Iowa Basketball

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.

Sue Bird and Ted Lasso starred among the Carver-Hawkeye Arena crowd that watched No. 4 Iowa shoot 66.7 percent from the floor in a 99-65 women’s basketball win over Bowling Green.

Time, TV and notes for Saturday’s women’s basketball game between No. 4 Iowa and Bowling Green.

No. 4 Iowa hosts Bowling Green on Saturday, and Caitlin Clark is 46 points from becoming the 15th NCAA Division-I women’s basketball player to reach 3,000 career points.

Iowa freshman center Owen Freeman had three blocks in the space of five seconds during his team’s victory over North Florida Wednesday night, and also scored 16 points.