Fresh off a signature early-season win in the Ally Tipoff over No. 5 Virginia Tech (1-1), 80-76, the No. 3 Iowa Hawkeyes (2-0) return to action today at Northern Iowa (1-0).
Senior guard Caitlin Clark reminded America against the Hokies why she’s the best player on planet Earth. The 6-foot guard scored 44 points, snared eight rebounds and handed out six assists.
The scary thing for the rest of the women’s college basketball world? Clark really didn’t shoot it as well as she could have. The West Des Moines product finished just 13-of-31 from the floor, including just 5-of-16 from 3-point range.
Sophomore forward Hannah Stuelke demonstrated that she’s ready for the role of full-time Clark sidekick, scoring 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting in just 18 minutes of floor time.
The 6-foot-2 forward had to tangle with one of the nation’s best players on the defensive end of the floor in Virginia Tech’s two-time ACC Player of the Year Elizabeth Kitley. Stuelke got into early foul trouble trying to check Kitley, but she was fabulous when out on the floor.
Graduate guard Kate Martin was Iowa’s other double-figure scorer, adding 10 points. One of the other key takeaways was the play of redshirt junior guard Kylie Feuerbach.
Unfazed by the moment, Feuerbach showed that she’s fully back from her ACL injury. The 6-foot guard from Sycamore, Ill., scored eight points, all in the third quarter over the stretch of a couple minutes.
Meanwhile, Northern Iowa enters off a season-opening triumph over Green Bay, 78-67. Four Panthers tallied double digit points, led by junior guards Maya McDermott and Emerson Green’s respective 16 points.
Iowa is making history today at UNI. It’s the first sellout in McLeod Center history for women’s basketball and the first since 2015 when the UNI men hosted and beat then-No. 1 North Carolina, 71-67.
How can Hawkeye fans watch Iowa in Cedar Falls? All of the broadcast details and game notes are below.