Iowa held Baylor to one point over the final 5:49 of the game and closed on a 9-1 run as the 19th-ranked Hawkeyes knocked off the No. 7 Bears 57-52 in a battle of early-season unbeatens at the WBCA Showcase in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Thursday.

Iowa (5-0) held Baylor (4-1) without a field goal for the final 6:10 of the game. A free throw by Kayla Nelms with seven seconds remaining kept the Bears from being shut out over for nearly six minutes to end the game.

The Hawkeyes' 9-0 run before that free throw flipped a 51-48 Baylor lead into a 57-51 Iowa advantage. Ava Heiden scored a pair of buckets at the rim to ignite the decisive burst for four of her team-high 18 points (to go with a team-high 11 rebounds).

Taliah Scott buoyed Baylor through an otherwise woeful offensive performance, s

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