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Gophers guard Amaya Battle looks for the basket with Hawkeyes forward Hannah Stuelke (45) defending in the first half. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Despite travel-related issues caused by the winter ice storms that impacted the Midwest recently, Iowa women's basketball (16-7, 6-6 Big Ten) escaped victoriously at Minnesota (18-6, 6-6) by a score of 68-60 on Thursday night from Williams Arena in Minneapolis,

Iowa women's basketball picked up a key road win at Minnesota. Five next-morning thoughts on the Hawkeyes' big victory.

Whether it be Sunday's emotional upset unproductively lingering in the rearview or Wednesday's travel mess creating an unplanned distraction, the mental hurdles were there to trip up Iowa women's basketball Thursday night.

The Iowa women's basketball team took an early lead at Minnesota and never looked back.The Hawkeyes (16-7, 6-6 in Big Ten play) scored on their first possession thanks to a second-chance bucket from Hannah Stuelke.

It’s Iowa women's basketball vs Minnesota in Big Ten play Thursday night. Follow for live score updates, game highlights from Minneapolis.