Iowa women’s basketball improved to 7-0 on Wednesday night with an 86-69 win over Western Illinois from inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Freshman guard Addie Deal led the way with a career-high 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 3-of-4 from downtown. The 6-foot guard out of California also added new career-best in assists and rebounds with five helpers and three boards.
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Deal also logged a career-high 31 minutes as Iowa dealt with a trio of injuries. In its game day availability report, the Hawkeyes listed sophomore guards Chit-Chat Wright and Teagan Mallegni out. Sophomore Emely Rodriguez was also listed as questionable, but the 6-foot wing didn’t play either.
After the win, Iowa head women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen commented on the trio’s injury statuses.
“Emely is day-to-day and Chit-Chat is still day-to-day. I do see improvement when I see her walking around. And Teagan will probably be about a week,” Jensen said of the injured trio.
Iowa will return to action against Fairfield on Sunday at noon CT in a game that will on the Big Ten Network. After Sunday’s date inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, No. 14 Iowa opens Big Ten play at Rutgers on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 5 p.m. CT on FS1.
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