Lucy Olsen

INDIANAPOLIS — Lucy Olsen scored 14 of her 19 points in the first half on 8-for-12 shooting and 11th-seeded Iowa beat No. 14-seed Wisconsin 81-54 in a first-round matchup in the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday night.

Sydney Affolter, Kylie Feuerbach and Taylor McCabe each scored nine points as the Hawkeyes (21-9) shot 57.4 percent (35 for 61) including 55 percent (11 for 20) from 3-point range.

“I thought we started this game with a lot more intensity than the first time we played them,” said Affolter, who led Iowa with seven rebounds. “We adjusted a few things from our scout, but ultimately just coming out with that confidence knowing that we are one of the top teams here and we want to be here for as long as possible and to make our mark known on the first day.”

Serah Williams scored 22 points for Wisconsin (13-17), which played to within 81-66 of Iowa in Sunday’s regular season finale.

Wisconsin’s Tess Myers made a jumper with 6:37 left in the first quarter to give the Badgers a 9-6 lead. From there, Iowa all but buttoned it up by launching into a 19-0 run to close the quarter.

“It was a really nice opening round victory for us,” said Iowa head coach Jan Jensen. “When you’re in a situation where you hopefully have the opportunity to play five games in five days, that’s what you’re hoping for. Even though that would be really difficult, it’s what we want to do.”

Olsen started and ended the run with layups and in between, McCabe, Affolter and Feuerbach made 3s for a 25-9 advantage. Iowa led by double digits the rest of the way and was up 43-23 at halftime and 65-39 at the end of the third quarter.

Iowa advances to play sixth-seeded Michigan State (21-8) on Thursday.

Big Ten Tournament

At Indianapolis

(all games on BTN unless noted)

First Round

Wednesday, March 5

Washington 79, Minnesota 65

Nebraska 84, Rutgers 60

Iowa 81, Wisconsin 54

Second Round

Thursday, March 6

No. 8 Oregon (19-10) vs. No. 9 Indiana (18-11), Noon

No. 5 Michigan (20-9) vs. No. 12 Washington (19-12), 2 p.m.

No. 7 Illinois (21-8) vs. No. 10 Nebraska (20-10), 6:30 p.m.

No. 6 Michigan St. (21-8) vs. No. 11 Iowa (21-9), 8:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals

Friday, March 8

No. 1 USC (26-2) vs. Oregon or Indiana, Noon

No. 4 Maryland (23-6) vs. Michigan or Washington, 2 p.m.

No. 2 UCLA (27-2) vs. Illinois or Nebraska, 6:30 p.m.

No. 3 Ohio St. (24-5) vs. Michigan St. or Iowa, 8:30 p.m.

Semifinals

Saturday, March 8

3 p.m., 5:30 p.m.

Championship

Sunday, March 9

Semifinal winners, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)

Iowa 81, Wisconsin 54

WISCONSIN (13-17) — Williams 9-16 4-7 22, McCray 3-6 0-0 6, Leuzinger 2-10 0-0 6, Myers 2-5 0-0 5, Porter 2-8 0-0 6, Bisballe 1-3 2-2 5, Grzesk 0-1 0-0 0, Douglass 1-4 0-0 2, Jimenez 0-1 0-0 0, Spasovski 1-1 0-0 2. TOTALS 21-55 6-9 54.

IOWA (21-9) — Stuelke 4-5 0-0 8, Affolter 4-4 0-1 9, Feuerbach 4-6 0-0 9, McCabe 3-6 0-0 9, Olsen 8-12 0-0 19, Ediger 3-3 0-0 6, Gyamfi 0-0 0-0 0, Heiden 3-4 0-0 6, O’Grady 2-6 0-0 4, Guyton 2-4 0-0 6, Levin 0-1 0-0 0, Mallegni 2-7 0-0 5, Stremlow 0-3 0-0 0. TOTALS 35-61 0-1 81.

Wisconsin 9 14 16 15 — 54

Iowa 25 18 22 16 — 81

3-Point Goals–Wisconsin 6-13 (Leuzinger 2-5, Myers 1-3, Porter 2-3, Bisballe 1-1, Douglass 0-1), Iowa 11-20 (Affolter 1-1, Feuerbach 1-3, McCabe 3-5, Olsen 3-4, Guyton 2-2, Levin 0-1, Mallegni 1-2, Stremlow 0-2). Assists–Wisconsin 18 (Porter 6), Iowa 25 (Feuerbach 6). Rebounds–Wisconsin 19 (Williams 5), Iowa 41 (Affolter 7). Total Fouls–Wisconsin 10, Iowa 12