By Hawk Fanatic

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Wisconsin women’s basketball team will be out to prove on Sunday against No. 9 Iowa that nobody beats the Badgers 32 straight times.

Iowa has won 31 straight games against Wisconsin, including the last eight by at least 15 points.

The Hawkeyes also have won five games in a row and are 23-5 overall and 14-3 in conference play, while Wisconsin is 13-15 and 5-12 heading into Sunday’s regular-season finale at the Kohn Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

Iowa hung on to defeat Illinois 82-78 this past Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena as sophomore center Ava Heiden scored a career-high 28 points on 13-of-18 shooting from the field.

The 6-foot-4 Heiden has scored 20-plus points in five out of the last six games.

Sophomore guard Taylor Stremlow, who is from Verona, Wisconsin, recorded her first career double-double with 11 points, a career-high 11 assists, and three rebounds in the in over Illinois, while senior forward Hannah Stuelke finished with 18 points, five rebounds, and four assists in her final regular-season game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Stuelke, who is from Cedar Rapids, also surpassed 1,500 career points in the Illinois game.

Freshman forward Journey Houston continued to be a spark off the bench for Iowa as she scored nine points and had a team-high eight rebounds in the win over Illinois.

Iowa is currently tied with Michigan for second place in the Big Ten loss column with three losses, while UCLA at 17-0 already has won the regular-season championship.

However, Iowa has the tie-breaker over Michigan after having defeated the Wolverines 62-44 last Sunday in Iowa City.

A win over the Badgers would earn Iowa the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament.

If Iowa head coach Jan Jensen is concerned that her players might overlook the Badgers, all she has to do is remind them about what happened to the Iowa men’s basketball team on Saturday as it fell to last-place Penn State 71-69 in University Park, Pennsylvania, showing that almost anything is possible, perhaps even the end of a 31-game losing streak.

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Iowa probable starters

Pos. No. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown Season Stat Summary

PG 11 Chit-Chat Wright 5-4 So. Atlanta, Ga. 12.4 ppg, 4.8 apg, 46% 3fg

SG 1 Taylor Stremlow 5-10 So. Verona, Wis. 8 ppg, 3.9 apg, 41% 3fg

SG 4 Kylie Feuerbach 6-0 Gr. Sycamore, Ill. 5.4 ppg, 2.9 apg, 1.6 rpg

PF 45 Hannah Stuelke 6-2 Sr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 13.9 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 54% fg

C 5 Ava Heiden 6-4 So. Sherwood, Ore. 17.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 65% fg

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Iowa (23-5, 14-3) vs. Wisconsin (13-15, 5-12)

When: Sunday, 2 p.m.

Where: Madison, Wisconsin, The Kohl Center

TV/stream: B1G+

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network

Series history: Iowa leads the all-time series, 61-20. The Hawkeyes have beaten the Badgers in 31 consecutive meetings.

Iowa has won by 15 or more points in eight straight games against Wisconsin.