The Lady Lions are moving on to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament after defeating the Wisconsin Badgers Thursday evening. Penn State will now have to go up against Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes on Friday evening with a semifinal berth on the line.
Last time out against Iowa, Penn State could not slow down the Iowa offense, and the Hawkeyes exploded for 111 points. Hannah Stuelke scored 47 points, while Clark added her usual 27 points. The Lady Lion’s big problem was giving the Hawkeyes easy points from the free-throw line.
Penn State hopes their more disciplined defense from yesterday evening will carry over into tonight against one of the country’s more potent units. The Lady Lions only sent the Badgers 16 times while holding them to a measly 35% shooting from the field and 23% from 3-point range.
For a team that ranks fifth in the country in three-point percentage, the Lady Lions were only 6-22 from the 3-point line against Wisconsin. That percentage must improve against Iowa to pull off the upset against the Big Ten’s number two team.
In the two programs’ matchup in early February, we saw that Penn State’s offense can hang with Iowa, but its defense needs to improve to slow down Clark and the Hawkeyes.
Penn State vs. Iowa Women’s Basketball
- Date: Friday, March 8
- Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
- Channel: Big Ten Network
- Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here)
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