Articles Tagged: Iowa women’s basketball

Iowa women’s basketball guard Sydney Affolter is “ahead of schedule” in her recovery from a knee procedure earlier this fall, head coach Jan Jensen told reporters on Monday.

Iowa defeated Missouri Western in a women’s basketball exhibition game 110-55 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Wednesday.

Iowa women’s basketball led by at least 28 points for the entire second half in its exhibition win over Missouri Western.

As Jan Jensen readies for her first game as Iowa women’s basketball head coach, Angie Lee has some advice — “Be true to yourself; don’t change what isn’t broken.”

Travel-generated expenditures in Linn County totaled $730.5 million, an increase of 5.5 percent over 2022. In Johnson County, visitors spent a total of $683.8 million, a 5.6 percent increase, a study found.

Women’s basketball: Iowa State is No. 8 in the Associated Press preseason poll. South Carolina is No. 1; Iowa is among others receiving votes.

Women’s basketball: A 6-foot-5 post from Alaska, Layla Hays had her mind made up before her visit last weekend. ‘They have had a place in my heart since my first visit.’

The Gazette has learned that Layla Hays, a 6-foot-5 center from Wasilla, Alaska, has committed to the Iowa women’s basketball program.

Hundreds of fans greet Iowa basketball teams and women wrestlers in downtown Iowa City

Ava Heiden, a freshman from Oregon, “has separated herself” as Iowa’s top post, meaning Hannah Stuelke can play more at her natural power-forward slot

The post-Clark, post-Bluder era has arrived for the Iowa women’s basketball program. After back-to-back runs to the NCAA championship game, the expectations bar has been lowered somewhat.

Only Caitlin Clark and USC’s JuJu Watkins outscored Iowa’s Lucy Olsen last season when Olsen was in her third season of pouring in points at Villanova.

Juju Watkins, second to Iowa’s Caitlin Clark last year in NCAA scoring, is the sophomore sensation who will lead Big Ten preseason favorite USC in its first year in the conference.

Women’s basketball: Iowa’s Sydney Affolter will miss about a month after undergoing knee scope.

The Gazette’s Jeff Linder reveals his preseason ballot for the Associated Press women’s basketball poll. South Carolina is No. 1; Iowa State is 12th, Iowa 21st.