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.
See photos from the medal round of the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Saturday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
Three Iowa wrestlers and three Iowa State wrestlers placed between third and eighth place in their weight classes in Saturday’s first session at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships are set for the finals. Here are some takeaways from the tournament heading into the championship bouts.
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 and Utah will face off for the first time since 1964 in the second round of the NIT on Sunday.
See photos from the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships semifinals and wrestlebacks Friday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City in Kansas City.
Iowa’s Drake Ayala declared the 125-pound weight class “mine” earlier this season. He’s one win away from making that statement reality at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Iowa State’s David Carr and Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen advanced to the finals for a second straight year after settling for second in 2023.
West Virginia Coach Mark Kellogg went viral — and roused Iowa fans — with his comment last Sunday after the NCAA women’s basketball tournament pairings were released.
The 2024 NCAA All-American representing the state of Iowa who had to make the longest trip to this state is Iowa State’s Anthony Echemendia. After leaving Cuba, he first spent two years at Ohio State before transferring a year ago to Ames, redshirting while adjusting to Midwest life.
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