WBB Notebook: at Big Ten Tournament (Round 2)

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team heads to Indianapolis, Indiana, for the 2021 Big Ten Tournament inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Wednesday. The Hawkeyes face Purdue at 7:30 p.m. (CT) on FS2.

WATCH/FOLLOW ALONG

• Wednesday’s contest will be live streamed on FS2.
• The game can also be streamed on the Fox Sports Go app. A subscription is required.
• Live stats are available on the women’s basketball schedule page on hawkeyesports.com.

AUDIO COVERAGE

• Rob Brooks and Jamie Cavey Lang will call the action on the Hawkeye Radio Network. A link to the broadcast is available on the women’s basketball schedule page on hawkeyesports.com.
• Brooks is in his fifth year as the play-by-play announcer for the Iowa women’s basketball team. He has been Iowa football’s sideline reporter since 2004. He has called seven different Iowa sports on radio or television.
• Lang is in her fifth year as Iowa’s color commentator. She lettered at Iowa from 2002-05. Lang finished her Hawkeye career with 1,265 points and 506 rebounds. She was a two-time All-Big Ten selection.

B1G IN THE RANKS

• Five Big Ten teams are ranked on the AP Poll, including No. 7 Maryland, No. 9 Indiana, No. 13 Michigan, No. 19 Rutgers, and No. 22 Ohio State. Iowa is receiving five votes.
• The conference is represented by five schools on the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll, including No. 8 Maryland, No. 9 Indiana, No. 12 Michigan, No. 23 Rutgers, and No. 24 Ohio State. Northwestern received 26 votes and Iowa received 13 votes.

SCOUTING PURDUE

• Purdue is 7-15 on the season and 4-14 in conference play, falling to No. 10 Indiana, 59-74, in its last contest of the regular season.
• Kayana Traylor leads the Boilermakers, averaging 14.8 points per game and Brooke Moore follows with 12.0 points per game.
• Fatou Diagne leads Purdue in rebounding with 8.0 per game and Tamara Farquhar follows with 6.1 per game.
• Madison Layden has a team-high 48 steals on the season as well as team-high 3-pointers (40).

THE SERIES

• Purdue leads the all-time series, 40-34, but Iowa has won six of the last 10 matchups, including three consecutive wins for the Hawkeyes.
• On January 18, Iowa defeated Purdue, 87-81, inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
• Freshman Caitlin Clark was one rebound shy of a double-double, tallying 26 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore McKenna Warnock added 19 points and Monika Czinano added 12. Czinano was also one rebound shy of a double-double, pulling down nine rebounds, and Warnock recorded eight rebounds.
• On Purdue’s side, Fatou Diagne posted a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

HAWKEYES ON THE SEASON

• Iowa is 15-8 on the season and 11-8 in conference play, winning its latest matchup over Nebraska, 83-75.
• The Hawkeyes upset No. 12 Michigan, 89-67, on Feb. 25 — the largest scoring margin over a ranked opponent since the Hawkeyes’ 1993 Final Four team beat No. 4 Penn State, 84-59.
• Freshman Caitlin Clark leads the Hawkeyes, averaging 27.4 points. Junior Monika Czinano and sophomore McKenna Warnock follow, averaging 18.3 and 12.3 points per game, respectively.
• Warnock leads the Hawkeyes, averaging 7.8 rebounds per game, while Clark and Czinano follow with 6.1 and 5.7 per game, respectively.
• Sophomore Gabbie Marshall is leading Iowa with 44 steals. Clark and redshirt sophomore Kate Martin’s 29, each, follow on the season. Against Western Illinois (Dec. 22), Marshall recorded six steals — the most from a Hawkeye this season.
• Clark recorded nine 3-pointers at Maryland (Feb. 23) — the most from a Hawkeye against a Big Ten opponent since Melissa Dixon recorded nine at Northwestern on Jan. 29, 2015.

NATIONALLY SPEAKING

• As a team, Iowa is ranked in the top-10, nationally, in nine statistical categories, leading in field goal percentage (51.9) and 3-point percentage (42.0), ranking second in scoring offense (87.4), fourth in assists per game (20.4), sixth in total assists (470), 3-pointers made (227), and 3-pointers per game (9.9), and eighth in assist turnover ratio (1.39), and free-throw percentage (79.2).
• Junior Monika Czinano, freshman Caitlin Clark, and redshirt sophomore Kate Martin rank among the top-30, nationally, in 16 statistical categories, including Czinano’s leading field-goal percentage (65.7), shooting 182-of-277 from the field.
• Clark leads the NCAA in total points (631), points per game (27.4), 3-pointers made (92), and 3-pointers per game (4.0).
• Clark ranks second in total assists (158), field goals made (210), 3-pointer attempts (219), and triple doubles (1), fifth in assists per game (6.9), sixth in field goal attempts (431). She also ranks 14th in free-throws made (119), 26th in free-throw attempts (139), and 30th in 3-point percentage (42.0).
• Czinano also ranks 15th in field goals made (182).
• Martin ranks 29th in assist turnover ratio (2.47).

B1G STANDINGS

• As a team, the Hawkeyes are leading the Big Ten Conference in field-goal percentage (51.9), 3-point percentage (42.0), assists per game (20.4), total assists (470), free-throw percentage (79.2), 3-pointers per game (9.9), 3-pointers made (227), and 3-pointer attempts (540).
• Iowa ranks second in scoring offense (87.4) and third in assist turnover ratio (1.39) and free throws made (312).

RANKING B1G INDIVIDUALS

• Hawkeye individuals rank in the Big Ten top-five in 20 statistical categories.
• Freshman Caitlin Clark leads the Big Ten in 10 statistical categories, including total points (631), points per game (27.4), total assists (158), assists per game (6.9), field goals made (210), 3-pointers made (92), 3-pointers per game (4.0), free throws made (119), field goal attempts (431), and 3-pointers attempted (219).
• Clark is ranked second, in triple-doubles (1) and free throw attempts (139), and third in 3-point percentage (42) and free-throw percentage (85.6).
• Junior Monika Czinano leads the conference in field-goal percentage (65.7), ranks second in field goals made (182), fourth in total points (420), and fifth in points per game (18.3).
• Sophomore Gabbie Marshall ranks fifth in the conference in total steals (44).
• Redshirt sophomore Kate Martin ranks fourth in turnover assist ratio (2.47).

DOUBLE-DOUBLES

• Four Hawkeyes have recorded double-doubles this season, including freshman Caitlin Clark (7), sophomore McKenna Warnock (4), junior Monika Czinano (2), and redshirt sophomore Kate Martin (1).
• Clark has recorded seven double-doubles on the season, including a triple-double against Western Illinois (Dec. 22). She recorded the others against Drake (Dec. 2), Minnesota (Jan. 6), at Ohio State (Jan. 13), at Minnesota (Jan. 31), and at Wisconsin (Feb. 28). Clark’s most recent double-double was accomplished with 18 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at Wisconsin (Feb. 28).
• Warnock has five career double-doubles, adding three this season. She recorded her third career double-double, tallying 14 points and 13 rebounds in Iowa’s win over Northern Iowa (Nov. 25), her fourth against Ohio State with 14 points and 12 rebounds, and her fifth at Minnesota with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
• Czinano recorded double-doubles in both matchups against Northwestern this season. In the first meeting (Jan. 9), Czinano posted 28 points and 12 rebounds. On the Hawkeyes’ home court (Jan. 28), Czinano recorded a career-high 34 points and added 11 rebounds.
• Martin recorded her first-career double-double against Penn State, recording 19 points and 11 assists.

B1G RECORD-BREAKING HAWKS

• Freshman Caitlin Clark tallied 13 Big Ten Freshman of the Week Honors, breaking the previous record (10) set by Nebraska’s Jessica Shepard during the 2015-16 season.
• Clark’s five Big Ten Player of the Week nods are the most by a freshman in Big Ten women’s basketball history. Minnesota’s Amanda Zahui B. previously held the record for most Player of the Week nods by a freshman. Clark’s five Big Ten Player of the Week honors as a freshman are believed to be an NCAA record.
• Junior Monika Czinano posted a double-double, scoring 28 points and pulling down 12 rebounds at No. 22/23 Northwestern (Jan. 9). Czinano shot 13 of 14 from the field. Czinano’s field goal percentage (.929) is a Big Ten Record with a minimum of 12 attempts in a Big Ten contest, shooting 13-of-14 against the Wildcats. On three occasions, a Big Ten women’s basketball player has made 12 of 13 (.917) — the last being Indiana’s Quacy Barnes on Feb. 22, 1998 against Michigan State.
• Against No. 23 Northwestern (Jan. 28), Czinano made 15-consecutive buckets — a Big Ten single-game record. With Czinano making her final three shots in Iowa’s previous game against Purdue (Jan. 18), her streak ran 18-consecutive makes — another Big Ten record. The previous co-record holder, Iowa’s Megan Gustafson and Indiana’s Mackenzie Holmes, each made 17 in a row. Gustafson made 17 in a row over a three-game stretch from Nov. 9-17, 2018 (1 vs. Oral Roberts, 13 at WKU, 3 vs. NC Central) — the only other time it’s happened within the same season. Holmes made 17 in a row in consecutive games, crossing over seasons making her last four shots in the Big Ten semifinals (Mar. 7) against Maryland and added 13 against Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 25).

NATIONAL RECOGNITION

• Freshman Caitlin Clark was named to the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Semifinalists on March 2, which includes 11 student-athletes — two are freshmen (Paige Bueckers, UConn).
• Clark was named one of five Dawn Staley Award finalists on March 7. She joins UConn’s Paige Bueckers as the only underclassmen.
• Clark has been named the USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week, four times, — a believed USBWA record — Jan. 5, Feb. 17, Feb. 23, and March 2.
• Junior Monika Czinano was named to the NCAA Starting Five on Wednesday, Feb. 3 — the first of her career.
• Clark was the first Big Ten freshman to be named the ESPN National Player of the Week on Dec. 14.
• The NCAA named Clark to the NCAA Starting five — a list of the top five women’s basketball players for the week — on Dec. 9, Dec. 30, Feb. 17, and March 3.

B1G AWARDS FOR B1G ATHLETES

• Freshman Caitlin Clark was named the Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year, as voted on by the coaches and media, the conference office announced on March 8.
• Clark also earned unanimous first team All-Big Ten honors (coaches & media) and was unanimously selected to the all-freshman team.
• Junior Monika Czinano also earned first team All-Big Ten accolades from the coaches and the media.
• Redshirt sophomore Kate Martin was named Iowa’s Sportsmanship Award honoree.
• Clark, a native of West Des Moines, Iowa, is the sixth Hawkeye in program history to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and first since Jaime Printy in 2010. She is the first Hawkeye freshman to earn first team All-Big Ten honors.
• In 19 conference contests this season, Clark averaged 27.7 points, 6.6 assists, 4.2, 3-pointers and shot 48.7 percent from the field. She registered double figures in all but one of Iowa’s Big Ten games, including nine 30-point games and eight additional 20-point games. Clark assisted on five or more baskets 14 times and recorded double-doubles in five conference contests.
• Clark leads the nation in total points (631), points per game (27.4), 3-pointers made (92), and 3-pointers per game (4.0). She ranks second in total assists (158), field goals made (210), 3-pointers attempted (219) and triple-doubles (1), and ranks fourth in assists per game (6.9) and field goal attempts (431).
• Czinano earns the second All-Big Ten honor of her career. In 19 conference games, she averaged 17.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, and shot a Big Ten-best 64.7 percent from the field. She posted 17 double-figure games, including four 20-plus point performances and a career-high 34 points against No. 23 Northwestern (Jan. 28).
• The Watertown, Minnesota, native leads the nation in field-goal percentage (65.7) and ranks 12th in field goals made (182).
• Martin leads the Hawkeyes in assist/turnover ratio (2.47), ranking fourth in the Big Ten and 30th nationally. Against Big Ten opponents, she recorded four double-figure games and her first career double-double (Penn State; Feb. 18).

THEY’RE KIND OF A B1G DEAL

• Freshman Caitlin Clark has tallied 22 Big Ten Weekly honors on the season, including a Big Ten best 13 freshman honors, a Big Ten record five Big Ten Player of the Week honors as a freshman, and four Player of the Week Honor Roll nods. Minnesota’s Amanda Zahui B. previously held the record for most Player of the Week nods by a freshman. Clark’s five Big Ten Player of the Week honors as a freshman believed to be an NCAA record.
• Junior Monika Czinano earned her first Big Ten Player of the Week nod on Feb. 1.
• Sophomore McKenna Warnock earned her second Big Ten honor of her career, the conference announced on Jan. 4. Her first was a Freshman of the Week honor, on Jan. 27, 2020.

YOU SERIOUS, CLARK?

• Freshman Caitlin Clark leads the NCAA in total points (631), points per game (27.4), 3-pointers made (92), and 3-pointers per game (4.0).
• Clark ranks second in total assists (158), field goals made (210), 3-pointer attempts (219), and triple doubles (1), fifth in assists per game (6.9), sixth in field goal attempts (431). She also ranks 14th in free-throws made (119), 26th in free-throw attempts (139), and 30th in 3-point percentage (42.0).
• Clark leads the Big Ten in 10 statistical categories, including total points (631), points per game (27.4), total assists (158), assists per game (6.9), field goals made (210), 3-pointers made (92), 3-pointers per game (4.0), free throws made (119), field goal attempts (431), and 3-pointers attempted (219).
• Clark is ranked second, in triple-doubles (1) and free throw attempts (139), and third in 3-point percentage (42) and free-throw percentage (85.6).
• Clark posted 29 points in the first half of Iowa’s matchup at No. 8 Maryland (Feb. 23) to break the Iowa All-Time Freshman Scoring record with 504 points. Clark tallied 34 total points on the day, expanding the record to 519 points. She now has 631 points on the season — the fourth most points in a single season by a Hawkeye.
• Clark broke the Iowa women’s basketball all-time freshman assist, recording her 149th assist against No. 10 Indiana (March 3), surpassing former Hawkeye Kathleen Doyle, who recorded 148 freshman assists during the 2016-17 season. Clark now has 156 assists on the season.
• Clark has recorded seven double-doubles, including a triple-double this season and recorded 10 30-point games, including a collegiate-best 39 points in Iowa’s win over Nebraska (Feb. 11).
• Clark is the only freshman since 2015-16 to put up 30 points and have at least 10 assists in a single game. At Drake, Clark tallied 30 points and 13 assists.
• Clark is one of 12 women’s basketball players to record a triple-double this season, posting 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists against Western Illinois (Dec. 22, 2020). Indiana’s Grace Berger is the only women’s basketball player to record three this season. Clark is the first Hawkeye to reach the accomplishment since Sam Logic against Baylor (March 27, 2015) and marks the 10th triple-double in program history, which tied the second-most in the NCAA.
• Clark’s 14 assists against Wisconsin (Feb. 28) are the most from a Big Ten Freshman since she tallied 13 against Western Illinois (Dec. 22). Maryland’s Destiny Slocum also recorded 13 against Illinois on February 9, 2017.
• Clark tallied nine 3-pointers against No. 8 Maryland (Feb. 23) — the most from a Hawkeye against a Big Ten opponent since Melissa Dixon recorded nine at Northwestern on Jan. 29, 2015.

RECORD WATCH

• Head coach Lisa Bluder is 10 wins away from the 800-career win mark.
• Junior Monika Czinano is approaching the 1,000-point milestone, recording 949 career points to date.