Jeff Linder

Girls’ basketball: Grace Fincham scores 33 points, helps Iowa City West push past Iowa City High late, 63-57.

Women’s basketball: Lethargic early, No. 4 Iowa snaps out of it behind Caitlin Clark’s 13th career triple-double. Hawkeyes race away from Loyola Chicago, 98-69.

Prep basketball area rankings, news and more from Linder and Johnson on this week’s Iowa Prep Sports podcast.

Girls’ basketball notes: Increased delegation, uncanny depth are driving Cedar Rapids Prairie upward.

Time, TV and notes for Thursday’s women’s basketball game between No. 4 Iowa and Loyola Chicago.

Women’s basketball: Sharon Goodman’s perseverance and Sydney Affolter’s toughness have been notable complements to Caitlin Clark’s brilliance for the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes.

Girls’ basketball: Clear Creek Amana doesn’t commit a first-half turnover, and an early defensive switch sends the Clippers to a 67-42 win over Benton Community.

Women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark’s final (?) return to Central Iowa in a triumphant one. She scores 38 points in the No. 4 Hawkeyes’ 104-75 rout of Cleveland State in Des Moines.

Time, TV and notes for Sunday’s women’s basketball game between No. 4 Iowa and Cleveland State.

Girls’ basketball: Bench accounts for 32 points in Cedar Rapids Prairie’s 75-36 romp over Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

Women’s basketball: Lisa Bluder talks about her role in Caitlin Clark’s decision whether to stay at Iowa for a fifth year, or to move on to the WNBA.

Calling it both ways, Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder talk area high school basketball and current rankings for girls and boys basketball.

Girls’ basketball notes: After an uncharacteristic 6-16 season last year, Iowa City High appears to be on the rebound.

Clear Creek Amana is the new No. 1 in this week’s area girls basketball Super Ten. North Linn and Mount Vernon climb to No. 2 and No. 3.

Girls’ basketball: Class 4A second-ranked Clear Creek Amana outscores 3A No. 1 Solon 30-3 in the final 10 1/2 minutes, earns a 58-37 Wamac cross-divisional win.