Hear from Iowa ladies’s basketball coach Jan Jensen after Hawkeyes beat Washington State
Hear from Iowa ladies’s basketball coach Jan Jensen after Hawkeyes beat Washington State
The Hawkeyes maintain climbing.
One week after cracking the USA TODAY Coaches Ballot at No. 24, Iowa ladies’s basketball is available in 4 spots increased at No. 20 in this week’s rankings, which have been launched Tuesday. The Hawkeyes (8-0) put collectively one other good week with wins over Rhode Island and BYU on the Cancun Problem in Cancun, Mexico.
Protection has been the secret in Jan Jensen’s first month of the season as head coach. Iowa has already held foes underneath 60 factors 5 occasions, three of which got here in opposition to power-conference opponents. The Hawkeyes’ schedule, although, is about to get tougher.
Iowa returns to motion Saturday vs. Tennessee in Brooklyn — then house in opposition to Iowa State on Dec. 11 — earlier than beginning Huge Ten play at Michigan State on Dec. 15.
Dargan Southard is a sports activities trending reporter and covers Iowa athletics for the Des Moines Register and HawkCentral.com. E mail him at [email protected] or observe him on Twitter at @Dargan_Southard.