IOWA CITY — The first of several ranked showdowns in a row swung the way of Iowa women's basketball, as the No. 13 Hawkeyes pushed past No. 14 Michigan State for a 75-68 win inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

A Saturday men’s basketball quadruple-header on Peacock will kick off with second-ranked Iowa State on the road against Cincinnati and trying to bounce back from its first loss of the season. The Cyclones (3-1 Big 12, 16-1 overall) set program records for best start and longest winning streak before an 84-63 road loss Tuesday to Kansas.

MSU trailed by as many as 17 points in the middle stages of the third quarter and got as close as five with 3:28 to play. The Spartans failed to get any closer though as Hannah Stuelke hit a key jump shot just before the shot clock expired to extend Iowa's lead.

#5 Purdue 15-1 (5-0) will host Iowa 12-4 (2-3) on Wednesday night. Purdue is off to a clean start in the Big Ten. Ben McCollum’s first year at Iowa has hit a recent speed bump after a hot start to the season. Iowa has lost its last two games, dropping a game at Minnesota and then at home against Illinois.

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