Iowa Basketball

Hannah Stuelke didn’t play in the second half of Iowa’s 91-65 first-round NCAA women’s basketball tournament win over Holy Cross. The Hawkeyes’ second-leading scorer and an all-Big Ten second-teamer, Stuelke confirmed afterward that she was suffering from “probably” a migraine.

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.

Holy Cross, to its eternal credit, didn’t bend the knee to Caitlin Clark or Iowa. But 16th-seeds don’t win games like this, so the Hawkeyes immediately move on to tougher obstacles.

Follow The Gazette’s live blog for score updates, highlights and analysis as the No. 1-seed Iowa Hawkeyes host the No. 16-seed Holy Cross Crusaders in an NCAA women’s basketball tournament first-round game Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa guard Molly Davis is “attacking rehab” as the Hawkeyes prepare for their NCAA women’s basketball tournament opener against Holy Cross.

The wide-eyed, 16-seed Holy Cross Crusaders get their view at women’s basketball royalty when they tackle No. 2 Iowa in an NCAA tournament first-round game Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

This week’s Hawk Off The Press podcast starts with Kadyn Proctor’s decision to leave Iowa and eventually reenter the transfer portal, then a look at Iowa’s path back to the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four and a preview of Sunday’s Iowa-Utah NIT game.

Time, TV and notes for Saturday’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament first-round game game between No. 2 Iowa and Holy Cross.