Heading to California and losing their mid-week game certainly wasn't on the Iowa Hawkeyes bingo card. Hawkeyes fans could've lived with losing to No. 2 UCLA, but falling to unranked USC is an entirely different ballgame.
On Thursday, the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team suffered an 81-69 loss against USC. Freshman Journey Houston’s career-high 16-point effort was not enough for the team as the starting lineup combined for just 37 points.
For the first time this season, the Iowa Hawkeyes suffered a loss in B1G action. Taylor McCabe's career-ending injury may have affected this team more than they could have ever imagined.
After missing the tournament these last two seasons, the Iowa Hawkeyes will do anything to make it to the dance. First year head coach Ben McCollum is looking to write the wrongs that former head coach Fran McCaffery did those past two years.
Gennings Dunker is a wide framed, mullet rocking, weapons grade ginger with an attitude in the trenches for Iowa's award winning offensive line. Dunker is versatile and has played multiple positions including the past two seasons at right tackle for the Hawkeyes.
Seeing as we're roughly halfway through the regular season, the Iowa Hawkeyes need to take a step back and look at what they're working with. Coming off an extremely odd win over USC, the Hawkeyes must get back into the swing of things after a lengthy absence.
It's only fitting the Iowa Hawkeyes freshman California native gets to make her first collegiate start in her home state. The Hawkeyes are still mourning after Taylor McCabe's season, and career ending injury, but second year head coach Jan Jensen knows the team still needs to move forward.
All eyes are on the Iowa Hawkeyes as they are one of two remaining teams undefeated in the B1G. UCLA punched their ticket to a 10-0 conference record with their 80-67 victory at Illinois on January 28.
Having a full week off at this point in the season certainly didn't help the Iowa Hawkeyes. As a team, they've been extremely healthy for quite some time.
According to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, the Iowa Hawkeyes trio of ranked wins helped propel them to being the USWBA National Team of the Week.
After a week off, the Iowa Hawkeyes play host to USC as 10.5 point favorites. Sitting at 14-5 (4-4), the Trojans have a similar record to Iowa on paper.
Coming off an extremely solid season that ended with a ranked win, the Iowa Hawkeyes know they have their work cut out for them in 2026. Back to back games against Michigan and Ohio State will prove just how good this team truly is.
The last thing the Iowa Hawkeyes wanted to do was learn that Taylor McCabe was going to be out for the rest of the season. Iowa's longtime guard had poured her heart and soul into the team, but must miss the rest of her senior year due to a torn ACL.
After finishing their 2025-26 season with a victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores in the ReliaQuest Bowl, Iowa put a bow on what was an improved, fulfilling season on the gridiron, in spite of some occasional frustration.
Over the past two seasons, the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team has continued the trend of success spearheaded by former record-breaking guard Caitlin Clark.
The Iowa Hawkeyes received unfortunate news on Monday, as senior guard Taylor McCabe was ruled out for the season due to a torn ACL. Coach Jan Jensen seemed to be bracing for a bad outcome after the team's win over Ohio State on Sunday, a game that saw McCabe need to be carried off the floor as a result of her knee injury.
For those who didn't watch the Iowa Hawkeyes latest game against Ohio State, they probably wondered why Taylor McCabe played just one minute. Now, the ruling is out.
The Iowa Hawkeyes can do no wrong at this point in the season, as proven by another pair of weekly award winners. Ava Heiden took home the B1G player of the week, while Addie Deal won her second straight B1G freshman of the week honor.
On a team where youth and inexperience run wild, the Iowa Hawkeyes are sure getting a lot out of this senior. Senior forward Hannah Stuelke has done wonders for the Hawkeyes this season.
At one point it seemed like the Iowa Hawkeyes weren't ever going to get higher than No. 11, but now they sit comfortably at No. 8. The B1G is a gauntlet, and it's one Iowa has had no issues with.
The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball program went the better part of the last two decades under head coach Fran McCaffery, suffering under a progressively aged style of play and falling behind the needle of competition in the B1G.