FOLLOW LIVE
Radio: Games air on the Hawkeye Radio Network with Rob Brooks (play-by-play) and Kathryn Reynolds (color) on the call. The network includes more than 40 stations that blanket the state of Iowa and include portions of Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. The Hawkeye Radio Network includes a 30-minute pregame show.
Streaming: Sunday’s game will air on ESPN+. J.W. Cox (play-by-play) and Jacqui Kalin (color) will call the action.
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 130-20 in Iowa City dating back to Nov. 11, 2016.
» In Big Ten play, Iowa is 65-19 over the last four years.
» Six Hawkeyes drafted have been into the WNBA since 2019, following Kathleen Doyle, Megan Gustafson, Monika Czinano, Caitlin Clark, Kate Martin and Lucy Olsen.
» 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 26-11 (.702) record and a 10-8 (.556) conference mark at Iowa.
FROM 30,000 FEET
» Iowa has made postseason tournament appearances in 23 of the last 25 seasons, receiving 19 NCAA Tournament and four WNIT bids.
» The 2025-26 Hawkeyes have nine freshmen and sophomores, which is the most since 2012-13.
SERIES HISTORY
» Iowa leads the all-time series, 27-3.
» The Hawkeyes have won five straight against Northern Iowa and 17 out of the last 18 meetings.
SCOUTING DRAKE
» With her 320th victory on March 7, 2024, at Indiana State, Tanya Warren officially became the Missouri Valley Conference’s all-time winningest women’s basketball coach. Warren, the longest-tenured active head coach in Missouri Valley Conference women’s basketball, sits alone at the top of the Missouri Valley Conference leaderboard in Valley wins.
» The Panthers are coming off a 2024-25 season that saw numerous season-highs, including single-season points and field goals records as a team. UNI scored 2,519 total points on 934 field goals last season to set program records in those categories.
» Northern Iowa enters Sunday’s game 0-2 after falling to North Dakota State and Saint Louis. Despite the losses to start the year, UNI continued their active program-record of 548-game three-pointer streak with six triples against SLU.
LAST TIME OUT: DRAKE
» Ava Heiden registered 14 points (7-9 FG), six rebounds and two blocks.
» Heiden has reached double figures in three consecutive games.
» Chit-Chat Wright netted a career-high four 3-pointers, four steals, and three assists. Wright reached double figures for the second time in her career as a Hawkeye. (14)
» Hannah Stuelke registered 11 points, eight rebounds, and a season-high five assists.
» It was her 64th career game in double digits, the most among any active Hawkeye.
» It was the largest margin of victory for Iowa against Drake since 1992-93. (46)
» Iowa has won a program-best 11 in a row against the Bulldogs in Iowa City.
» The Hawkeyes have started 3-0 for the sixth consecutive season.
» Iowa scored 100+ points for the 39th time in school history and for the second time in Jan Jensen’s head coaching career.
» The Hawkeyes eclipsed 30+ assists for the 14th time in program history since 2009 and for the second time this season.
