Jeff Linder

Women’s basketball: No. 4 Iowa visits Wisconsin on Sunday in front of a rare sold-out Kohl Center. Hawkeyes pursue their 28th consecutive win over the Badgers.

Girls’ basketball notes: Wamac teams have fashioned a 7-1 record against the MVC.

A late surge allowed the No. 4-ranked Iowa women’ basketball team to escape Iowa State’s upset bid, 67-58. Caitlin Clark surpassed the 3,000-point mark for her career.

Solon, Clear Creek Amana and North Linn maintain the top three spots in this week’s girls basketball Super Ten. Mount Vernon climbs a spot to No. 4, and Western Dubuque and Marion are newcomers for this season.

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

Backup post Brynley Rasmussen was more than capable in her minutes in the paint, registering 12 points to help lead Class 3A fifth-ranked Mount Vernon past No. 2 Benton Community, 53-45, in a Wamac Conference cross-divisional game Tuesday night at Mount Vernon High School.

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.