By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa’s men’s basketball game against Xavier on Friday felt like the first measuring stick for the Ben McCollum era as soon as it came out on the schedule. An early-season game against a … Continue reading IOWA 81, XAVIER 62: Hawkeyes Pull Away In First Power Conference Test
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP There have been so few blemishes on the box score line for Iowa guard Chazadi “Chit-Chat” Wright that they were easy for her to remember. Her 16-point, 10-assist game in Sunday’s 119-43 win over Evansville at Carver-Hawkeye … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: ‘Chit-Chat’ Speaks Loudly In Her First Week With Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — The first week of the season for Iowa’s men’s basketball team had contrasting bookend wins. The opening win over Robert Morris couldn’t have gone any better. Friday’s 77-58 win over Western Illinois at … Continue reading IOWA 77, WIU 58: The Second Win Was Different From The First
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ben McCollum’s first Iowa team is still a “work in progress,” the coach said on Monday, but there’s no more time to prepare. The season starts on Tuesday night with a game against … Continue reading Hawkeyes Are ‘Work In Progress,’ But Now The Season Begins
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP It wasn’t a flipping of the switch, Ava Heiden said. Heiden’s best games in her first season on Iowa’s women’s basketball team came at the end of the season. She had 11 points against Michigan State and … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Heiden’s Time In The Post For Hawkeyes Has Arrived
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The recruiting process is over for Addi Brownfield, and now she can concentrate on her senior season of basketball. It sounds like something you would hear about a high school athlete but no, Brownfield is a senior … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: WIU’s Brownfield Knows Her Next Destination
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa’s women’s basketball team will open the season in the national rankings. It wasn’t long after the end of the Hawkeyes’ media day on Tuesday when the Associated Press preseason poll was released, … Continue reading Hawkeyes Face The Season With ‘Patience’
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP ROSEMONT, Ill. — Iowa’s women’s basketball team is young, again. Nine of the 14 players on the Hawkeyes’ roster are freshmen or sophomores. It’s why, coach Jan Jensen said on Wednesday at the Big Ten basketball media … Continue reading Iowa Women’s Notebook: Hawkeyes’ Rotation May Be Larger Late In The Season
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP There are no beaches in Iowa that compare to what McKenna Woliczko has in California. “I’ve been told there are a lot of lakes to go to,” Woliczko said on Wednesday. “So I think it will be … Continue reading Woliczko Is Coming To Hawkeyes To Win, And She Wants To Help Add To The Roster
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jan Jensen’s plan for Tuesday afternoon was to take senior forward Hannah Stuelke out for coffee to catch up on their busy summer. While Jensen has been preparing for her second season as … Continue reading Iowa’s Stuelke Builds On Summer Experience
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