Ava Heiden

EVANSTON, Ill. — Ava Heiden scored 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting Monday night to help No. 14 Iowa beat Northwestern 67-58 and hand the Wildcats their ninth straight loss.

Chit-Chat Wright had 12 points, seven assists, five rebounds and three steals for Iowa (13-2, 4-1 Big Ten). Hannah Stuelke had eight points on just 2-of-11 shooting, and Taylor McCabe came away with eight points and two blocked shots.

Heiden made two free throw, a layup, and a jumper at the buzzer that gave Iowa 50-44 lead at the end of the third quarter and Northwestern trailed the rest of the way.

The Hawkeyes have won six straight against Northwestern and lead the all-time series 63-18.

Grace Sullivan, who went into the game leading the Big Ten in scoring (23.0 per game), led Northwestern (6-9, 0-4) with 28 points, and Casey Harter scored 11. Sullivan made 11 of 22 from the field, hit 6 of 8 the free-throw line and finished with seven rebounds and four steals.

Harter and Carolina Lau made back-to-back 3-pointer that cut the deficit to 62-58 with 59 seconds to play, but Northwestern didn’t score again.

Up next

Iowa: Plays Sunday at Indiana.

Northwestern: Visits Minnesota on Thursday.

No. 14 Iowa 67, Northwestern 58

IOWA (13-2, 4-0) — Stuelke 2-11 4-8 8, Heiden 9-11 5-6 23, McCabe 2-7 2-3 8, Stremlow 3-4 1-2 7, Wright 2-6 7-8 12, Hays 0-1 0-0 0, Deal 2-4 0-0 4, Houston 2-6 1-2 5, Levin 0-0 0-0 0, Mallegni 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 22-50 20-29 67.

NORTHWESTERN (6-9, 0-4) — Sullivan 11-22 6-8 28, Thomas 1-4 2-2 4, Harter 4-10 0-0 11, Lau 3-10 0-0 8, Walton 0-5 3-4 3, Turner 1-2 0-0 2, Keswick 0-2 0-0 0, Lash 1-3 0-0 2. TOTALS 21-58 11-14 58.

Iowa 13 19 18 17 — 67

N’western 9 20 15 14 — 58

3-Point Goals–Iowa 3-10 (McCabe 2-7, Stremlow 0-1, Wright 1-2), Northwestern 5-21 (Thomas 0-1, Harter 3-8, Lau 2-7, Walton 0-2, Keswick 0-2, Lash 0-1). Assists–Iowa 16 (Wright 7), Northwestern 16 (Lau 5). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Iowa 39 (Houston 6), Northwestern 30 (Sullivan 7). Total Fouls–Iowa 14, Northwestern 26. A–2,272.