Ava Heiden

IOWA CITY — Ava Heiden totaled 18 points and a career-high 16 rebounds, Kylie Feuerbach scored 17 and No. 11 Iowa beat Fairfield 86-72 on Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Heiden, a 6-foot-4 sophomore, made 6 of 11 shots and 6 of 8 free throws for the Hawkeyes (8-0) in posting her fifth double-double this season. She also blocked four shots. Feuerbach hit 4 of 7 from 3-point range and 5 of 10 overall.

Taylor McCabe sank four 3-pointers and scored 13 for Iowa. Hannah Stuelke had 13 points and eight rebounds. Taylor Stremlow added nine points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

Christina Pham made

4 of 5 from 3-point range and scored 14 off the bench to lead the Stags (4-2). Meghan Andersen had 13 points and Kaety L’Amoreaux scored 12.

Six different players hit a 3-pointer for Fairfield after spotting Iowa the first five points, and the Stags used a 17-4 run to take a 22-17 lead into the second quarter.

McCabe made a 3-pointer and Journey Houston scored the final four in a 7-2 spurt to pull Iowa even 2:10 into the second period. Stremlow’s 3-pointer put the Hawkeyes up 30-27 and they never trailed again. Fairfield made 6 of 11 from beyond the arc in the first quarter but just 1 of 9 in the second.

Stuelke made the second of two free throws with six minutes left in the third quarter to give Iowa its first double-digit lead, 47-37.

McCabe’s 3-pointer gave Iowa its largest lead at 62-45 with nine minutes remaining.

Up next

The Hawkeyes travel to play Rutgers on Saturday in a Big Ten Conference opener. Fairfield plays Friday at Howard.

No. 11 Iowa 86, Fairfield 72

FAIRFIELD (4-2) — Andersen 5-16 0-0 13, Coe 2-5 0-3 4, van Vliet 1-4 0-0 2, Brown 3-6 0-0 9, L’Amoreaux 4-12 2-2 12, Beach 0-3 0-0 0, Sackrider 0-0 0-0 0, Campbell 0-2 0-0 0, Huerter 3-4 0-0 9, Pham 5-7 0-0 14, Scott 3-6 0-0 9. TOTALS 26-65 2-5 72.

IOWA (8-0) — Stuelke 4-9 5-8 13, Heiden 6-11 6-8 18, Feuerbach 5-10 3-4 17, McCabe 4-8 1-2 13, Stremlow 3-8 2-2 9, Hays 0-0 0-0 0, Deal 4-7 0-0 9, Houston 3-4 1-2 7, Levin 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 29-57 18-26 86.

Fairfield 22 13 10 27 — 72

Iowa 17 24 15 30 — 86

3-Point Goals–Fairfield 18-39 (Andersen 3-11, van Vliet 0-3, Brown 3-3, L’Amoreaux 2-5, Beach 0-1, Campbell 0-1, Huerter 3-4, Pham 4-5, Scott 3-6), Iowa 10-21 (Feuerbach 4-7, McCabe 4-8, Stremlow 1-4, Deal 1-2). Assists–Fairfield 17 (Brown 4, L’Amoreaux 4), Iowa 21 (Stremlow 7). Fouled Out–Huerter. Rebounds–Fairfield 26 (Coe 6), Iowa 44 (Heiden 16). Total Fouls–Fairfield 26, Iowa 15. Technical Fouls–Stremlow. A–14,998.