Jeff Linder

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.

Women’s basketball: ‘Auditions happen every day’ for playing time at Iowa. Keep an eye on the rotations, and maybe the starting lineup, when the Hawkeyes visit Illinois on Thursday.

Girls’ basketball: No. 5 Prairie gets it done at the end, tops No. 9 City High, 48-39. Hawks hold their hosts to 12 second-half points.

Girls’ basketball: The Gazette’s first draft of mock brackets for all five classes, all 341 teams.

Women’s basketball: Maryland snaps Iowa’s 20-game home win streak, 74-66. The Terrapins build a 25-point advantage in the first half, then hold off the Hawkeyes to remain undefeated.