(Charlotte, NC) – #3 Iowa wins over the #8 Virginia Tech Hokies 80-76 in women’s basketball action. It was back-and-forth action between the Hokies and the Hawkeyes as it came down the fourth quarter between the two as Virginia Tech forced Iowa to use four timeouts as they continued to climb back into the game, but not far enough.

Leading in scoring for the Hawkeyes was Caitlin Clark. Not only did she score over half the points for the Hawkeyes, she had 44 total points in the game, eight rebounds, and six assists. Clark is now just 16 points away from Iowa’s all-time scoring title of 2,804 points. Hannah Stuelke scored 12 points and also earned four rebounds for Iowa. The last player to score in double-digits was Kate Martin with 10 points, one rebound, and an assist.

Virginia Tech’s Georgia Amoore scored 31 points and one assist to lead the Hokies. Right behind her was Elizabeth Kitley with a double-double of 16 points and 16 rebounds. The last double-digit scorer was Carleigh Wenzel with 11 points and one rebound.

Iowa’s head coach Lisa Bluder is just five wins away from 500 career victories at Iowa. The Hawkeyes now lead the series 3-1 as coach Bluder is undefeated against the Hokies.

Iowa’s next game is on the road in Cedar Falls against Northern Iowa with the opening tipoff at 2:00 p.m.