Hawkeye women sink 19 treys in win over Wildcats

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Melissa Dixon scored 29 points, including 9-of-10 3-pointers, as No. 20 Iowa set a Big 10 record with 19 3-pointers in a 102-99 win over Northwestern on Thursday.

The Hawkeyes (17-3, 8-1) won their sixth straight by shooting 57 percent, including a blistering 68 percent (19-of-28) from 3-point range and 17-of-20 from the foul line.

“We won on the road, we swept Northwestern, and it was a great win for our program,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said.

The Wildcats (14-6, 4-5) trailed 58-41 at the half but went 9-of-12 from 3-point range to get back into the game. They finished 13-of-18 behind the arc with the combined 32 treys setting an NCAA record by one.

“It was amazing,” Bluder said. “We shot the ball everywhere really well and we needed to because our defense and rebounding wasn’t there.”

Ally Disterhoft, who finished with 22 points, gave Iowa a 100-94 lead with a pair of free throws with 23 seconds left.

Ashley Deary, who had a career-high 22 points, scored for the Wildcats with 19 seconds left but Dixon, who was 10-of-12 from the field, answered with a layup at 14 seconds.

Nia Coffey, who finished with a career-high 35 points, hit a 3-pointer with 3 seconds left for Northwestern.

Bethany Doolittle had 26 points for Iowa and Whitney Jennings added 16. Dixon had 21 points in the first half as Iowa shot 64 percent, including 14-of-19 3s, to lead by 17.

Northwestern shot 64.7 percent in the second half to finish at 53.7 percent. Maggie Lyons added 20 points.