This past week re-affirmed Iowa women's basketball can hang with anyone, while re-emphasizing the cleaner execution needed to make them stick.

Another riveting Carver-Hawkeye Arena moment was there for the taking, but Iowa women's basketball came up just short vs. No. 3 UCLA.

In a high-energy Sunday afternoon atmosphere inside a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa women's basketball (19-9, 8-8) dropped a nailbiting 67-65 defeat vs. No. 3-ranked UCLA (26-1, 14-1), creating a two-game skid with two games remaining on the regular season.