Iowa defeated West Virginia 64-54 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Monday to advance to the NCAA women’s basketball Sweet 16.
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Iowa defeated West Virginia 64-54 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Monday to advance to the NCAA women’s basketball Sweet 16.
Defense — and free throws — saved the day, and No. 2 Iowa fought past West Virginia, 64-54, in an NCAA women’s basketball second-round game before a sellout crowd of 14,324 Monday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Follow The Gazette’s live blog for score updates, highlights and analysis as the No. 1 seed Iowa Hawkeyes (30-4) host the No. 8 seed West Virginia Mountaineers (25-7) in an NCAA women’s basketball tournament second-round game Monday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa State’s David Carr cemented his place in Iowa State history and propelled the Cyclones ahead of rival Iowa. The Hawkeyes brought an end to an irregular season. Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen made a statement in dominance and fashion during the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
The Hawkeyes got within “striking distance,” but were unable to climb back from an 18-point first-half deficit in their season-ending loss to Utah in the second round of the NIT.
NCAA women’s basketball: Iowa’s 92.8-point scoring rate leads the nation; so does West Virginia’s plus-8.8 turnover differential. The Hawkeyes and the Mountaineers collide Monday with a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line.
The Hawkeyes have their hands full in a second-round NCAA tourney game against West Virginia. Which probably is just the way Clark wants it.
The most decorated outgoing class in Iowa women’s basketball history will make its Carver swan song Monday night, when the second-ranked Hawkeyes face West Virginia in an NCAA second-round game. The sentimentality will subside sometime well before tipoff.
Time, TV and notes for Monday’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament second-round game game between No. 2 Iowa and West Virginia.
One might say that Iowa State’s David Carr and Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen also provided redemption for their wrestling programs when they won national championships Saturday night at the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
See photos from Saturday night’s championship round of the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Kansas City.
Photos from Iowa’s 91-65 win over Holy Cross in an NCAA women’s basketball tournament first-round game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Saturday.
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