The Iowa women’s basketball team dropped a close 74-67 defeat at the hands of the Indiana Hoosiers on Sunday afternoon inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes fall to 12-5 overall and 2-4 in Big Ten play with the loss and have now lost three consecutive games for the first time since the 2017-18 campaign.

This was supposed to be the productive trip home Iowa women's basketball needed to get right, a chance to stabilize things amid a rare skid in a place those in gold love to shine. It was anything but.

Indiana leads from start to finish, sends No. 23 Iowa to its third straight loss, 74-67. “We’re going to let this one hit us a little bit,” Iowa’s Taylor McCabe said.

The Hoosiers didn’t just win, they led wire-to-wire en route to a 74-67 victory over the Hawkeyes in Iowa City, Iowa. The victory marks Indiana’s first at a fan-filled Carver-Hawkeye Arena since Feb. 20, 1994.

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball hosted the Indiana Hoosiers in a Big Ten clash on Saturday. Here's how it went.

Iowa improved to 12-4 (3-2 Big Ten) with a resounding 85-60 win over the Indiana Hoosiers (13-4, 4-2 Big Ten). The Hawkeyes shot 54% on the night while limiting Indiana to just 41

Indiana men’s basketball will be grateful for all the momentum its built over the last three conference games as it heads to Iowa City for the beginning of a stretch that could make or break the season.