Jeff Linder

CEDAR RAPIDS — By now, Mallory McDermott and Sidney McCrea have seen virtually every form of junk defense imaginable. Box-and-ones. …

IOWA CITY — For Monika Czinano, the presence of Megan Gustafson was an immediate culture shock. ‘I came from a …

IOWA CITY — The basket. The foul. The flex. ‘If I wasn’t full of adrenaline, I probably wouldn’t do that,’ …

MARION — Stress is a byproduct of coaching, and Nate Sanderson said, ‘I don’t do a good job leaving stress …

Numbers are down a little within the Marion High School girls’ basketball program this season, so the coaching staff has …

IOWA CITY — It’s merely a distant memory now. A sidebar on a remarkable career. This wasn’t Kathleen Doyle’s first …

The Gazette’s area girls’ basketball Super 10 all-class rankings, through games played Tuesday, Jan. 21: 1. …

CEDAR FALLS — Down seven on the road, Iowa City High was teetering. But the Little Hawks had the mindset …

Area girls’ basketball individual statistical leaders, through games played Jan. 18. State rank is in parentheses. POINTS PER GAME (7) …

MADISON, Wis. — Lisa Bluder usually starts a postgame press conference with a statement. Sunday, she opened with a question: …

IOWA CITY — Lisa Bluder breaks an Iowa women’s basketball schedule into one-week chunks. Once the Big Ten season starts, …

IOWA CITY — The Iowa Hawkeyes flew home late Thursday night, too pooped to party. ‘It was pretty quiet,’ Coach …

MINNEAPOLIS — The play was breaking down. The shot clock was ticking down. Lisa Bluder was about to call a …

Tom Lilly likened a young Caitlynn Daniels to Brett Favre. ‘It didn’t matter how small the window was,’ Lilly said, …

IOWA CITY — The archrivals are polar opposites. No. 22 Iowa is the early surprise of the Big Ten, stacking …