Leaning on a second-quarter surge that held up through the second half, Iowa outlasted Drake for an 86-73 win on Sunday afternoon. The Hawkeyes kept their stranglehold on this rivalry, winning their seventh consecutive game in the series.

Drake fell to 2-2 with a loss to Iowa on Sunday, but Katie Dinnebier had a career-high 40 points for the Bulldogs.

The McCabe family reunion is one of the most notable storylines when Iowa (3-0) visits Drake (2-1) in the first encounter of the state’s four Division-I teams. Taylor McCabe is a junior at Iowa; Peyton McCabe is a freshman at Drake. Iowa has won 20 of the last 21 games in this series, but it’s rarely a small-dunk in Des Moines.

The Iowa women’s basketball team ventured across the state to Des Moines on Sunday to take on in-state rival Drake. In the toughest competition of the season so far, the Hawkeyes managed to outlast the Bulldogs’ three-point shooting and finished the afternoon with an 86-73 win.

Iowa women's basketball returns to action on Sunday with its first true road test of the season. Iowa (3-0) has begun the Jan Jensen era with wins over Northern Illinois (91-73), Virginia Tech (71-52) and Toledo (94-57).