Articles Tagged: Gabbie Marshall

After the second of two consecutive NCAA runner-up finishes, Iowa loses nearly 65 percent of its scoring and will turn to Sydney Affolter and Hannah Stuelke — plus a blue-chip recruiting class — to keep things rolling.

Time, TV and notes for Sunday’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament national final between No. 2 Iowa and No. 1 South Carolina.

NCAA women’s basketball: Led by, maybe, the greatest player of all time, Iowa will try to slay Goliath for the second straight year. The second-ranked Hawkeyes (34-4) face No. 1 South Carolina (37-0) for the national championship Sunday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

While many in America seethed at the foul call on Connecticut’s Aaliyah Edwards with 3.9 seconds left, the Hawkeyes enjoyed a comeback win and a second-straight berth in the national-championship contest.

Hear from Iowa women’s basketball players and coaches after the Hawkeyes booked a return to the NCAA women’s basketball championship game with a 71-69 win over UConn in a Final Four game Friday night.

NCAA women’s basketball: No. 2 Iowa edges No. 10 UConn, 71-69, in a national semifinal. The Hawkeyes meet No. 1 South Carolina for the title Sunday.

No. 2 Iowa meets No. 10 UConn in an NCAA women’s basketball national semifinal Friday. Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers are the stars. But there will be eight other players on the floor, too.

NCAA women’s basketball: Addison O’Grady holds Angel Reese to 1-of-10 shooting in the second half, a key factor in Iowa’s 94-87 Elite Eight triumph.

Caitlin Clark added to her lore with 41 points and 12 assists, and Iowa finally got the best of Kim Mulkey in the postseason. The second-ranked Hawkeyes topped No. 8 LSU, 94-87, in an NCAA women’s basketball tournament regional final Monday night at MVP Arena.

NCAA women’s basketball: You wanted an Iowa-LSU NCAA rematch? You got it, Monday night for a Final Four berth.

NCAA women’s basketball: Iowa eliminates Colorado in the Sweet 16 for the second straight year, 89-68. Next up Monday: LSU for a berth in the Final Four.

Gabbie Marshall’s block and Sydney Affolter’s three-point play ignited Iowa in a late-game surge against West Virginia, and on to Albany for the Sweet 16.

Defense — and free throws — saved the day, and No. 2 Iowa fought past West Virginia, 64-54, in an NCAA women’s basketball second-round game before a sellout crowd of 14,324 Monday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The most decorated outgoing class in Iowa women’s basketball history will make its Carver swan song Monday night, when the second-ranked Hawkeyes face West Virginia in an NCAA second-round game. The sentimentality will subside sometime well before tipoff.

A stretch without Caitlin Clark, a 10-0 gem late in the first quarter, sprung Iowa out of a small early hole, and the second-ranked Hawkeyes subdued Holy Cross, 91-65, in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament before a sellout crowd of 14,324 Saturday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.