Iowa Hawkeyes at Indiana Hoosiers: Stream, broadcast info for Thursday
Strap in folks, this is going to be a wild ride!
The No. 4 Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team travels to hostile territory to take on No. 16 Indiana. It’s a matchup between last season’s Big Ten regular-season champion (the Hoosiers) and last season’s Big Ten Tournament champion (the Hawkeyes).
Last year these two produced an all-time classic in Iowa’s regular-season finale. Senior guard Caitlin Clark lifted then-No. 6 Iowa past then-No. 2 Indiana with a buzzer-beating, game-winning 3-pointer to propel the Hawkeyes to an 86-85 victory.
It sent Carver-Hawkeye Arena into a frenzy and started a run of nine straight wins that led Iowa to a Big Ten Tournament title and its first national championship game appearance.
This year, the two have already faced once, and it was a one-sided victory for the Hawkeyes. Clark scored 30 points and dished 11 assists in Iowa’s 84-57 victory. That was in January, though, and this time the game is being played on Indiana’s court, in front of Mick Foley himself. The Hoosiers are undefeated this year at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, and do not look to break that streak this late into the season.
For the Hawkeyes, it’s all about winning. The individual scoring record has been broken by Caitlin Clark, and it’s a huge weight lifted off of the team. All that’s left is making it back to the big dance where they can hopefully win it all this year. They have a big test first in Indiana, though.
Here’s how Hawkeye fans can watch, stream and listen to tonight’s massive Big Ten battle. Plus, a look at Iowa and Indiana’s projected starters and game notes for each.
How To Watch
Date: Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024
Time: 7 p.m. CT
Live Stream: Peacock
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network | Varsity Network
How To Get Peacock
NBC’s streaming platform, Iowa fans can purchase a Peacock subscription here. There are two plans for Hawkeye fans to choose from. The Premium plan costs $5.99 per month, while the Premium Plus plan costs $11.99 per month.
Broadcast Teams
Peacock: Zora Stephenson, play-by-play; LaChina Robinson, color analyst
Hawkeye Radio Network: Rob Brooks, play-by-play; Tiffany Reedy, color analyst
Probable Iowa Starters
G, 5-7, Sr., Molly Davis: 5.9 points, 3.1 assists, 2.6 rebounds per game, 53.8% FG, 38.6% 3-point FG, 84.6% FT
G, 6-0, Sr., Caitlin Clark: 32.8 points, 8.5 assists, 6.9 rebounds, 1.7 steals per game, 47.5% FG, 39.9% 3-point FG, 85.7% FT
G, 5-9, Sr., Gabbie Marshall: 5.2 points, 1.6 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.0 rebounds per game, 34.1% FG, 31.6% 3-point FG, 66.7% FT
G, 6-0, Grad., Kate Martin: 13.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists per game, 53.7% FG, 40.5% 3-point FG, 86.6% FT
F, 6-2, Soph., Hannah Stuelke: 14.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists per game, 63.9% FG, 58.7% FT
Probable Indiana Starters
G, 6-3, Soph., Yarden Garzon: 11.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists per game, 48.3% FG, 45.3% 3-point FG, 67.7% FT
G, 5-11, Sr., Sara Scalia: 16.0 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.0 steals per game, 43.8% FG, 43.8% 3-point FG, 87.5% FT
G, 5-11, Sr., Chloe Moore-McNeil: 10.4 points, 4.8 assists, 3.2 rebounds, 1.4 steals per game, 48.2% FG, 42.5% 3-point FG, 76.5% FT
G, 6-2, Sr., Sydney Parrish: 10.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists per game, 44.3% FG, 39.3% 3-point FG, 77.1% FT
F, 6-3, Grad., Mackenzie Holmes: 20.6 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists per game, 65.4% FG, 72.3% FT
Series History
All-time Series History: Iowa leads, 56-22
Last Meeting: Iowa 87, Indiana 54 on Jan. 15, 2024
Scouting the Hoosiers
The Hoosiers fell to 21-4 overall and 12-3 in the Big Ten, falling to Illinois, 88-66, on Monday afternoon in Champaign.
IU is undefeated inside Assembly Hall this season. (13-0)
Mackenzie Holmes recorded her 15th game this season scoring 20 points or more with a team-high 24 points. She has scored in double figures in 24 of 25 games.
Yarden Garzon added 17 points and a team-high eight rebounds along with three assists and a steal. Sara Scalia joined her in double figures with 10 points.
The Hoosiers have lost to Iowa, Illinois, Ohio State and Stanford. Three of those teams are ranked inside the AP top five this week and all four losses have been on the road.
IU’s average margin of loss is 21.0 ppg.
Sydney Parrish returned to action from missing a few games due to an injury. Parrish played nearly six minutes.
Postgame Notes vs. Michigan
National Player of the Year candidate, Caitlin Clark, became the NCAA’s women’s basketball all-time scoring leader, surpassing Washington’s Kelsey Plum.
In back-to-back home games, an Iowa women’s basketball player recorded Carver-Hawkeye Arena scoring records.
Clark accomplished the scoring record feat in only 126 career games.
It was the 17th 40-point outburst in program history.
It was the most points scored in a single game by an Iowa women’s basketball player.
She has 18 career games with 30-plus points and 10-plus assists. No one in college women’s basketball in past 25 seasons has more than two such games.
Since 2009, no player has recorded more games of 35-plus points, 5-plus assists and 5-plus rebounds. She has done it 18 times.
Stuelke has netted 10-plus points in 27 career games.
Kate Martin has registered double figures in 18 of the last 22 contests. Martin has netted 20-plus points in three games this season and for the first time in back-to-back games in her career.
It was Clark’s 58th career double-double which is good for fifth on the Big Ten’s all-time list. Clark has recorded 10 or more assists in five straight games which is the longest streak nationally.
Iowa has officially broken an attendance record or sold out away from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in 30-of-32 games this season.
Clark kept her alive streak of 83 consecutive games making a 3-point basket. (NCAA best)
Clark is the first Division-I men’s or women’s player to record 3,500-plus points, 1,000-plus assists and 850-plus rebounds in a career.
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