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While there were several extremely thrilling women's college basketball games that occurred on February 23, perhaps the most captivating was the showdown between the UCLA Bruins and the Iowa Hawkeyes that took place in Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa women's basketball three thoughts from their 67-65 loss vs. UCLA; dropping the Hawkeyes to 19-9 on the season and 9-9 within Big Ten play.

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No. 3 UCLA hits the road to play Iowa today at 2 p.m. ET at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. This is the first time the pair is officially meeting since the Bruins joined the Big Ten conference in August 2024. The two teams last met when they played a neutral-site game in 2016 at the Cancun Challenge,

The Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team is right there. They are on the cusp of knocking off one of the top teams in America, but they just need to learn how to close games out down the stretch. Such was the case in their 67-65 loss to the No. 3 ranked UCLA Bruins.

The Bruins have the opportunity to manifest toughness against Wisconsin on Wednesday before returning home for a sold-out Saturday rematch with USC

Junior center Lauren Betts led No. 2 UCLA to a comeback win over Iowa, earning her third Big Ten Player of the Week honor with 22 points and 12 rebounds.