Freshman Ava Heiden scored a career-high 15 factors and grabbed seven rebounds, and sixth-seeded Iowa rolled previous No. 11 seed Murray State, 92-57, on Saturday within the first spherical of the ladies’s NCAA Match.
Lucy Olsen had 12 factors and a career-high 12 assists for the Hawkeyes (23-10). They scored a season-high in factors within the first match win for first-year Iowa coach Jan Jensen, a longtime assistant who was promoted after Lisa Bluder retired.
Murray State’s Katelyn Young, who averaged 22.2 factors heading into the NCAA Match, left the sport early within the third quarter with an ankle harm and didn’t return. She completed with six factors and 7 rebounds in 20 minutes.
The Racers, who entered the sport averaging a nation-leading 87.8 factors per sport, shot simply 30.6% from the sector and posted their lowest level complete of the season.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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