Trust me, you didn't miss much. May have been the worst college women's game I've ever seen. (BTN+ came through clearly on Mediacom.) Iowa turned the ball over, had several shots rim out early, and scored only 10 pts the entire 1st quarter...trailed 10-14. Rutgers struggled to score the rest of the game. Olsen carried the Hawks from tip-off to the end, scoring 27 pts -- almost 1/2 of Iowa's total of 55. Both teams had 15-20 turnovers, shot horribly, and it was UGGGGGGLY. Iowa led by only 6 at halftime, and it was around that # for most of the 3rd quarter. Iowa DID play good defense -- Rutgers was lucky to score 40 pts total -- but Iowa's offense wasn't much better. Neither OGrady or Stuelke battled for position well, and when they did, the guards didn't deliver them the ball on time -- when they did pass it inside, it was usually from the wing -- NOOOOO! -- and late...very out of sync. Guyton continued to struggle. If Iowa played like this vs almost any other team in the BTen, it would have been a loss.
It WAS a classic 'trap' game. Let's see what they can do vs Ohio St. and UCLA -- nice to have the pressure off, knowing they don't have to win those games to make the NCAA tourney.
