Chazadi 'Chit-Chat' Wright

CEDAR FALLS — Chazadi Wright scored 19 points, Layla Hays added 14 off the bench, and the No. 21 Iowa women’s basketball team defeated Northern Iowa 74-41 on Sunday inside the McLeod Center.

Wright had a near-perfect shooting performance, making 7 of 8 shots overall, 3 of 3 3-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws. Hays, too, shot it well, making 6 of 8 field goals and 2 of 3 free throws. She grabbed seven rebounds.

Twelve of the 14 players who saw game time for the Hawkeyes reached the scoring column and Iowa had a 35-9 advantage in bench points.

Iowa (4-0) got 20 points from the bench in the first half and led 35-15 at halftime. Ten offensive rebounds led to 12 second-chance points for the Hawkeyes. Iowa extended the lead by 14 points in the third quarter when UNI made only 2 of 19 field goals and was outscored 25-11.

Bri Robinson scored 15 points for the Panthers (0-3) and Elise Jaeger grabbed 10 rebounds. Ryley Goebel finished with eight rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals.

“We are going to continue to grow and get better,” said UNI head coach Tanya Warren. “We could have taken the easy road and not scheduled as hard as we did, but that’s not what we do. This non-conference schedule will continue to make us better. We just have to stay true to the process.

The Hawkeyes lead the series 28-3 and have won six straight.

No. 21 Iowa 74, UNI 41

IOWA (4-0) — Stuelke 2-6 0-2 4, Heiden 2-5 4-7 8, Feuerbach 1-3 0-0 2, McCabe 2-8 0-0 6, Wright 7-8 2-2 19, Gyamfi 0-0 0-0 0, Hays 6-8 2-3 14, Deal 1-5 1-2 4, Houston 1-3 0-0 2, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Levin 1-1 0-0 2, Mallegni 1-4 0-0 2, Rodriguez 3-9 0-0 6, Stremlow 2-4 0-0 5. TOTALS 29-64 9-16 74.

N. IOWA (0-3) — Goebel 2-7 1-2 5, Jaeger 1-5 0-0 3, Robinson 3-10 9-12 15, Twedt 3-9 0-0 7, Wharton 1-10 0-0 2, Janes 0-1 0-0 0, Schmotzer 0-1 0-0 0, Edmondson 0-1 0-2 0, Nicholson 1-5 0-0 3, Tuttle 1-4 1-2 4, Walker 1-4 0-0 2. TOTALS 13-57 11-18 41.

Iowa 15 20 25 14 — 74

N. Iowa 8 7 11 15 — 41

3-Point Goals–Iowa 7-24 (Stuelke 0-2, Feuerbach 0-1, McCabe 2-6, Wright 3-3, Deal 1-5, Mallegni 0-3, Rodriguez 0-1, Stremlow 1-3), UNI 4-21 (Jaeger 1-4, Twedt 1-3, Wharton 0-3, Edmondson 0-1, Nicholson 1-4, Tuttle 1-3, Walker 0-3). Rebounds–Iowa 48 (Hays 7, Stuelke 7), UNI 37 (Jaeger 10). Total Fouls–Iowa 16, UNI 11. A–7,146.