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Photos: Iowa women’s basketball pep rally at Target Center before Big Ten championship game
Mar. 5, 2023 3:46 pm, Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 4:15 pm
Iowa women’s basketball fans welcomed the Hawkeyes to Target Center before Sunday’s Big Ten tournament championship game against Ohio State.
Iowa Hawkeyes forward Monika Czinano gives fans high-fives as she enters the arena with the Hawkeyes at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Hundreds of Iowa fans gather for the pep rally ahead of the Iowa vs. Ohio State game at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Herky and the Iowa Spirit Squad warm the crowd up during the Iowa pep rally before the championship game against Ohio State at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes forward Hannah Stuelke smiles as she walks through the crowd during the Iowa pep rally at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes guard Kate Martin smiles and looks around as she is greeted by hundreds of Hawkeye fans during the Iowa pep rally at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Dozens of Hawkeye fans wait outside the doors of the arena ahead of the Iowa vs. Ohio State game at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Mike and Kristin Fitzgerald of Elkader watch the Iowa men’s basketball game while waiting to get inside the arena to watch the championship game between Iowa and Ohio State at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Condra Allred of Cedar Rapids, left, and Carmen Hendricks of Wisconsin, middle, look at the signs they’ve made as their friend Valerie Eickholt of Nebraska works on a sign for herself while waiting for the Iowa vs. Ohio State game at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes guard Sydney Affolter gives fans high-fives as the Hawkeyes enter the arena ahead of the game against Ohio State at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Brutus the Buckeye helps vacuum the blue carpet ahead of the pep rally for the Iowa vs. Ohio State game at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
The Iowa marching band performs during the Iowa pep rally for the championship game against Ohio State at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Mike and Kristin Fitzgerald of Elkader watch the Iowa men’s basketball game on their phone while waiting to get inside the arena to watch the championship game between Iowa and Ohio State at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Fans reach their hands out to Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark as she walks the arena ahead of the game against Ohio State at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
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