The Iowa Hawkeye women’s basketball team won on the road Sunday against Northwestern, The score in Evanston, IL was 77-51.  According to HawkeyeSports.com, the result tightens the already balanced Big Ten Conference standings. It is the first league loss for Northwestern (12-2 overall, 2-1 Big Ten), which five days earlier defeated preseason favorite Maryland by 23 points. Iowa improved to 11-3, 2-1 with its 11th win over Northwestern in the last 12 meetings.

After three games, six Big Ten teams have a league record of 2-1. Four Hawkeyes scored in double figures, led by sophomore center Monika Czinano with 21 points on 9 of 14 shooting from the field. Senior Kathleen Doyle scored 15 points, followed by freshman McKenna Warnock with 12 and senior Amanda Ollinger with 11. With 10 rebounds, Ollinger now has a double-double for points and rebounds in two straight games.

Iowa made 9 of 14 3-point field goals and had 24 assists on 29 made field goals. The Hawkeyes are fourth in the nation with 21.5 assists per game. Iowa’s senior backcourt of Doyle (seven assists) and Makenzie Meyer (six) combined for 13 assists.

Northwestern was led in scoring by Lindsey Pulliam with 25 points.

WORTH NOTING: Doyle’s seven assists gives her 602 for her career, second-most in Iowa women’s basketball history. The all-time Hawkeye leader is Samantha Logic with 898.

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The Hawkeyes will put their 28-game home winning streak on the line Thursday against No. 11/12 Maryland. Tip-off from Mediacom Court in Carver-Hawkeye Arena is 7 p.m. (CT). The Terrapins are 10-3 overall, 1-1 in the Big Ten. They host Ohio State on Monday.