IOWA CITY — Iowa’s young post tandem of Adam Woodbury and Gabe Olaseni went from potential to potent in the Hawkeyes’ final regular-season games last week. The duo controlled the low post in wins against Illinois and Nebraska to close out regular-season play. Woodbury, a 7-foot-1 freshman, hit 10 of 13 shots for a combined [...]
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IOWA CITY — Iowa freshman Adam Woodbury has not scored more than eight points in any Big Ten game, yet his coach refuses to label him a disappointment. To the contrary, in fact. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery likes the development of his 7-foot-1 center and the impact he has on his team. It’s just going [...]
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IOWA CITY — Adam Woodbury produced his most diverse statistical effort Thursday against Penn State, and the Iowa freshman believes he’s regaining confidence after a personal slump. Woodbury, a 7-foot-1 center, had scored two points in each of Iowa’s previous five games. His minutes fluctuated along with his productivity. It was frustrating, and his confidence [...]
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IOWA CITY — It’s possible Iowa could unveil a new starting lineup Thursday against Penn State, and junior Melsahn Basabe is a major reason why it could happen. Basabe, a 6-foot-7 forward, has entered into his best stretch of basketball in his three-year Iowa career. He’s playing with consistency and confidence at both ends of [...]
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IOWA CITY — In Iowa’s four Big Ten games, freshman center Adam Woodbury has made just 35 percent of his field goals and has yet to break into double-digit scoring. These are the growing pains that Iowa coach Fran McCaffery expected. “He’s just got to concentrate and finish,” McCaffery said. “He’s got to attack the [...]
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IOWA CITY — There was no wading into the Big Ten for Iowa freshman Adam Woodbury. The guy in the red jersey opposite him Monday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena was Indiana all-American Cody Zeller, perhaps the top player in the country. Zeller also teams with a cast that makes up the No. 5 team in [...]
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Iowa sophomore center Gabe Olaseni notched career highs in minutes (19), rebounds (10) and blocks (four) against South Carolina State on Wednesday. Olaseni, a 6-foot-10 native of London, provided the game’s highlight reel play, blocking a shot with less than four minutes remaining. After stealing a pass near mid-court, South Carolina State’s Phillip Henry streaked [...]
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IOWA CITY — Freshmen Adam Woodbury and Anthony Clemmons were pivotal for Iowa in a nine-point win against Iowa State two weeks ago. Woodbury, a 7-foot-1 center, scored nine points and grabbed five rebounds. Point guard Anthony Clemmons directed traffic in his 29 minutes, scoring 14 points and dishing eight assists. But their fortunes changed [...]
continue »Gazette reporter Mike Bonner and online sports editor Grant Burkhardt talk about Iowa’s win over Iowa State from this past weekend, more specifically Adam Woodbury’s domination in the post against the Cyclones and what that might mean for the Hawkeyes’ big game against UNI this coming weekend. Then the guys talk about MLB’s hot stove, [...]
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IOWA CITY — They stepped on their biggest stage to date, and it was big. It was damn big. But it wasn’t too big for them. Iowa’s freshman trio of Anthony Clemmons, Mike Gesell and Adam Woodbury felt the energy of a near-packed house for their cross-state rival and didn’t shirk from it. They embraced [...]
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