IOWA CITY, Iowa - Facing it's highest ranked opponent in program history, the University of Evansville women's basketball team dropped a road contest at No. 4 Iowa, 115-62, on Thursday night in Iowa City, Iowa.

For the second-straight game, fifth-year senior guard Myia Clark paced the Aces offensively, scoring 18 points with seven coming at the charity stripe. Also finishing in double-figures for Evansville were redshirt-junior center Barbora Tomancova and freshman guard Kynidi Mason Striverson both finished with 11 points, doing so in limited minutes with Tomancova playing just 19 minutes due to foul trouble and Mason Striverson coming off the bench to play 23 minutes. The Hawkeyes were led by preseason Big Ten Player of the Year Caitlin Clark, who tallied a double-double with 26 points and 12 assists.

In the first quarter, Evansville struggled to settle in to a rhythm in front of a crowd of 7,675. The Aces shot just 18.8% (3-16) in the first 10 minutes, while the Hawkeyes hit 10 of their 15 attempts from the field, allowing Iowa to take a 26-7 lead after the first period.

Evansville's offense got going in the second quarter as UE knocked-down five field-goals and got to the free-throw line, where they hit five foul shots. Touting one of the most explosive offenses in the nation, Iowa's attack ratcheted up as well, scoring 28 in the second with the Hawkeyes taking a 54-23 advantage to the half.

The second half revealed impressive performances from the aforementioned Myia Clark and Kynidi Mason Striverson. After tying the program record for threes against EKU, Clark cashed-in three more triples against Iowa. In just her second collegiate game, Mason Striverson seemed to gain confidence in front of everyone's eyes, taking the ball to the rim and drawing four fouls and scoring five of her 11 points at the free-throw line. Evansville enjoyed multiple times in which Tomancova dominated the paint, backing-down her defender and laying it in against a tough Hawkeye front court. Shooting just 25% (8-32) from the field in the first half, Evansville finished the game with a much-improved shooting performance in the second 20 minutes, hitting 12 of its 28 attempts for 42.9%.

Evansville comes home for its regular-season home opener with Education Day against Chicago State at 11 AM on Wednesday, November 16 inside the Ford Center.
 

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