No. 19 Tennessee on Saturday, Iowa’s first of the season, the No. 21 Hawkeye women’s basketball team is readying itself for Wednesday’s rivalry game against Iowa State, part of the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.

Chamique Holdsclaw, Diamond DeShields, Rickea Jackson, Andraya Carter and Sue Bird were all in attendance at Barclays Center, sitting courtside along with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert.

Iowa women's basketball got everything and then some from Tennessee in the Women's Champions Classic Saturday night in Brooklyn.

Women’s basketball: 30 turnovers lead to Iowa’s first loss, 78-68 to Tennessee. Hawkeyes slip to 8-1 despite a 23-point return by Lucy Olsen.

Tennessee, under first-year head coach Kim Caldwell, is off to an undefeated start with a pressing style that includes fresh players constantly coming in.

The previously-undefeated Iowa women’s basketball team fought through four quarters but came up short 78-68 against a 6-0 Tennessee squad on Saturday night. The Hawkeyes drop to 8-1 on the season with the loss.

Iowa (8-1), led by Lucy Olsen’s 23 points, struggled to keep pace with Tennessee’s up-tempo, pressing style. The Hawkeyes committed a season-high 30 turnovers, 18 of which were steals by the Lady Vols. Tennessee capitalized with 42 points off turnovers, a stark contrast to their struggles on the boards, where they were outrebounded 48-33.

The 20th-ranked Iowa women’s basketball (8-1) team suffered their first loss of the season in Saturday’s Shark Beauty Champions Classic game vs. Tennessee (7-0) from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.

Talaysia Cooper scored 19 of her 23 points in the second half to help Tennessee beat No. 17 Iowa 78-68 on Saturday night in the inaugural Women's