The action usually falls Iowa's way when Minneapolis is in play, with the Hawkeyes having won their last 11 games in the city and their last 10 over Minnesota. A large chunk of that came via back-to-back Big Ten Tournament sweeps at Target Center, along with dominance at Williams Arena. But this night was always going to be much more difficult.

Despite travel-related issues caused by the winter ice storms that impacted the Midwest recently, Iowa women's basketball (16-7, 6-6 Big Ten) escaped victoriously at Minnesota (18-6, 6-6) by a score of 68-60 on Thursday night from Williams Arena in Minneapolis,