Clark, Czinano lift No. 25 Iowa women past Gophers 88-78

Feb 9, 2022, 4:42 AM | Updated: 6:57 pm

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark, right, gets a high-five from center Monika Czinano during the team's NCAA college basketball game against Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Joesph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

(Joesph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

Iowa guard Tomi Taiwo, left, shoots a 3-point basket as Minnesota guard Sara Scalia (14) defends during an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

Minnesota forward Laura Bagwell Katalinich (12) shoots a free throw against Iowa during an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Joesph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

Minnesota guard Sara Scalia (14) shoots a basket as Iowa guards Tomi Taiwo, center, and Addison O'Grady (44) defendduring an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

Minnesota guard Alexia Smith (1) battles Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) for a rebound as Iowa center Monika Czinano (25) and guard Sydney Affolter (3) look on during an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark, left, passes the ball as Minnesota forward Kadi Sissoko (30) defends during an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Joesph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 32 points and No. 25 Iowa scored the first 11 points of the fourth quarter to pull out an 88-78 win over Minnesota on Wednesday night.

Monika Czinano scored six of her 23 points in that run, which included a three-point play by Clark, to help the Hawkeyes open a 73-61 lead after entering the final quarter with a 62-61 advantage. Czinano had 12 in the quarter.

Tomi Taiwo matched her career hig h with 14 points for Iowa (16-6, 10-3 Big Ten Conference), which won the first meeting this season 105-49, the fewest points the Gophers ever scored in a league game and the Hawkeyes’ largest margin of victory in league. Kate Martin added 10 points and seven rebounds.

Clark, coming off a 46-point outing in a loss to Michigan that earned her player of the week honors and a shoutout from Kevin Durant on a podcast, had eight rebounds, six assists, three steals and a block.

Deja Winters, a graduate transfer from North Carolina A&T who played her first two years at Seton Hall, had a career-high 30 points with five 3-pointers for the Golden Gophers (11-14, 4-9), who have lost six straight in the series. Sara Scalia added 23 points and seven rebounds.

Iowa opened a 13-point lead on a Kylie Feuerbach 3-pointer in the middle of the second quarter but Scalia scored eight straight, including consecutive 3-pointers, to help Minnesota get within 42-37 at the half.

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