Chazadi 'Chit-Chat' Wright

IOWA CITY — Chit-Chat Wright scored 24 points, Hannah Stuelke made 7 of 11 from the field and finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and the No. 14 Iowa women’s basketball team beat 20th-ranked Nebraska 80-61 on Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Wight made 11 of 12 from the free-throw line and Stuelke hit 7 of 7. Ava Heiden scored 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting for Iowa (12-2, 3-0 Big Ten) and Taylor Stremlow added eight points, eight assists and three steals.

Nebraska (12-2, 1-2) has lost back-to-back games after the second-best start to a season in program history. The Cornhuskers opened the season with 14 consecutive wins before a 74-66 loss Monday to No. 24 USC last time out. Nebraska opened the 2009-10 season with 30 consecutive wins.

Emily Fisher converted a three-point play that made it 70-all with 5:44 left in the game but Iowa scored the next 10 points to spark a 14-1 run over the next five minutes. The Cornhuskers missed four consecutive field-goal attempts and committed turnovers in the spurt.

Iowa made 9 of 10 from the free-throw line — 6 of 6 by Wright — in the final five-plus minutes.

Britt Prince led Nebraska with 27 points and Jessica Petrie added 17. Eliza Maupin had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

The game featured 10 ties and seven lead changes.

Up next

Nebraska: Hosts Purdue on Sunday.

Iowa: Visits Northwestern on Monday.

No. 14 Iowa 86, No. 20 Nebraska 76

NEBRASKA (12-2, 1-2) — Maupin 4-7 3-4 12, Petrie 7-15 0-0 17, Hake 3-4 1-2 7, Nissley 0-3 0-0 0, Prince 10-18 5-5 27, Bozan 3-4 0-1 6, Fisher 1-1 3-3 5, Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Weaver 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 0-4 0-0 0. TOTALS 29-58 12-15 76.

IOWA (12-2, 3-0) — Stuelke 7-11 7-7 21, Heiden 8-10 2-3 18, McCabe 3-8 1-1 9, Stremlow 3-8 0-2 8, Wright 5-12 11-12 24, Hays 2-3 0-1 4, Deal 0-1 0-0 0, Houston 0-3 2-2 2, Levin 0-1 0-0 0, Mallegni 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 28-57 23-28 86.

Nebraska 21 24 16 15 — 76

Iowa 18 26 20 22 — 86

3-Point Goals–Nebraska 6-20 (Maupin 1-3, Petrie 3-8, Nissley 0-2, Prince 2-4, Williams 0-3), Iowa 7-20 (McCabe 2-5, Stremlow 2-6, Wright 3-5, Deal 0-1, Houston 0-2, Levin 0-1). Assists–Nebraska 11 (Hake 2, Johnson 2, Petrie 2, Prince 2, Williams 2), Iowa 20 (Stremlow 8). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Nebraska 31 (Maupin 11), Iowa 30 (Stuelke 10). Total Fouls–Nebraska 22, Iowa 15. A–14,988.