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2024-25 WBB Final Notes

PROGRAM QUICK HITS
» Iowa was the first program in the Big Ten conference to compete in back-to-back National Championships. (2023 and 2024)
» Iowa (2023-24) 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 six seasons. (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019)
» Iowa won four of the last seven Big Ten Tournament titles (2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024).
» Iowa has earned nine straight 20-win seasons, which is the second longest streak in program history. (1984-94)
» The Hawkeyes are 127-20 in Iowa City dating back to Nov. 11, 2016.
» In Big Ten play, Iowa is 65-19 over the last four years.
» Five Hawkeyes drafted have been into the WNBA since 2019, following Kathleen Doyle, Megan Gustafson, Monika Czinano, Kate Martin, and Caitlin Clark.
» Iowa has had at least one First Team All-Big Ten honoree in nine straight seasons dating back to 2017.
» Jan Jensen became Iowa’s sixth head coach in program history on May 13, 2024.
» Jensen is the third coach in Iowa women’s basketball history to notch 20+ wins in her first season.
» Jensen surpassed Lisa Bluder and now has the second most wins by a head coach in their first season at the University of Iowa. (23)
» Jensen owns a 23-11 (.676) record and a 10-8 (.556) conference mark at Iowa.

OF NOTE...
» Against Murray State, Lucy Olsen became the third Hawkeye since 2009 to register 10+ assists and a double-double in a NCAA Tournament game. (Caitlin Clark and Sam Logic)
» Olsen finished her Hawkeye career with 550+ points, 160+ assists and 100+ rebounds.
» Against Murray State, Iowa broke a pair of program records with 43 field goals made and 28 assists.
» Iowa finished the season 7-3 on a neutral floor.
» Iowa has won 11 out of their last 15 games overall.
» Heiden’s was the fifth Hawkeye freshman since 2009 to net 15+ points in a NCAA Tournament game. (Murray State)
» The Hawkeyes have the lowest average margin of defeat in the nation.
» Iowa had five student-athletes earn academic All-Big Ten honors with Sydney Affolter, AJ Ediger, Kylie Feuerbach, Taylor McCabe, and Addi O’Grady.
» Feuerbach has elected to return for the 2025-26 season to exhaust her final season of eligibility.
» Affolter, Ediger, O’Grady, and Olsen finished their final season of basketball.

POSTSEASON ITEMS
» Raina Harmon, was named to the 2025 ABIS Women’s Basketball Coach Watchlist. Harmon was previously named to the watchlist in 2024.
» Tania Davis was named to the 2025 Thirty Under 30 List by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The WBCA Thirty Under 30 program was created to recognize 30 up-and-coming women’s basketball coaches aged 30 and under at all levels of the game.
» O’Grady and McCabe earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selections.
» Olsen was named a finalist for the 2025 All-America Team. The announcement was made Tuesday by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
» Jensen was named the NCAA Division I Rookie National Coach of the Year by the WBCA. 

WHAT’S TRENDING
» Iowa’s last seven wins have come by double figures.
» Against Murray State, Olsen became the third Hawkeye since 2009 to register 10+ assists and a double-double in a NCAA Tournament game. (Caitlin Clark and Sam Logic)
» Olsen scored or assisted on 38 points against Murray State.
» Iowa is 7-2 on a neutral floor this season.
» The Hawkeyes are 11-3 this season when Olsen registers six or more assists.
» Iowa has won 11 out of their last 14 games overall.
» Ava Heiden has registered 10+ points in three straight games.
» Heiden’s 15 points against the Racers tied for the most by any freshman this season. She was the fifth Hawkeye freshman since 2009 to net 15+ points in a NCAA Tournament game.
» Iowa’s 35-point win against MSU was its third largest margin of victory in the NCAA Tournament.
» The Hawkeyes have the lowest average margin of defeat in the nation.
» Hannah Stuelke is four points from back-to-back 400-point seasons.

WHAT'S COMING IN?
» The Hawkeyes brought in three players; No. 18 Addie Deal, No. 70 Layla Hayes, and No. 85 Journey Houston.
» For the first time in program history, the Hawkeyes have signed three or more ESPN.com top-100 prospects in back-to-back years.
» Deal also participated in the McDonald’s All-America game and was named the Orange County high school women's basketball player of the year.