Jeff Linder

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

Girls’ basketball: The Wamac East is ‘one of the most competitive leagues in the state, and the records prove it.’ All six teams are above .500 overall.

Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: No changes whatsoever, from 1 to 10. Cedar Rapids Prairie stays on top.

Women’s basketball: Iowa Coach Jan Jensen is relying both on analytics and her ‘gut’ to get the right pieces in place in an effort to snap a three-game skid. “I really do believe I’m pushing the right buttons.”

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

Girls’ basketball: All five starters hit double figures, and 3A No. 1 Mount Vernon tops Center Point-Urbana, 68-41.

Women’s basketball: Indiana leads from start to finish, sends No. 23 Iowa to its third straight loss, 74-67. “We’re going to let this one hit us a little bit,” Iowa’s Taylor McCabe said.

Girls’ basketball: A downhill slope remains slippery in terms of participation in Iowa. Six schools, including Central City, aren’t playing a varsity schedule, and last year’s statewide number of 6,179 is a 38-percent decrease from 2007-08.

What to know about Sunday’s women’s basketball game between Indiana and No. 23 Iowa. Game time, TV schedule, game notes.

Women’s basketball: Hawkeyes’ bus ride home from Champaign was quiet, yet productive. Players discussed what went wrong in the loss to Illinois, and the coaches resumed discussion about combinations and chemistry.

Women’s basketball: Rough night at the line (8 of 17, including 3 of 10 in the fourth quarter) costs Iowa in a 62-57 loss at Illinois. Hawkeyes have lost back-to-back Big Ten games for the first time since February 2021.

Girls’ basketball notes: Jaime Brandt is back on the sideline, and Iowa City Liberty is better than ever. Natalie Ramsey is among the top scorers in Class 5A, and the Bolts are 7-2.

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

Area girls’ basketball Super Ten: Iowa City public schools are side-by-side at 4-5-6.

What to know about Thursday’s women’s basketball game between No. 23 Iowa and Illinois. Game time, TV schedule, game notes.