Jeff Linder

Fourth-ranked Iowa (8-1) visits Iowa State (4-3) in their annual Cy-Hawk women’s basketball encounter Wednesday. Look at the various projections, and Iowa is favored by 5 to 8 points, and it seems like it ought to be more. But, as Lisa Bluder said, in this series, things can get “a little wacky.”

Meet the 2023 Gazette all-area volleybal team. Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester and Clear Creek Amana’s Jackie Clubb are selected as player and coach of the year.

Sue Bird and Ted Lasso starred among the Carver-Hawkeye Arena crowd that watched No. 4 Iowa shoot 66.7 percent from the floor in a 99-65 women’s basketball win over Bowling Green.

Time, TV and notes for Saturday’s women’s basketball game between No. 4 Iowa and Bowling Green.

Class 4A 11th-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier built an 11-1 lead before Libby Fandel dented the scoring column and went on to defeat Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 56-43, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ basketball game Friday night at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.

No. 4 Iowa hosts Bowling Green on Saturday, and Caitlin Clark is 46 points from becoming the 15th NCAA Division-I women’s basketball player to reach 3,000 career points.

Williamsburg girls’ basketball coach Stephanie Dacey considered Center Point-Urbana one of the programs she wanted to model after, and the Raiders ended an 18-game losing streak to the Stormin’ Pointers on Tuesday.

One-point wins at Rivalry Saturday keep Solon, Clear Creek Amana at the top after the first big week in The Gazette’s area high school girls’ basketball Super Ten rankings.

Clear Creek Amana controlled two crucial facets of the game, and a late run enabled the Class 4A second-ranked Clippers to pull away from Iowa City West, 57-45, in a non-conference girls’ basketball game Tuesday night at West High School.

Women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark hits a pair of late 3-pointers to clinch Iowa’s 77-70 win over Kansas State in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Classic.

Time, live stream and notes for Sunday’s women’s basketball game between No. 5 Iowa and No. 16 Kansas State in the Gulf Coast Classic final.

Rivalry Saturday: Clear Creek Amana squanders 17-point lead, then gets a late bucket from Ava Locklear and one last stop to edge North Linn, 45-44.

Rivalry Saturday: Solon edges three-time defending 2A champion Dike-New Hartford, 49-48.

Women’s basketball: Lisa Bluder gets her 500th win at Iowa, 100-62 over Florida Gulf Coast behind a school-record 20 3-pointers.

Rivalry Saturday: Mount Vernon outlasts Maquoketa, 64-59, despite a record-tying six 3-pointers by the Cardinals’ Kendall Kuhlman.