The action usually falls Iowa's way when Minneapolis is in play, with the Hawkeyes having won their last 11 games in the city and their last 10 over Minnesota. A large chunk of that came via back-to-back Big Ten Tournament sweeps at Target Center, along with dominance at Williams Arena. But this night was always going to be much more difficult.

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The Iowa women’s basketball program in recent games has seemingly regained its footing, emerging from a dismal five-game conference losing streak to net three victories in a row — and it looks to continue that progress this week.