Ava Heiden scores career-high 27 and No. 13 Iowa women beat Nebraska 80-67 for a 20-win season

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Ava Heiden had a career-high 27 points and 11 rebounds, Taylor Stremlow added a career-high 17 points, and No. 13 Iowa beat Nebraska 80-67 on Monday to sweep the season series.

Iowa (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten) secured its 10th straight 20-win season.

Heiden helped Iowa build a 45-27 lead by halftime after scoring 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting.

Nebraska went on a 10-1 run early in the third quarter to get within 52-41, but the Cornhuskers did not get any closer the rest of the way.

Iowa led by as many as 27 points, 76-49, with 7:54 left in the fourth.

Chazadi Wright chipped in with 14 points and seven assists, and Journey Houston added 10 points off the bench for Iowa. Heiden was 12 of 15 from the field, and Stremlow made her first six shots.

Britt Prince scored 13 points for Nebraska (16-10, 5-10), which has lost five straight games. Eliza Maupin added 11 points and Amiah Hargrove had 10. Prince had her consecutive free-throw streak end at 56 straight makes.

Nebraska has lost 13 of the last 15 meetings with Iowa.

IOWA INDIVIDUAL NOTES
– Ava Heiden registered her sixth career double-double with 27 points (12-15 FG) and 11 rebounds.
– Heiden tied her career-high with 27 points.
– Heiden has reached double figures in 13 straight games and against all 13 Big Ten opponents played this season.
– It was Heiden’s second career 20-point double-double.
– Heiden has scored 20+ points eight times this season.
– Taylor Stremlow notched a career-high 17 points on 6-of-7 field goals and two assists.
– Stremlow tied her career-high with three 3-pointers. (3-4)
– Stremlow made her second consecutive start and ninth of the year.
– The Hawkeyes are 9-0 in such games when Stremlow is in the starting lineup this season.
– Hannah Stuelke recorded seven points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals.
– Chit-Chat Wright netted 14 points (2-3 3FG), seven assists, and four rebounds.
– It was Wright’s third game of the last four with 10+ points and 5+ assists.
– Journey Houston added 10 points (5-7 FG), four rebounds and two steals.
– All of Houston’s six career games in double figures have come against Big Ten competition.

IOWA TEAM NOTES
– Jan Jensen is the first coach in Iowa women’s basketball history to eclipse the 20-win mark in her first two seasons.
– Jensen joins C. Vivian Stringer as the only other coach in program history to win 20 games in their second season as head coach.
– The Hawkeyes have won 13 of the last 15 meetings.
– Iowa leads the all-time series, 27-17.
– Iowa improved to 16-0 when leading at halftime this season.
– The Hawkeyes scored 27 points off of 18 Nebraska turnovers which was a season-best against a Big Ten team.
– The Hawkeyes improved to 22-2 when scoring 80+ points in the Jensen era.