Iowa Women's Basketball Triumphs Over Miami Hurricanes

Carver Hawkeye Arena was home sweet home for the Iowa Hawkeyes Women's Basketball team Sunday night.

The Hawkeye women beat the Miami Hurricanes 69-53 in a game that started out sluggish but then broke for the Hawkeyes.

Miami Women Fall to Iowa in NCAA Tournament (Fox Sports Florida)

For once, Miami was the team turning the ball over -- and it cost the Hurricanes dearly.

Ninth-seeded Iowa solved Miami's aggressive defense during a strong second half and forced 24 turnovers in beating the eighth-seeded Hurricanes 69-53 Sunday night in a first-round NCAA tournament game.

Point guard Samantha Logic scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Hawkeyes (21-12), who had lost in the first round of the past two NCAA tournaments and now will play top-seeded Notre Dame on Tuesday night.

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For their trouble the Iowa Hawkeyes get to take on number one seed Notre Dame, which dispatched the 16th seed Tennessee Martin squad 97-64. Tuesday's tipoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. central time.

But for now the Hawkeyes were able to savor getting out of the first round after some recent disappointments.

Great, Special, Amazing Night for the Hawkeyes (Hawkeyesports)

It was a great, special, amazing evening for the Hawkeyes on Sunday as they overcame a seven-point second half deficit to defeat Miami (Fla.) 69-53 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa improves to 21-12, Miami retires at 21-11. The victory snaps a string of three consecutive postseason losses for Iowa, which last won in the Big Dance against Rutgers in 2010.