While there were several extremely thrilling women's college basketball games that occurred on February 23, perhaps the most captivating was the showdown between the UCLA Bruins and the Iowa Hawkeyes that took place in Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

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

The Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team is right there. They are on the cusp of knocking off one of the top teams in America, but they just need to learn how to close games out down the stretch. Such was the case in their 67-65 loss to the No.

Iowa women's basketball three thoughts from their 67-65 loss vs. UCLA; dropping the Hawkeyes to 19-9 on the season and 9-9 within Big Ten play.