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11/12 21:34 CST Dani Carnegie scores 22 points as No. 10 Iowa beats Northern
Iowa 78-40
Dani Carnegie scores 22 points as No. 10 Iowa beats Northern Iowa 78-40
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP
Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) --- Dani Carnegie scored 22 points and Ava Heiden had 15
as No. 10 Iowa defeated Northern Iowa 78-40 on Thursday night.
Freshman McKenna Woliczko added 14 points and nine rebounds as the Hawkeyes
(3-1) bounced back from Sunday's 91-79 loss at No. 4 UConn.
Carnegie, Iowa's leading scorer, was 9 of 13 from the field. Northern Iowa
(1-2) had no size answer for the 6-foot-4 Heiden, who was 7 of 10 shooting.
Iowa controlled the game from the beginning, taking a 40-11 halftime lead and
going ahead by 46 points in the second half.
Northern Iowa was 5 of 24 from the field in the first half, including 1 of 11
on 3-pointers. The Hawkeyes closed the half with a 20-2 run, while the Panthers
had one scoreless stretch of almost 6 1/2 minutes and another of 5 1/2 minutes.
Carnegie, a junior who was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection
at Georgia last season, had 13 points in the first half, including a layup
right before the buzzer. That basket gave her 1,000 career points.
Iowa is 29-3 against the Panthers, including 18 of the last 19 games of the
in-state series.
The Hawkeyes shot 55.2% and had a 38-31 rebounding edge.
The Panthers shot 25.5% from the field and committed 26 turnovers. Jenna Twedt
led Northern Iowa with eight points. Callie Levin, who played at Iowa for her
first two seasons, added six points.
Up next
Northern Iowa: Hosts Creighton on Sunday.
Iowa: Plays No. 8 Vanderbilt in Sioux City, Iowa, on Sunday.
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