The Hawkeye faithful waited for hours outside Welsh-Ryan Arena Wednesday night for the first sold-out game in Northwestern women’s basketball history. Caitlin Clark made it worth their while in a night full of more milestone achievements in Iowa’s 110-74 victory.
No. 1-ranked teams in Iowa high school basketball picked up some big wins last week: Class 1A’s top-ranked North Linn girls beat 3A No. 1 Mount Vernon, while the 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy boys handled West Des Moines Valley. And there’s another big boys’ game on Friday, when 1A No. 1 Bellevue Marquette hosts No. 3 North Linn. The Call It Both Ways podcast discusses those games on this week’s episode, plus more notable performances.
Linn-Mar grad Kiah Stokes is Kelsey Plum’s teammate on the two-time WNBA-champion Las Vegas Aces. Stokes and her teammates are interested and excited to see how Clark does in their league.
As Caitlin Clark and Iowa women’s basketball experience a surge in popularity in 2022-23, it has resulted in a surge in revenue for the program, according to data from Iowa’s most recent NCAA financial filing.
Indiana scored the last eight points for a 74-68 victory over Iowa, despite a second-straight 26-point effort from Payton Sandfort
Time, TV and notes for Wednesday’s women’s basketball game between No. 3 Iowa and Northwestern.
Analysis, guesses and projections on the second half of the 2023-24 Big Ten women’s basketball race
Previewing Tuesday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at Indiana: The Hawkeyes seek their fifth-straight win over the Hoosiers in order to get to .500 in the Big Ten.
Tony Perkins is a hot Hawkeye, averaging 22.7 points and shooting very well over last three games. He scorched the Hoosiers at Assembly Hall last season.
Payton Sandfort’s 26 points and Tony Perkins’ 24 points helped the hot-shooting Hawkeyes overpower Michigan and end a two-game losing skid.
Caitlin Clark was mortal for a half with 10 points. Then she was herself and more afterward, scoring 28 in the second-half during the Hawkeyes’ 92-73 win over Nebraska.
Caitlin Clark scored 38 points, and the Iowa women’s basketball team used a midgame surge to jet in front for good in a 92-73 win over Nebraska.
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