Women’s basketball: Adversity struck early for the Iowa Hawkeyes, but the response was inspired in a 91-70 rout of Ohio State.
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Women’s basketball: Adversity struck early for the Iowa Hawkeyes, but the response was inspired in a 91-70 rout of Ohio State.
Photos from the Ohio State vs. Iowa women’s basketball at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, January 25, 2026.
Women’s basketball: Iowa Coach Jan Jensen is ‘hoping against hope’ for Taylor McCabe to return after sustaining a knee injury Sunday.
Women’s basketball: Iowa’s 8-0 start in the Big Ten is its best start in league play in 30 years.
After giving up the first basket of overtime, the Hawkeyes (17-2) outscored Maryland 12-3 the rest of the way. The reward is an 8-0 Big Ten start, the program’s first in 30 years.
Women’s basketball: No. 10 Iowa blows a 17-point lead in the final 3 minutes of regulation, then outlasts No. 15 Maryland in overtime, 85-78.
The Hawkeyes true freshman recorded a career-high 17 points against Rutgers on Tuesday night, and has become an important piece of Iowa’s offensive game.
Iowa (16-2 overall, 7-0 Big Ten) reached that level — they’re at No. 10 — on the strength of a six-game winning streak. It is the Hawkeyes’ highest ranking of the post-Clark, post-Bluder era.
Iowa’s Hannah Stuelke is the national player of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association. In two games last week (against Oregon and Michigan State), the Cedar Rapids native posted 40 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists.
See photos as the Hawkeyes hosted the Scarlet Knights for a Big Ten conference regular season game.
The Hawkeyes were led by Bennett Stirtz’s 20 points and Tate Sage’s 16 to defeat Rutgers on Tuesday night.
The Hawkeyes return home for a Tuesday night matchup against the New Jersey Scarlet Knights before a week-long break.
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