Iowa women down Gophers

The Iowa women built a 22-point halftime lead and cruised to an 80-51 victory over Minnesota Thursday night in Big Ten play. Iowa hit a season high nine three pointers in snapping a two-game losing streak.Iowa forced 26-Minnesota turnovers and assistant coach Shannon Perry says they wanted to take advantage of shaky ball handling to cause Minnesota as many turnovers as possible.Iowa is 2-3 in the Big Ten and 5-9 overall.