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Gustafson’s 20-20 effort leads No. 12 Iowa past Nebraska

AP PHOTO - Iowa’s Megan Gustafson (10) reacts after being fouled during the second half of a Big Ten Conference basketball game against Nebraska on Monday in Lincoln, Neb. The 12th-ranked Hawkeyes won 74-58.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Megan Gustafson scored 29 points and grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds to lead No. 12 Iowa to a 74-58 win over Nebraska on Monday night.

Gustafson now has scored 20 or more in 25 of Iowa’s 28 contests. The 6-foot-3 senior center finished shooting 13 of 19 from the field. Her 70.4 percent shooting percentage leads the nation.

Iowa (22-6, 13-4 Big Ten) led 35-26 at intermission before the Cornhuskers emerged from the break with a 17-8 run to knot it at 43-all on Maddie Simon’s layup with 2:30 left in the third. The Hawkeyes countered with a 19-9 run and led by double digits the rest of the way after Hannah Stewart’s jumper with 5:39 remaining.

Stewart finished with 15 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, Kathleen Doyle had eight points and eight assists, and Makenzie Meyer added seven points and a career-high 10 assists.

Sam Haiby led Nebraska (13-15, 8-9) with 12 points while Kate Cain and Ashtyn Veerbeek each scored 10.

No. 12 IOWA 74, NEBRASKA 58

At Lincoln, Neb.

IOWA (22-6) — Stewart 6-11 3-4 15, Gustafson 13-19 3-3 29, Davis 6-10 0-0 14, Doyle 3-10 1-2 8, Meyer 2-6 2-2 7, Czinano 0-0 0-0 0, Ollinger 0-0 1-2 1, Sevillian 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 30-57 10-13 74.

NEBRASKA (13-15) — Brown 1-7 0-2 2, Mershon 1-2 0-0 3, Cain 5-8 0-0 10, Eliely 2-7 0-0 4, Whitish 3-12 0-0 8, Simon 2-8 1-3 6, Veerbeek 4-9 0-0 10, Haiby 5-11 1-1 12, Kissinger 1-5 0-0 3, Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 24-69 2-6 58.

Iowa 12 23 17 22 — 74

Nebraska 16 10 21 11 — 58

3-Point Goals–Iowa 4-11 (Davis 2-4, Doyle 1-4, Meyer 1-3), Nebraska 8-24 (Brown 0-1, Mershon 1-2, Eliely 0-1, Whitish 2-7, Simon 1-2, Veerbeek 2-4, Haiby 1-4, Kissinger 1-3). Assists–Iowa 23 (Meyer 10), Nebraska 15 (Brown 4). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Iowa 44 (Gustafson 20), Nebraska 31 (Simon 7). Total Fouls–Iowa 10, Nebraska 16. A–5,071.

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