Game Notes: No. 6 Iowa at No. 7 Maryland

Game Notes: No. 6 Iowa at No. 7 Maryland

Opponent No. 7 Iowa (22-5, 14-2) at No. 8 Maryland (22-5, 13-3) 
Date Tuesday, Feb. 21
Location XFINITY Center // College Park, MD    
Tipoff 7 p.m. (CT)
TV BTN
Radio Hawkeye Radio Network // Sirius XM Channel 134 or 195

THE SETTING
No. 6 Iowa is set to travel to No. 7 Maryland on Tuesday night. Tipoff for this contest is set for 7 p.m. (CT) inside the XFINITY Center.

STREAM
The game will broadcast on BTN. Mike Hall and Stephanie White will call the action.

THE SERIES
This will be the 16th meeting between the two programs. Maryland leads the all-time series, 10-5. The Hawkeyes out paced the Terps in Iowa City earlier this year, 96-82.

SCOUTING MARYLAND
• The Terps come into this game on a four game winning streak after beating Michigan State, 66-61 on Saturday.
• They are 5-3 against AP Top 25 teams this season.
• Maryland is averaging 78.5 points per game.
• The Terps have three players averaging over 14 points per game..
• Diamond Miller leads Marlyand averaging 20.2 ppg, 6.5 prg, 2.8 apg, 2.0 spg, and 1.4 bpg.
• Maryland is 15th in the NET Rankings.

PROGRAM QUICK HITS
• Highest Preseason AP Ranking (No. 4) since 1994.
• The No.4 ranking was the second highest ranking in program history.
• The Hawkeyes have been ranked in the AP Preseason Top 10 in consecutive seasons for the fifth time in school history and the first time during head coach Lisa Bluder’s tenure.
• Hawkeyes tabbed as Big Ten preseason favorites by coaches and media.
• The Hawkeyes return all five starters from year ago, that won a share of the Big Ten regular season, Big Ten Tournament, and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Caitlin Clark was tabbed the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year. Her and Monika Czinano were both recognized unanimously by the coaches on the preseason all-conference team.
• Since 2008, Lisa Bluder’s teams own a 227-42 record inside of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. In that stretch, the Hawkeyes have posted three undefeated seasons at home. Over the last eight years, Iowa has dropped the second-fewest regular season home games in the Big Ten.
• Iowa welcomes four new players to the 2022-23 roster: Molly Davis, Jada Gyamfi, Taylor McCabe, and Hannah Stuelke. Gyamfi, McCabe, and Stuelke are all true freshmen, hailing from Johnston, Cedar Rapids and Fremont, Nebraska, respectively. Davis is a fourth-year transfer from Central Michigan.
• Clark’s preseason accolades: Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, AP All-American (unanimous), Nancy Lieberman Preseason Watch List, The Athletic POY/All-American, All-Big Ten, and Wooden Award Watch List.
• Czinano preseason accolades: Preseason All-Big Ten by the coaches and media, Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Preseason Watch List, and Wooden Award Watch List.
• Clark was named a first team AP All-American and senior Monika Czinano was named an AP All-America honorable mention by the Associated Press last year.
• Bluder owns a 485-247 (.663) record and a 246-141 (.637) conference mark at Iowa. In her 38 seasons as a head coach, Bluder is 841-389 (.684).