WBB Preview – at Minnesota – Iowa Hawkeyes Athletics

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Hawkeyes travel to RV Minnesota on Thursday, February 6th. Tip-off inside Williams Arena is set to at 1 p.m. 19 (CT) and are broadcast on BTN and Hawkeye Radio Network.

Follow live
Radio: Play air on Hawkeye Radio Network with Rob Brooks (play-by-play) and Kathryn Reynolds (color) on the call. The network includes more than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include parts of Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. Hawkeye Radio Network includes a 30-minute pregame show.
Streaming: Thursday’s game will be broadcast on BTN and Sloane Martin (PXP) and Shimmy Miller (color) will call the action.

Program Fast Hits
»Iowa was the first program in the BIG Ten conference competing in back-to-back national championships.
»Iowa tied Purdue (1998-99) and Maryland (2014-15) for most victories in B1G history in 2023-24. (34)
»Iowa has been ranked in national participation Top 10 each of the last five seasons of fans (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019).
»Hawkeyes won 15+ games inside the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in four of the past six seasons, which is the best six-year stretch of program history.
»Iowa won four of the last six Big Ten tournament titles (2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024).
»Over the past two seasons, Iowa has won 65 matches, which was the best two -year stretch of program history.
»Iowa has earned eight equal 20-win seasons, which is the second longest strip in the program history. (1984-94)
»Hawkeyes are 125-19 in Iowa City, dating back to November 11, 2016.
»In the Big Ten game, Iowa is 58-16 in the last four years.
»Hawkeyes returns eight letter winners and offers six beginners for the 2024-25 program list.
»Iowa has the longest active line in the nation, scoring at least 80 points per year. Battle in four consecutive seasons.
»Five Hawkeyes have been in WNBA since 2019, after Kathleen Doyle, Megan Gustafson, Monika Czinano, Kate Martin and Caitlin Clark.
»Jan Jensen became Iowa’s sixth main coach in the program history on May 13, 2024.
»Jensen owns a 15-7 (.682) record and a 5-6 (.455) conference mark at Iowa.

Scout Minnesota
»Gophers are 12-1 inside the stable this season.
»Minnesota’s Net Ranking is No. 29; They have been staying in the top 30 since December 28, 2024
»Gophers have lost three out of the last four in the hands of Michigan, UCLA and USC.

Series history
»Iowa leads the series to all the time, 60-27.
»Hawkeyes have won the last 10 matchups against Minnesota.
»In Williams Arena in the last five trips, Iowa has an average victory margin of 29.8 ppg.

What is trending
»Hannah Stuelke is a point away from becoming the 44th Hawkeye in the program history to the Net 1,000 Career Point.
»Iowa is currently running its longest Big Ten conference -winning series of the season with victories over Washington, Northwestern and USC.
»Lucy Olsen led Iowa with 28 points that set a new career high like a Hawkeye against No. 4 USC, shooting 10-AF-18 from the field, four assists and four rebounds.
»Hawkeyes are 4-0 in the Big Ten Action when they netted 80+ points this season.
»Iowa is 5-1 when it’s 20+ assists.
»Over the last three games, Hawkey’s 49-of-62 (79 percent) is from the free-throwing line.
»UI has won six games this season scoring 75 or less, which is mostly in a season since 2018-19. (12)
»Aaliyah Guyton shoots 45 percent from deep in the season (22-49). She returned to action over Thanksgiving -break after tipping her ACL in high school.
»Sydney affolter (37%), Kylie Feuerbach (33%), Guyton (35%) and McCabe (42%) shoots all 33 percent or better with at least 25 attempts from 3-point reach against the Big Ten competition.

Did you know?
»Jensen has coached 804 matches at the University of Iowa as an assistant and head coach, which is a program record.
»Stuelke became the fifth Hawkeye since 2009 to have 650+ points and 350+ rebounds at the end of their Sophomore seasons. (Ally Disterhoff, Caitlin Clark, Megan Gustafson and Jamie Printy)
»Stuelke put together one of the most productive performances in Iowa WBB history against PSU on February 8, 2024. 21). The next week, Caitlin Clark broke his Arena record with 49 points against Michigan on February 15, 2024.
»McCabe became the second Hawkeye since 2009, which shoots better than 40% from 3-point reach and made at least 20 (McKenna Warnock). Guyton is in the process of becoming the third.
»McCabe became the 21st Hawkeye in the program history to crack down 100+ career -Treys.