WBB Preview – at Illinois

The nationally ranked Hawkeyes will hit the road to play Illinois on Thursday, Jan. 9. Tip-off inside the State Farm Center is set for 6 p.m. (CT) and will air on BTN+ (subscription required) and the Hawkeye Radio Network.

FOLLOW LIVE
Radio: Games air on the Hawkeye Radio Network with Rob Brooks (play-by-play) and Tiff Reedy (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: Thursday’s game will broadcast on BTN+ (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 57-20 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 12-3 (.800) record and a 2-2 (.500) conference mark at Iowa.

SCOUTING ILLINOIS
» Illinois returned four 1,000-career point scorers, tied for the most in the NCAA with Baylor, Notre Dame, and Kansas State. (Genesis Bryant, Makira Cook, Adalia McKenzie, and Kendall Bostic)
» Bryant has recorded three consecutive games of 20+ points.
» The Fighting Illini are 9-1 on their home floor this season.
» Cook has not seen any game action since Illinois played Ohio State on Dec. 8, 2024. She was a First Team All-Big Ten guard in 2023.

SERIES HISTORY
» Iowa leads the all-time series, 61-20.
» Iowa has won eight out of the last nine.
» The Hawkeyes dropped their last road trip in Champaign, 86-90. (Jan. 1, 2023) 

WHAT’S TRENDING
» Since 2018-19, the Hawkeyes are 92-5 when recording 80+ points and 20+ assists in a game.
» Iowa has recorded 80+ points and 20+ assists in three of its last four games.
» The Hawkeyes are 38-3 inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena over the past three seasons. 
» Addi O’Grady has been in double figures in 11 games after having just two total games scoring in double figures over her previous two seasons.
» UI has won six games this season scoring 75 or less which is the most in a season since 2018-19. (12)
» The Hawkeyes have not dropped back-to-back games since Nov. 27, 2022 and Dec. 1, 2022.

DID YOU KNOW?
» HC Jan Jensen has coached 797 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.