Iowa women's basketball (12-3, 2-2 Big Ten) suffered their second Big Ten defeat on the campaign and third overall loss on Sunday after dropping a 74-66 contest to No. 7 Maryland (14-0, 4-0 Big Ten) from a jam-packed Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Bottom line: Iowa earns a top-four Big Ten finish at 14-4, reaches the Big Ten tournament semifinals, lands a 4-seed for the NCAA tournament, holds serve at Carver to reach the Sweet 16 and narrowly misses a major regional-semifinal upset in Birmingham (or maybe Spokane).

Iowa grabbed a double-digit lead late in the first quarter and maintained it throughout, aside from two Purdue pushes. The Hawkeyes' cushion dipped from 15 to five during a four-minute stretch early in the second quarter, then slid from 21 to eight midway through the third. Both times, Iowa countered back with a momentum-sucking surge.

No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball traveled to Iowa City, Iowa, to take on the No. 23 Hawkeyes Sunday with recent history not on its side. The Terps were 1-3 in their last four matchups against the Hawkeyes,

The No. 22 Hawkeyes are back home for their toughest challenge to date, as Iowa women's basketball hosts No. 7 Maryland Sunday. Here's how to watch.