This past week re-affirmed Iowa women's basketball can hang with anyone, while re-emphasizing the cleaner execution needed to make them stick.

Iowa Hawkeyes (18-7, 8-6 Big Ten) at Ohio State Buckeyes (21-3, 10-3 Big Ten) Columbus, Ohio; Monday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Iowa faces No. 9 Ohio State after Lucy Olsen scored 27 points in Iowa's 55-43 victory against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

Lucy Olsen and the Iowa Hawkeyes had their six-game winning streak snapped on Monday, losing 86-78 to the eighth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Schottenstein Center.

The Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team may have dropped a heartbreaker to Ohio State today in overtime, but the learning experiences coming from it as March approaches may be a blessing in disguise.

The Iowa women's basketball team is now 0-4 in games decided by three points or less, and Iowa led all of them by at least nine in the second half.

BOTTOM LINE: Iowa visits No. 9 Ohio State after Lucy Olsen scored 27 points in Iowa's 55-43 victory over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The Buckeyes have gone 12-0 at home. Ohio State is 1-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Iowa Hawkeyes are coming off of a rather disappointing 2024 campaign in which they went 8-5 and suffered another crushing bowl game loss. As a result of Iow