Olsen, Iowa blow it open early and cruise to win over Wisconsin in Giant Ten girls’s tourney

INDIANAPOLIS — Lucy Olsen scored 14 of her 19 issues within the first part on 8-for-12 taking pictures and Eleventh-seeded Iowa beat No. 14-seed Wisconsin 81-54 in a first-round matchup within the Giant Ten Match on Wednesday night time.Sydney Affolter, Kylie Feuerbach and Taylor McCabe each and every scored 9 issues because the Hawkeyes (21-9) shot 57.4% (35 for 61) together with 55% (11 for 20) from 3-point vary.Serah Williams scored 22 issues for Wisconsin (13-17).Wisconsin’s Tess Myers made a jumper with 6:37 left within the first quarter to present the Badgers a 9-6 lead. From there, Iowa all however buttoned it up by way of launching right into a 19-0 run to near the quarter.Olsen began and ended the run with layups and in between, McCabe, Affolter and Feuerbach made 3s for a 25-9 benefit. Iowa led by way of double digits the remainder of the way in which and used to be up 43-23 at halftime and 65-39 on the finish of the 3rd quarter.Iowa advances to play sixth-seeded Michigan State on Thursday.