WBB Preview – vs. Indiana

The nationally ranked Hawkeyes will return home to host Indiana on Sunday, Jan. 12. Tip-off inside a sold out Carver-Hawkeye Arena is set for 2 p.m. (CT) and will air on Peacock (subscription required) and the Hawkeye Radio Network. Fans are encouraged to wear gold for Iowa’s annual gold out.

FOLLOW LIVE
Radio: Games air on the 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 portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. The Hawkeye Radio Network includes a 30-minute pregame show.
Streaming: Sunday’s game will broadcast on Peacock (subscription required).

PROGRAM QUICK HITS
» Iowa was the first program in the Big Ten conference to compete in back-to-back National Championships.
» Iowa tied Purdue (1998-99) and Maryland (2014-15) for most wins in B1G history in 2023-24. (34)
» Iowa has been ranked in the national attendance top 10 each of the past five seasons with fans (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019).
» The Hawkeyes won 15+ games inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena in four out of the last six seasons, which is the best six-year stretch in program history.
» Iowa won four of the last six Big Ten Tournament titles (2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024).
» Over the last two seasons, Iowa has won 65 games which was the best two-year stretch in program history.
» Iowa has earned eight straight 20-win seasons, which is the second longest streak in program history. (1984-94)
» The Hawkeyes are 123-17 in Iowa City dating back to Nov. 11, 2016.
» In Big Ten play, Iowa is 55-13 over the last four years.
» The Hawkeyes return eight letterwinners and welcome six newcomers to the 2024-25 roster.
» Iowa has the longest active streak in the nation scoring at least 80 points per game in four consecutive seasons.
» Five Hawkeyes drafted have been into the WNBA since 2019, following Kathleen Doyle, Megan Gustafson, Monika Czinano, Kate Martin, and Caitlin Clark.
» Jan Jensen became Iowa’s sixth head coach in program history on May 13, 2024.
» Jensen owns a 12-4 (.750) record and a 2-3 (.400) conference mark at Iowa.

SCOUTING INDIANA
» Shay Ciezki scored 20 points and three others added double figures as Indiana edged out Northwestern, 68-64, on the road on Wednesday.
» The Hoosiers are currently third in the Big Ten at the line with a 76.6 percent.
» Yarden Garzon paces IU as its leading scorer through 14 games, averaging 14.1
points per game and has scored in double digits 13 times.
» IU has two AP Top 25 wins this season against No. 24 Stanford and No. 18 Baylor.

SERIES HISTORY
» Iowa leads the all-time series, 56-23.
» Iowa has won five out of the last seven matchups.
» The last time Iowa lost to IU in Iowa City was Feb. 7, 2021.

WHAT’S TRENDING
» Since 2018-19, the Hawkeyes are 92-5 when recording 80+ points and 20+ assists in a game.
» Iowa hasn’t lost three games in a row since the 2017-18 season.
» The Hawkeyes are 38-3 inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena over the past three seasons.
» Hannah Stuelke has netted 13+ points in seven of her last 10 starts.
» Stuelke is tied for 10th in program history with seven career double-doubles since 2009.
» UI has won six games this season scoring 75 or less which is the most in a season since 2018-19. (12)
» Taylor McCabe is shooting a team-best 40 percent from deep in B1G play. (11-27)

DID YOU KNOW?
» HC Jan Jensen has coached 798 games at the University of Iowa as an assistant and head coach which is a program record.
» The Hawkeyes have played in front of 28 consecutive sellouts, the longest streak nationally.
» UI is 75-6 when recording 20+ assists in a single game since the beginning of the 2020-21 season.
» Since the start of the 2020-21 season, Iowa leads the nation with 112 games of 80+ points.