Iowa Basketball

The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Iowa State Cyclones 67-58 at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.

Everything unraveled for the young Iowa State women’s basketball team after taking a late 55-54 lead as the Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Cyclones for the seventh time in the past eight meetings, 67-58, before a sellout crowd of 14,267.

A late surge allowed the No. 4-ranked Iowa women’ basketball team to escape Iowa State’s upset bid, 67-58. Caitlin Clark surpassed the 3,000-point mark for her career.

Outside of noise, Thursday’s Cy-Hawk men’s basketball matchup between Iowa and Iowa State appears typical on paper.

Bill Fennelly prepares his freshmen-fueled Iowa State Cyclones (4-3) for Wednesday’s 6 p.m. Cy-Hawk matchup with the No. 4-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes (8-1) in what’s become an annual women’s basketball tradition since his second season in Ames.

Fourth-ranked Iowa (8-1) visits Iowa State (4-3) in their annual Cy-Hawk women’s basketball encounter Wednesday. Look at the various projections, and Iowa is favored by 5 to 8 points, and it seems like it ought to be more. But, as Lisa Bluder said, in this series, things can get “a little wacky.”

Purdue led Iowa 45-24 at halftime and went up by as much as 35 points after that in an 87-68 blowout. Zach Edey had 25 points in 24 minutes for Purdue.

Iowa opens the Big Ten men’s basketball season against the reigning National Player of the Year and the team favored to win the conference: Purdue.