By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Lucy Olsen made an impact in her one season on Iowa’s women’s basketball team. Now the 5-foot-10 guard will get a chance to play in the WNBA. Olsen was selected by the Washington Mystics in the second … Continue reading Olsen Goes In Second Round Of WNBA Draft
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Kylie Feuerbach will be a Hawkeye again next season. The fifth-year guard announced on Tuesday that she will return to Iowa for her final season. Feuerbach, in her fourth season at Iowa, had a year of eligibility … Continue reading Iowa’s Feuerbach Returns For Final Year
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP One by one, Jan Jensen went down the two rows of seats and hugged every player on Iowa’s women’s basketball team. The Hawkeyes had just found out on Sunday night where they were going in the NCAA … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Hawkeyes Hit The Road, But To Jensen, They’ve Already Won
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball team won 20 games in what was going to be a transition season after the history of the last few seasons. The Hawkeyes won 10 Big Ten games, including one over the No. 4 … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Hawkeyes Get To 20 Wins, And Now March Is Here
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — There is no question that Iowa can compete with some of the best women’s basketball teams in the nation, which is a good thing to carry into March. There is some question over whether … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Iowa’s Loss To UCLA Is Another ‘Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda’
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball team followed a five-game losing streak with a five-game winning streak. Getting through the highs and lows is part of any season, but this is a little extreme. Still, coach Jan Jensen said on … Continue reading Jensen Wants Hawkeyes To Take The Ups And Downs The Same Way
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Fifteen thousand gold towels couldn’t erase Jan Jensen’s message. Jensen knew there was opportunity available on Sunday, but she wanted to make sure her players didn’t think of themselves as the warm-up act … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: 40 Minutes Said A Lot About The Hawkeyes In Win Over USC
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Almost every free throw Lucy Olsen took went through the net. There weren’t a lot of people around to see it. Long after Iowa’s 87-84 loss to Nebraska on Thursday night at Carver-Hawkeye … Continue reading Hawkeyes Can’t Catch A Break, Even At The Free-Throw Line
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — The veteran players became spectators. Iowa’s women’s basketball team was trying, and would eventually fail, to rally against Indiana in the closing minutes of the 74-67 loss on Sunday, and some of the … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: In Three-Game Skid, Hawkeyes’ Pieces Don’t Seem To Fit
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — This was always going to be an education, for a long-time assistant coach who is now a head coach, for veteran players in new and expanded roles, for freshmen experiencing the attention that comes … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Loss To Maryland Is Another Chapter In Iowa’s Textbook
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