Hannah Stuelke kept the Hawkeyes from falling behind, collecting a season-high 26 points, nabbing six rebounds and two assists.

After returning from their two-game Pacific Northwest road trip, the Iowa women’s basketball team (14-7, 4-6 Big Ten) took care of business in a surprisingly close 85-80 victory against Northwestern (7-12,

Stuelke also added 6 rebounds and made all 6 of her free throws. Northwestern led by as many as 7 in the second quarter before Stuelke had a series of three-point plays to give Iowa a 41-38 lead at the half.