Things didn't go the way Iowa women’s basketball wanted vs. Illinois. The Hawkeyes re-establishing their veteran leadership sits atop the to-do list.

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After a rough start filled with wreckless amounts of first-half turnovers in a 74-66 home defeat vs. No. 7 Maryland, the No. 23-ranked Iowa women's basketball team (12-3, 2-2 Big Ten) hits the road tonight as they travel to State Farm Center in Champaign,

Iowa grabbed a double-digit lead late in the first quarter and maintained it throughout, aside from two Purdue pushes. The Hawkeyes' cushion dipped from 15 to five during a four-minute stretch early in the second quarter, then slid from 21 to eight midway through the third. Both times, Iowa countered back with a momentum-sucking surge.

That starting Iowa five wasn't all back on the floor together again until the start of the second quarter. Jensen and Iowa kept its initial five on the floor together for just a p

Sydney Affolter, Lucy Olsen on Iowa women's basketball loss to Maryland Hear from Iowa women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen after Hawkeyes fall to Maryland Hear from Iowa women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen before the Hawkeyes face Maryland Hear from Taylor McCabe,

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The Hawkeyes look much different than last season.