Eastern Illinois women's basketball scored the opening points of the game on an
Ava Stoller lay-up and were able to hang with No. 10 Iowa for a majority of the first quarter before falling 80-39 on Thursday night.
Stoller scored ten points with six in the first half. Stoller was 4-of-4 from the free throw line extending her streak of consecutive free throws made to 25 (21 straight to end last season).
The Panthers used a five-point run late in the opening quarter as
Nevaeh Dickman scored followed by
Clara Glad sinking a 3-pointer following a steal on the inbounds pass by Stoller. That stint cut the Iowa lead to 11-9 with 3:30 to play in the first. Â
The Hawkeyes closed the first quarter on a 6-0 run to lead 17-11 and led 44-18 at the half after a 10-2 Iowa run to end the first half.
Eastern Illinois closed the third quarter on an 8-2 run making their final three shots of the ten-minute span. Glad and Stoller both converted at the free throw line as EIU was 13-of-16 in the game from charity stripe. Glad finished with nine points.
EIU fell to 0-2 on the season as Iowa improved to 2-0.
EIU wraps up its season opening weeklong trip to the Hawkeye state with a Sunday afternoon matinee at Iowa State.