Hannah Stuelke returned from injury to score 25 points as the Iowa Hawkeye women edged Northwestern 85-80. Stuelke had missed the last two games with a concussion.

Poor free throw shooting has plagued the Hawkeyes this season but against the Wildcats they were 18-of-20 at the line. Iowa coach Jan Jensen.

Northwestern entered the game 0-7 in the Big Ten but raced out to a 10 point first quarter lead.