Jeff Linder

Girls’ basketball: Regional pairings for Class 5A and Class 4A

Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier, Cedar Rapids Prairie pursue outright MVC championships Friday. Saints host Iowa City West, which has an eye on a piece of the Mississippi Division crown.

Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: Mount Vernon replaces Cedar Rapids Prairie at No. 1; MVC Mississippi Division leader Cedar Rapids Xavier makes a big jump.

Girls’ basketball: Class 3A top-ranked Mount Vernon jumps on Clear Creek Amana early in a 61-42 win. Mustangs take a 19-game win streak into the postseason.

Women’s basketball: Lucy Olsen’s season-high 32 points trigger Iowa to its fifth straight win, 81-66 at Nebraska.

Women’s basketball: Iowa’s only Big Ten “double-play” is Nebraska, and the Hawkeyes seek a season split with the Huskers on Monday.

What to know about Monday’s women’s basketball game between Iowa and Nebraska. Game time, TV schedule, game notes.

Women’s basketball: Ava Jones, former Iowa recruit who suffered severe injuries after being hit by an impaired driver, announces Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis.

Girls’ basketball: Best public-school team in Iowa City? After Liberty’s 56-51 triumph over City High, that’s still yet to be determined.

Women’s basketball: Icy conditions forced the Iowa Hawkeyes to wait until Thursday to fly to Minneapolis. Then they dealt with some in-game turbulence before prevailing, 68-60, over the Gophers for their fourth straight win.

Girls’ basketball: A quick analysis of area regional pairings in 3A, 2A and 1A.

Girls’ basketball: The Gazette’s final draft of mock brackets for 4A and 5A.

Call It Both Ways: High school basketball podcast with Gazette sportswriters Jeff Linder and Jeff Johnson talking area high school basketball.

Girls’ basketball: Regional pairings for Class 3A, 2A and 1A.

Women’s basketball: From slumping to surging, Iowa seeks to continue its climb Thursday at Minnesota. The Hawkeyes have won won three straight games, and a fourth would get them to .500 in the Big Ten.