IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Western Michigan women's basketball team snapped its two-game winning streak at Big Ten foe Iowa, who entered Sunday's contest receiving votes in this past week's AP Top-25 Poll, 79-56. The game was the fourth-straight game on the road for the Broncos as their record falls to 2-2 overall. 

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For the first time in school history, Iowa entered the game having scored 100 or more points in back-to-back games but Western Michigan held them to a season-low 79 points on the afternoon. Defensively the Broncos held Iowa's star player Megan Gustafson, who came into the contest averaging 24.3 points, to just 15.  However, the Broncos shot just 29.6 percent in the first and 30 percent for the game while their 12 turnovers led to 16 points.

"Our defensive game plan gave us a chance tonight but we just couldn't get the ball to go in the basket," commented WMU head coach Shane Clipfell. "I felt like we executed well and were able to get quality shots that just didn't fall today. Even though we didn't turn the ball over that much, they led to easy baskets that we couldn't defend. We did a better job in the second half but it was just too little too late."

WMU got out to an early 3-0 lead, holding Iowa scoreless till the 6:33 mark as the Hawkeyes shot 0-for-5 from the floor and turned the ball over once. Iowa stormed back with a 11-2 run and held Western Michigan to just six points in the remaining minutes of the first quarter. The second quarter was more of the same, as the Broncos went cold on the court, going 3-for-15 from the floor while the Hawkeyes tallied three 3-pointers. Iowa had pushed their lead up to 24, 45-21, at the half that the Broncos just couldn't bounce back from.

WMU's bench came to play, outscoring the Iowa bench 28-12 including freshman Leighah-Amori Wool's career-high eight points to go along with two rebounds, two assists and a steal.

Redshirt senior Marley Hill scored in double digits for the second time this season, leading the Broncos with 12 points. Western Michigan's other playmakers in Breanna Mobley, Jasmyn Walker and Deja Wimby went a combined 3-for-16 from the field. Mobley recorded eight points off ten free throw attempts and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. Jasmyn Walker scored all her seven points in the third quarter while Wimby dished out a team-high five assists.

"We are really working on narrowing down our rotation," added Clipfell. "We are playing a lot of people right now so we can get a good case study for who is actually performing and who we should be narrowing it down too. We have a tough schedule ahead of us as our next four of the five teams we play will be just like Iowa."

The Broncos conclude their extensive seven-game road trip with three games at the Florida Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Fla., running from Nov. 24-26. WMU begins the bracketed tournament facing St. John's on Friday, Nov. 24. Western Michigan will await either reigning National Champions South Carolina or Rutgers on Saturday before playing its final game on Sunday.

The other side of the bracket includes 2017 NCAA Elite Eight finisher Notre Dame as well as NCAA team South Florida and also includes East Tennessee State and Washington State, who reached the WNIT Semifinals.