After dispatching of seventh-seeded Purdue yesterday, Iowa (24-6, 15-3 Big Ten) battles No. 3 seed Maryland today with a spot in the Big Ten Tournament championship game on the line.

Of course, the Hawkeyes are looking to return and defend their Big Ten Tournament crown from a season ago. Iowa got challenged by the Boilermakers, but a 7-0 spurt toward the close of the third quarter and 10 quick points from Caitlin Clark in the fourth quarter’s first four and a half minutes helped the Hawkeyes separate.

Clark finished with 22 points, Monika Czinano added 14 and Gabbie Marshall also scored 11. Marshall connected on 3-of-5 3-pointers in the contest versus Purdue.

Iowa split its regular season series versus Maryland, topping the Terrapins in Iowa City back on Feb. 2 as Clark and Czinano had one of their best combined performances of the season. The duo racked up an astounding 70 combined points, including 42 from Clark on 6-of-11 3-point shooting.

Maryland reversed the scales when Iowa went to College Park, though. The Terps outscored Iowa 27-8 in the second quarter and the blowout was on from there. Maryland handed Iowa its worst loss this season, 96-68.

A series of things went wrong during that Feb. 21 rematch. Iowa didn’t shoot it well for starters. The Hawkeyes finished shooting 34.8% from the floor and just 28.9% from 3-point range. Iowa kept firing from downtown despite the poor shooting, finishing 11-of-38 from long distance.

The Hawkeyes also turned the basketball over 24 times. With all of that in mind, Iowa is looking to exact a bit of revenge and recreate the version of itself that won comfortably in the pair’s first meeting this season.

If Iowa works its way past Maryland, it just might be a rematch of the Big Ten Tournament title bout from a season ago in Indiana.

The top-seeded Hoosiers beat Michigan State 94-85 behind 27 points from star forward Mackenzie Holmes. Indiana will face Ohio State at 1:30 p.m. The Buckeyes slipped past Michigan, 81-79.

Here’s how fans can watch, stream and listen to Iowa versus Maryland.

How to watch

• Date: Saturday, March 4

• Time: 4 p.m. CT

• TV Channel: Big Ten Network

• Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here)

• Hawkeye Radio Network: Listen

Broadcast teams

Big Ten Network: Sloan Martin, Christy Winters Scott, Meghan McKeown

Hawkeye Radio Network: Rob Brooks, play-by-play; Jaime Cavey Lang, color commentary

Key players

Iowa:

G Caitlin Clark: 27.1 points, 8.0 assist, 7.5 rebounds

G Kate Martin: 7.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 40.7% 3-point FG

F/C Monika Czinano: 17.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 66.9% FG

G Gabbie Marshall: 4.3 points, 1.4 steals

G/F McKenna Warnock: 10.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 40% 3-point FG

Maryland:

G Diamond Miller: 19.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists

G Abby Meyers: 14.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists

G Shyanne Sellers: 14.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists

G Brinae Alexander: 8.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists

G Lavender Briggs: 7.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists

All-time series

(Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

This is the 17th all-time meeting between the two conference foes. Maryland leads the all-time series, 11-5. The pair has split the season series. Iowa won in Iowa City on Feb. 2, 96-82. Maryland returned the favor on Feb. 21 with a 96-68 win.

Last time out

(Photo by David Berding/Getty Images)

Iowa eliminated seventh-seeded Purdue behind 22 points from Clark, 14 from Czinano and 11 from Marshall.

[lawrence-auto-related count=5]

Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes, and opinions.

Follow Josh on Twitter: @JoshOnREF

Story originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire