What: No. 5 Iowa (6-1) vs. No. 16 Kansas State (6-0), women’s basketball
When/where: 6:30 p.m. (CT) Sunday, Hertz Arena, Estero, Fla., Gulf Coast Classic final
TV: None
Live stream: Flo Hoops
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates
Iowa’s next game: 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against Bowling Green.
What to know: Coach Lisa Bluder earned her 500th win at Iowa in the Hawkeyes’ 100-62 win over Florida Gulf Coast in a Saturday semifinal. She is 500-250 in 24 years in Iowa City.
The Hawkeyes connected on a school-record 20 3-pointers (in 33 attempts) Saturday. Taylor McCabe was 6 of 7 from deep.
Sunday is believed to be the first time in Bluder’s tenure that the Hawkeyes played a non-conference foe twice in one season. Kansas State handed the Hawkeyes a 65-58 setback Nov. 16.
Iowa was without Hannah Stuelke on Saturday due to an unspecified injury suffered Friday.
Sharon Goodman got her second start, joining Caitlin Clark, Gabbie Marshall and Kate Martin.
K-State advanced with a 63-56 win over No. 18 North Carolina. Six-foot-6 senior post Ayoka Lee is averaging 17.2 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.
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