-3, Feuerbach 0-1, McCabe 5-8, Olsen 4-7, Guyton 0-4, Stremlow 0-1), Nebraska 7-17 (Markowski 1-1, Hake 0-1, Nissley 3-7, Prince 0-1, Bozan 1-2, Coley 0-1, Hargrove 1-1, Rimdal 1-3). Assists–Iowa 16 (Olsen 7), Nebraska 12 (Nissley 5). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Iowa 31 (Stuelke 10), Nebraska 29 (Bozan 4, Markowski 4, Moriarty 4, Petrie 4). Total Fouls–Iowa 25, Nebraska 18. A–6,535.

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