Hannah Stuelke

IOWA CITY — Hannah Stuelke had 22 points, Ava Heiden scored 20 and the No. 11 Iowa women’s basketball team beat No. 15 Michigan State 75-68 on Sunday, snapping the Spartans’ nine-game winning streak while extending the Hawkeyes’ to six in a row.

Stuelke made 10 of 14 shots and 2 of 4 free throws for the Hawkeyes (16-2, 7-0 Big Ten Conference). She added nine rebounds, five assists, three steals and a block. Heiden hit 8 of 13 shots and 4 of 5 free throws, adding six rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Chazadi Wright had 11 points and five assists.

Grace VanSlooten had 17 points and seven rebounds to pace the Spartans (17-2, 6-2). Jalyn Brown scored 16 and Juliann Woodard added 14 points off the bench.

Stuelke made a layup and two free throws in the final 51 seconds and Chazadi Wright hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer as Iowa took a 22-16 lead in a first quarter that saw nine lead changes and two ties.

Addison Deal came off the bench to hit two 3-pointers, scoring all eight of her points in the second quarter to help the Hawkeyes take a 41-29 lead at halftime.

Another Wright 3-pointer gave Iowa its largest lead — 53-36 with 5:53 left in the third quarter. Michigan State chipped away and used Jalyn Brown’s layup in the final minute to cut it to 65-56 heading to the fourth.

Brown hit a jumper to get the Spartans within 71-66 with 3:28 left but they would get no closer.

Poll implications

Iowa cracked the top 10 for the first time in two years and UConn remained the unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll released Monday.

The Hawkeyes last were ranked this high in the final poll of Caitlin Clark’s senior year. They had been as high as 11th a few times this season.

Michigan State moved up to No. 13, having beaten then-No. 24 Nebraska in overtime in East Lansing earlier in the week. The Huskers remained 24th.

No. 11 Iowa 75, No. 15 Michigan St. 68

MICHIGAN ST. (17-2) — VanSlooten 7-17 3-4 17, Sotelo 2-6 0-0 5, Blair 2-5 0-0 4, Brown 6-10 4-4 16, Jones 3-6 3-6 9, Dykstra 0-1 0-0 0, Woodard 4-7 2-2 14, Sambolic 0-1 0-0 0, Shumate 1-3 0-0 3. TOTALS 25-56 12-16 68.

IOWA (16-2) — Stuelke 10-14 2-4 22, Heiden 8-13 4-5 20, Feuerbach 2-7 0-0 5, McCabe 3-12 0-0 9, Wright 4-6 1-1 11, Hays 0-0 0-0 0, Deal 3-4 0-0 8, Houston 0-0 0-0 0, Stremlow 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 30-56 7-10 75.

Michigan St. 16 13 27 12 — 68

Iowa 22 19 24 10 — 75

3-Point Goals–Michigan St. 6-16 (Sotelo 1-3, Brown 0-1, Jones 0-1, Dykstra 0-1, Woodard 4-6, Sambolic 0-1, Shumate 1-3), Iowa 8-23 (Heiden 0-1, Feuerbach 1-5, McCabe 3-11, Wright 2-4, Deal 2-2). Assists–Michigan St. 11 (Blair 3), Iowa 23 (Stuelke 5, Wright 5). Fouled Out–Jones, VanSlooten. Rebounds–Michigan St. 29 (VanSlooten 7), Iowa 31 (Stuelke 9). Total Fouls–Michigan St. 18, Iowa 12. A–14,988.