Jeff Linder

Girls’ basketball: Linn-Mar bounces back after two decisive losses, tops Marion 46-42 behind Dreya Kern’s career-high 28 points.

Women’s basketball: Iowa’s Lucy Olsen is ‘more likely than not’ to play Saturday against Tennessee. Hawkeyes’ leading scorer suffered a nasty gash on her knee last week, and missed two games at Cancun Challenge.

Boys’ basketball 2024-25: 15 area players to watch for the upcoming season.

Rivalry Saturday: Maquoketa snaps Clear Creek Amana’s 26-game win streak with a 63-57 victory.

Rivalry Saturday: Molly Shafer scores 28 points, and Ava Eastlick ties a Rivalry Saturday record with six 3-pointers in EBF’s 57-45 win over Cascade in a 2A top-five battle.

Rivalry Saturday: Scott DeJong earns his 700th career victory in Ankeny Centennial’s 39-26 win over Pleasant Valley.

Rivalry Saturday: North Linn veterans make winning plays late, and the Lynx stretch their win streak to 27 with a 52-51 win over Riceville in a 1A top-five thriller.

Rivalry Saturday: Emily Larsen nails five first-half 3-pointers, and Cedar Rapids Prairie hold off Sioux City Heelan, 59-54, to win Bruce Dall’s debut with the Hawks.

Rivalry Saturday: No. 2 Mount Vernon avenges a Class 3A state-semifinal loss to No. 1 Estherville-Lincoln Central, 52-42.

Rivalry Saturday: Maquoketa Valley rallies from 9-point third quarter deficit, tops Montezuma, 38-35.

Rivalry Saturday: Williamsburg builds a 20-point lead, then holds off Monticello, 53-47, behind two late 3-pointers by Carly Rich.

Girls’ basketball: Reigning state champions Clear Creek Amana and North Linn take 26-game win streaks into Rivalry Saturday challenges.

Girls’ basketball: Tom Lilly will retire as Cedar Rapids Xavier coach following the 2024-25 season

What to know about Thursday and Friday’s Iowa women’s basketball games vs. Rhode Island and BYU.

Women’s basketball: Hawkeyes take unbeaten record, new ranking to Cancun Challenge. They’ll face Rhode Island on Thursday, BYU on Friday.