With Hannah Stuelke out of the lineup, the Hawkeyes knew it was going to have to be a grit your teeth, grind it out effort in Eugene on Sunday afternoon. Looking to put an end to the program’s longest losing streak since 2016,

Iowa women’s basketball (12-7, 2-6 Big Ten) suffered their fifth consecutive loss with a disheartening 50-49 defeat at Oregon (14-5, 5-3 Big Ten) from Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore., on Sunday.

Eugene, Oregon; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Iowa heads into the matchup against Oregon after losing four games in a row. The Ducks have gone 11-1 in home games. Oregon is 3-0 in one-possession games.

Iowa had a chance. Sydney Affolter’s left-handed drive with 42 seconds left cut Iowa’s deficit to one point, 50-49. Addison O’Grady’s tough defense forced a miss by 6-foot-8 center Phillipina Kyei, and Aaliyah Guyton rebounded with 9.5 seconds left to give Iowa a chance for the win.

From Eugene, the Register's Chad Leistikow looks at four angles of the Hawkeyes' frustrating 50-49 loss at Oregon, starting at point guard.

It came down to the wire, but the Iowa women fell just short against the Oregon Ducks in Matthew Knight Arena.

Leading for the first 33 minutes, the Hawkeyes succumbed to a late drought and dropped their fifth consecutive game, 50-49 to Oregon on Sunday at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. The Hawkeyes’ 49 points were their least in a game since scoring 46 in a loss at Nebraska on Feb. 24, 2013.

As Iowa women’s basketball looks to snap its four-game losing skid, the Hawkeyes will have to do so without one of their stars. Junior forward Hannah Stuelke is listed as “out” in the Hawkeyes’ pregame Big Ten availability report.

Owen Freeman, Brock Harding and Fran McCaffery pointed the finger at defensive failings after dropping back-to-back games against USC and UCLA last week. Iowa faces Minnesota's worst-in-the-conference offense next.

The University of Iowa women’s basketball team fell to Oregon, 49-50, on Sunday afternoon inside the Matthew Knight Arena.

Two marquee matchups headlined the week: Michigan State vs. Illinois (Jan. 19) and Purdue vs. Oregon (Jan. 18). The Spartans and Boilermakers’ respective victories firmly establish them as the Big Ten’s top two teams at this stage of the season.