With 232 assists so far this season, Caitlin Clark broke the previous WNBA rookie record of 224 by Ticha Penicheiro in 1998. She had 23 points and nine assists in the Indiana Fever’s 92-75 win Sunday over the Seattle STorm.
The Iowa women’s basketball 2024-25 non-conference schedule is released. The Jan Jensen era begins Oct. 30 with an exhibition game, then starts for real Nov. 6 against Northern Illinois.
The Olympics reinforced that basketball not only is enjoyed world-wide, but is played at a new, higher level globally than ever before.
The Iowa men’s basketball team will play Washington State in Moline, Ill., on Nov. 15. It’s the Hawkeyes’ first game in Moline since 1998.
Center Luka Garza is the University of Iowa’s all-time leading scorer. It’s been fits and starts in his three-year professional basketball career thus far, but a two-year guaranteed NBA contract he signed last month with the Minnesota Timberwolves provides some security and a reason to continue to work to improve.
The Big Ten women’s basketball tournament moves back to Indianapolis in 2025 and 2026, then it’s on to Las Vegas in 2027 and Detroit in 2028.
Former Hawkeye Megan Gustafson again had a game-high scoring total as Spain again had a one-point victory, and guaranteed itself a spot in the Olympic quarterfinals.
Jan Jensen was a new Iowa assistant coach at Iowa in 2000 when Randi Henderson was a senior player. Twenty-four years later, the two native Iowans have reunited. Henderson is a new Hawkeyes assistant coach for new head coach Jensen.
Former Iowa basketball player Joe Wieskamp will play in Australia next season. Wieskamp spent three years in the NBA and NBA G League after leaving Iowa in 2021.
Iowa City West senior-to-be Jack McCaffery has verbally committed to play basketball at Butler University in 2025. Months after Patrick McCaffery’s playing career ends at Butler, his younger brother will join the Big East program.
Iowa Athletics is “running a lot of different models” as it prepares for eventual revenue sharing with athletes, athletics director Beth Goetz said Wednesday at Big Ten football media days.
The Iowa Barnstormers AAU basketball program announced it has reached a partnership with NBA players Kris and Keegan Murray and their father Kenyon, and will rebrand to Murray Elite Basketball.
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