Iowa Basketball

The junior guard scored a career-high 32 points in Iowa’s 81-79 win over the Illini Saturday.

Women’s basketball: With Maryland behind and Indiana ahead, No. 6 Iowa tries to avoid the trap door Sunday at Penn State.

Women’s basketball: Feb. 26 showdown at Carver-Hawkeye Arena between Indiana and Iowa is sold out.

Iowa and Illinois: Two teams that are playing well and two programs that have done quite well in recent Februarys meet Saturday afternoon in Carver.

How to watch Saturday’s Iowa men’s basketball game against Illinois. The Illini seek their fourth-straight road win, the Hawkeyes seek a three-game homestand sweep.

Iowa Coach Lisa Bluder talked about Iowa’s 96-82 win over Maryland — the team’s third top-10 win of the season — and advocated again for Caitlin Clark to be National Player of the Year.

Iowa junior Caitlin Clark scored 42 points, and the Hawkeyes overwhelmed No. 8 Maryland Thursday night, 96-82.

Maryland Coach Brenda Frese described Caitlin Clark as a “once-in-a-lifetime type of player.”

Caitlin Clark and Monika Czinano combined for 70 points, and No. 6 Iowa women’s basketball topped Maryland, 96-82, matching its most decisive win ever over the Terrapins.

Mount Vernon High School grad Austin Ash walked on to the Iowa Hawkeyes basketball team his freshman year. He didn’t play much in his five-year Iowa career, but had the desire to see if he could be an important player somewhere. That somewhere turned out to be The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.

Illinois’ Orange Krush organization got a hold of 200 tickets for Saturday’s men’s basketball clash in Iowa City, but then the tickets were invalidated.

Women’s basketball: No. 6 Iowa has outrebounded six straight opponents, and not coincidentally, owns a six-game win streak. No. 8 Maryland visits in a Big Ten showdown Thursday at Carver.