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No. 14 Iowa vs. No. 20 Nebraska women’s basketball glance: Time, TV, game notes (Jan. 1, 2026)
Huskers are coming off their first loss of the season, Monday vs. USC
Dec. 31, 2025 9:30 am, Updated: Dec. 31, 2025 11:26 am
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What: No. 14 Iowa (11-2, 2-0) vs. No. 20 Nebraska (12-1, 1-1), Big Ten women’s basketball
When/where: 1 p.m. Thursday, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City
TV: BTN
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates
Iowa’s next game: At Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. Monday
What to know: Nebraska is the Iowa’s lone “double-play” in the teams’ Big Ten schedule. The Hawkeyes and the Huskers split their games last season, with each team winning on the road.
In 2023-24, it was the opposite, with both teams defending their home court. Iowa also defeated Nebraska in the Big Ten tournament championship game, 94-89 in overtime, in Minneapolis that season.
This is the Hawkeyes’ first legitimate test in conference play. They whipped Rutgers (away) and Penn State (home) by counts of 79-36 and 99-76.
Nebraska suffered its first loss of the season on Monday, a 74-66 setback to USC, at Lincoln.
This is Nebraska’s lone road contest in an eight-game stretch.
Iowa leads the Big Ten in assists (22.0 per game), while Nebraska is No. 1 in the league in field goal percentage (.515).
Nebraska’s Britt Prince is sixth among league scorers, at 18.5 points per game. Iowa’s Hannah Stuelke is fourth in rebounds (8.4 per game).
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