PROGRAM QUICK HITS
• Iowa broke the WBB all-time attendance record for a single game with 55,646 on hand for the Crossover at Kinnick exhibition against DePaul.
• Iowa advanced to its first National Championship appearance in program history in 2023.
• Gabbie Marshall became the first Iowa women’s basketball player to register 200+ 3-pointers made and 200+ steals in a career.
• Iowa has two AP Top 20 wins this season.
• UI is off to a 9-1 start for the first time since the 2017-18 season.
• The Hawkeyes won the 2023 Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Fla., with three games in three days. Clark was named the Tournament MVP.
• Since 2008, Bluder’s teams own a 233-43 record inside of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. In that stretch, the Hawkeyes have posted three undefeated seasons at home.
• Over the last nine years, Iowa has dropped the second-fewest regular season home games in the Big Ten.
• Iowa’s 2023-24 roster is comprised of two fifth-year, one graduate, one senior, five juniors, three sophomores, and two freshmen. Four Hawkeyes are Iowa natives, four from Illinois, two from Michigan, and one each from Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio.
• Six Big Ten regular-season games will be on a nationally broadcast platform (either NBC or FOX), the most in conference history. The Hawkeyes are featured in four of the six contests – Indiana (Jan. 13/FOX), at Ohio State (Jan. 21/NBC), at Maryland (Feb. 3/FOX), Ohio State (March 3/FOX).
• Iowa WBB has helped sellout or break an attendance record in 25 of 32 games this season. Tickets are available to catch the Hawkeyes against Purdue, Ohio State, Maryland,
Nebraska, and Indiana. All of which are on the road. UI helped set attendance records at OSU, Nebraska, and Indiana a season ago.
• The Hawkeyes had a nation’s best six wins against AP Top 10 opponents last season.
• For the first time in the Lisa Bluder era, the Hawkeyes knocked off an AP Top 10 team in the month of November. It has only occurred one other time in school history.
• Bluder owns a 503-250 (.668) record and a 247-141 (.637) conference mark at Iowa. In her 39 seasons as a head coach, Bluder is 859-392 (.686).
THIS WEEK
The fourth-ranked Hawkeyes will hit the road for its first Big Ten battle of the year. Iowa will take on Wisconsin this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. (CT) inside a sold-out Kohl Center.
WATCH/FOLLOW ALONG
• Sunday’s contest will air on the BTN and on the Hawkeye Radio Network.
AUDIO COVERAGE
• Rob Brooks and Tiffany Reedy 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 eighth year as the play-by-play announcer for the Iowa women’s basketball team. He has been Iowa football’s sideline reporter since 2004. Brooks has called seven different Iowa sports on radio or television.
• Reedy will begin her first full season providing color for radio with the Iowa women’s basketball program.
• Reedy was four-year letter winner from 2002-06 at Iowa and is a native of Dysart, Iowa.
THE SERIES
• This is the 78th meeting between the two foes.
• Iowa leads the all-time series, 57-20. » UI has won the last 27 meetings.
• The Hawkeyes haven’t lost to the Badgers since 2007. » Lisa Bluder is 34-4 all-time against Wisconsin.
• UI’s win average margin against the Badgers over the last 10 meetings is +20.4 ppg.
• For the second-straight season, Iowa will open up the Big Ten season with a home game against Wisconsin.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4
• Clark is two double-doubles shy of reaching the Big Ten’s top-10 list for most career double-doubles in a career. (47)
• Marshall (138) and Martin (134) are eyeing Monika Czinano’s games played record. (162)
• Marshall is second and Martin is tied for fifth nationally in most games played among active players.
• Clark needs 35 assists to surpass Sam Logic to be Iowa’s all-time leader in dimes.
• Iowa is 6-3 when Clark records 40 or more points.
• Clark has 46 career games with 25+ points, 5+ assists, and 5+ rebounds.(NCAA Best)
• Clark has netted a 3-point basket in 68 consecutive games which is an NCAA best.
• Clark needs 24 rebounds to be top 10 all-time at Iowa.
• Over the last 25 seasons, no has recorded more 30+ point games in men’s or women’s college basketball than Clark. (41)
• Sharon Goodman set a career-high with four blocks against Iowa State.
• Sydney Affolter has recorded five or more rebounds in five games this season.
• Since Iowa’s loss to K-State, the Hawkeyes are averaging 92.4 ppg over the last five games.
SCOUTING WISCONSIN
• Wisconsin is 5-3 overall with a 4-1 home record. The Badgers recorded their first home loss last Sunday against Butler.
• Serah Williams grabbed her fourth-career double-double in their last matchup with 24 points and 14 rebounds. Williams now leads the B1G in blocks with 25.
• UW’s defense is holding their opponents to 34% from the field this season.
• The Badgers return two starters from last season in Brooke Schramek and Serah Williams. This year’s roster features 10 underclassmen, including five true freshmen.
• With 10 underclassmen, Wisconsin ties Minnesota for the most on a team in the Big Ten Conference.
• The Badgers opened their 50th season of women’s basketball in 2023-24, and their third season under head coach Marisa Moseley.
• Williams was a part of the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2022-23.