AMES – Back in October and November whispers of the NBA draft infiltrated the Iowa City and Ames’ campuses. Iowa’s Devyn Marble commanded the attention of scouts. At Iowa State, seniors Korey Lucious and Will Clyburn attracted the eyes of NBA organizations. Come April the professional aspirations continue, but it’s in different locker rooms. The [...]
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IOWA CITY – University of Iowa senior Morgan Johnson has been selected to the NetScouts Basketball United States All-Star team. Johnson, along with nine other NCAA Division I seniors, will travel to China for 15 days to play against other national teams. The all-star team will be in China from May 1-15 and will face national [...]
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IOWA CITY – A little more than a minute remained when Jaime Printy, Morgan Johnson and Trisha Nesbitt walked off the Carver-Hawkeye Arena court to a standing ovation. Printy stopped and shared an embrace with Iowa coach Lisa Bluder before taking a seat on the bench. “I just told Jaime not to cry,” Bluder said. [...]
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IOWA CITY – Kayla McBride witnessed it first-hand Sunday. The Notre Dame junior chased Tennessee-Martin’s Heather Butler for most of the first half, as the 5-foot-5 guard poured in 23 points. McBride laughed last. The Erie, Penn., native not only saw her team win Sunday, she led the Irish to 74-57 win on Tuesday against [...]
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IOWA CITY — Lisa Bluder knew what it would take to turn the women’s basketball world on its ear. “We had to experience a near-perfect night to beat that team,” she said. “It just didn’t happen tonight.” Kayla McBride established a career high with 28 points — including 24 in the first half — as [...]
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IOWA CITY – Through a door, a right turn through the lounge, a left turn through bathroom stalls and yet another left, cornered in dim lighting sat Skylar Diggins. The Notre Dame women’s basketball team invaded the Iowa women’s volleyball locker room. They called it home through the duration of their stay in Iowa City [...]
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IOWA CITY — A huge challenge awaits. So does a huge opportunity. “If this doesn’t get you up, nothing will,” said Samantha Logic, point guard for the University of Iowa women’s basketball team. The Hawkeyes (21-12) load up their slingshots for Tuesday’s second-round NCAA tournament game against second-ranked Notre Dame (32-1). Tipoff is 8:40 p.m. [...]
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IOWA CITY — There’s no Florida Gulf Coast in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. No LaSalle or Wichita State. “There’s just not the parity in women’s basketball as there is in men’s basketball right now, and that’s unfortunate,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. What there is: A well-defined upper crust. Notre Dame is among those [...]
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IOWA CITY — This was what Katie Meier feared. “Well, I think I jinxed (us) in (Saturday’s) press conference,” said Meier, the women’s basketball coach at Miami (Fla.) “You asked me the key to Iowa and I said Samantha Logic, because boy, she was phenomenal.” Logic scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Iowa [...]
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IOWA CITY – Samantha Logic insisted the game wasn’t slipping away. But the Iowa Hawkeyes were teetering on the brink of major danger before Melissa Dixon shot them out of trouble. Dixon nailed three consecutive 3-pointers in less than two minutes as the Hawkeyes rallied past, then ran away from Miami (Fla.), 69-53, in an [...]
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