No. 2Iowa Hawkeyes

Regional 4 in Sacramento · 1st Round

YES!

Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights

Ranked #15 · 30-5 48 – 58

Ranked #2 · 27-6

Final · Sat, Mar 21

Game Details

Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City) · 14,332 fans · ESPN View tournament bracket →

Highlights

Second-seeded Iowa survives upset bid from No. 15 Fairleigh Dickinson, wins 58-48 in NCAA Tournament

Ava Heiden scored a career-high 29 points, including 12 straight for Iowa in the fourth quarter, and the No. 2-seeded Hawkeyes survived an upset bid from 15th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson with a 58-48 victory in an NCAA Tournament first-round game on...

Recap via ESPN

0:21 Madlena Gerke sinks a corner 3 for Fairleigh Dickinson

0:18 Ava Renninger drills a trey to pull Fairleigh Dickinson closer

0:19 Ava Heiden gets the and-1 to fall Iowa

0:17 Kailee McDonald's triple pulls Fairleigh Dickinson within 3

Clips play on ESPN

Carver-Hawkeye Arena · Iowa City

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
FDU	17	9	7	15	48
IOWA	20	7	8	23	58

Game Flow

FDU IOWA

Q1Q2Q3Q4

14-0Biggest Run16-0

1Largest Lead15

2 lead changes · tied 0 times

Win Probability · Iowa Hawkeyes

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Fairleigh Dickinson Knights

Ava Renninger · 13Points
Ava Renninger · 3Assists
Ava Renninger · 5Rebounds

Iowa Hawkeyes

Ava Heiden · 29Points
Taylor Stremlow · 7Assists
Hannah Stuelke · 16Rebounds

2025-26 Northeast Conference Standings

Team	GB
Fairleigh Dickinson	-
Long Island University	4
Mercyhurst	4
Wagner	9
Le Moyne	9
Stonehill	10
Chicago State	10
New Haven	13
Saint Francis	12
Central Connecticut	16

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
UCLA	-
Michigan	3
Iowa	3
Ohio State	5
Minnesota	5
Maryland	7
Michigan State	7
Washington	8
Illinois	9
USC	9
Oregon	10
Nebraska	11
Indiana	12
Wisconsin	13
Purdue	13
Penn State	14
Northwestern	16
Rutgers	17

Team Stats

Fairleigh Dickinson KnightsIowa Hawkeyes

Shooting

18-60, 30% Field Goals 20-48, 42%

10-32, 31% 3-Pointers 1-13, 8%

2-2, 100% Free Throws 17-29, 59%

Possessions

28 Rebounds 47

8 Offensive Rebounds 14

10 Assists 17

9 Steals 6

3 Blocks 4

11 Turnovers 14

21 Fouls 7

Scoring

12 Points in Paint 28

7 Fast Break Points 10

1 Largest Lead 15

Box Score

Fairleigh Dickinson Knights ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
L. CrosbyF	2	4	0	19	1-7	0-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	3	3
R. Osei-OwusuF	2	4	1	22	1-7	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	2	2	5
K. McDonaldG	8	4	3	28	3-8	2-6	0-0	0	0	0	1	3	3
A. RenningerG	13	5	3	40	5-13	1-4	2-2	1	1	1	0	5	1
M. GerkeG	8	3	1	31	3-9	2-6	0-0	5	1	0	0	3	1
Bench
A. LafleurF	0	3	0	16	0-4	0-3	0-0	1	1	2	1	2	5
J. JohnsonF	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B. ToomeyF	9	3	1	22	3-4	3-4	0-0	2	3	0	1	2	3
R. DowneyG	6	0	1	20	2-6	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M. StuartF	DNP: Did not play
S. StokesF	DNP: Did not play
L. ParkeF	DNP: Did not play
T. EdwardsG	DNP: Did not play
T. BaptisteG	DNP: Did not play
J. ElstonG	DNP: Did not play
T. BiladiNA	DNP: Did not play
Team	48	28	10		18-60	10-32	2-2	11	9	3	8	20	21

Iowa Hawkeyes ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
H. StuelkeF	13	16	4	37	3-6	0-0	7-16	3	2	1	8	8	1
A. HeidenC	29	7	0	33	11-16	0-0	7-7	2	1	2	1	6	1
T. StremlowG	4	3	7	29	2-5	0-2	0-2	3	0	0	2	1	2
C. WrightG	9	3	2	39	3-8	1-4	2-2	1	0	0	1	2	0
K. FeuerbachG	1	11	3	38	0-6	0-5	1-2	2	2	1	0	11	2
Bench
J. HoustonG	0	4	0	9	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	2	2	0
A. DealG	2	2	1	15	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	1
J. GyamfiF	DNP: Did not play
L. HaysC	DNP: Did not play
T. MallegniG	DNP: Did not play
C. LevinG	DNP: Did not play
E. RodriguezG	DNP: Did not play
K. JohnsonG	DNP: Did not play
T. McCabeG	DNP: Did not play
Team	58	47	17		20-48	1-13	17-29	14	6	4	14	33	7

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