IOWA CITY — For the first half of the game, the ISU women’s basketball team was on the receiving end of what it’d been doing to opponents all season long.

After trailing by as many as 28 points in the second half, the Cyclones fought back to within eight, but time ran out on Iowa State’s comeback hopes as it fell 89-80 against intrastate rival Iowa.

Mary Fox hit a 3-pointer to give the Cyclones the 11-10 edge, but that was the last lead Iowa State would muster, as the Hawkeyes went on a 26-2 run in the last 10 minutes of the first half to take a 45-26 lead into halftime.

ISU head coach Bill Fennelly said Iowa’s run took the Cyclones by surprise.

“We missed some shots we should make, and we got mauled in the post in the first half,” he said.

The majority of the second half was just like the first, as Iowa jumped out to a 28-point lead.Then, it became the Fox and Lyndsey Medders show for Iowa State.

“We built a 25-point lead, and with Iowa State it’s never enough,” said Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder. “They’re so explosive offensively.”

With a little more than five minutes left, Fox nailed a 3-pointer, making the score 73-57, and Iowa State forced a turnover by the Hawks.

On the Cyclones’ ensuing possession Katie Robinette banked in a shot off the backboard, but on the Hawks’ next trip down the court, Jenna Armstrong knocked in a 3-pointer, making the score 76-59 and shifting momentum back in Iowa’s favor.

“I think that the reason I made [the shot] was because I wasn’t even thinking about,” Armstrong said. “Obviously, I had a lot of open shots, and I kept on shooting them.”

Armstrong came off the bench for the Hawks to score a career-high 15 points.

Fox hit her third 3-pointer of the game with less than three minutes in the contest, drawing the Cyclones within 12 points.

With 1:15 left, Medders drained a 3-pointer, making the score 82-69, and Iowa State once again forced the Hawks into a turnover. Medders hit another three and stole the ball on the Hawks’ inbounds play. Then, Medders dished to Megan Ronhovde, which pulled the Cyclones within eight points with just under a minute to play.

“To maintain that significant of a lead for that long of time is hard to do, and I think we learned a lot,” Bluder said.

The Hawkeyes won the points in the paint, 34-30. Center Jamie Cavey led the way scoring 19 points. It was balanced scoring for Iowa, as five players scored in double figures. Crystal Smith chipped in 17 points and a career-high eight assists and eight rebounds. She also had four steals.