Plenty of numbers could tell the tale of #2 Iowa wrestling’s beatdown of #9 Illinois on Friday night. The final score? Iowa – 28, Illinois – 6. Total match points? Iowa – 69, Illinois, 21. Or how about the most basic premise in all of wrestling – takedowns scored?

The 2nd-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes kick off a big Friday night of wrestling on BTN with a top-10 Big Ten battle with the No. 9 Illinois Fighting Illini at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

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Following the game, Iowa coach Jan Jensen, along with student-athletes Hannah Stuelke and Lucy Olsen, talked with reporters in Champaign. Check out what they had to say in this videos provided by Iowa Sports Information:

Ranked as Intermat's No. 10 dual team in college wrestling (No. 13 as a tournament team), the Fighting Illini present a worthy challenge for the No. 2 Hawkeyes with nine-ranked wrestlers, eight of whom are ranked 20th or higher.

After a crushing win over Wisconsin in Madison on Sunday, the No. 2 Iowa men’s wrestling team walks into its toughest test of the season thus far in No. 9 Illinois. Now an undefeated 7-0, the Hawkeyes are just hanging onto the second spot in the team rankings behind Penn State.

After a rough start filled with wreckless amounts of first-half turnovers in a 74-66 home defeat vs. No. 7 Maryland, the No. 23-ranked Iowa women's basketball team (12-3, 2-2 Big Ten) hits the road tonight as they travel to State Farm Center in Champaign,

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