2024–25 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

2024–25 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
2024–25 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jan Jensen (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Randi Henderson; Raina Harmon; Abby Stamp;
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team will represent the University of Iowa during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes will be led by head coach Jan Jensen in her first season, and play their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 18 Maryland	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Oregon	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Penn State	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Rutgers	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Washington	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Illinois	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Iowa	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Michigan State	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Minnesota	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 23 Nebraska	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 14 Ohio State	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Purdue	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 5 UCLA	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 3 USC	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Wisconsin	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 25 Indiana	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	.500
Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	.000
Northwestern	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	.000

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of November 7, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Hawkeyes finished the 2023–24 season with a 34–5 record, including 15–3 in Big Ten play. They won the 2024 Big Ten women's basketball tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1] They advanced to the championship game for the second time in program history and lost to South Carolina 75–87.^[2]^[3]

Offseason

On May 13, 2024, head coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement after 24 seasons. Longtime assistant coach Jan Jensen was promoted to head coach later that day.^[4]^[5]

Departures

Iowa departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Molly Davis	1	G	5'7"	Graduate student	Midland, MI	Graduated
Kate Martin	20	G	6'0"	Graduate student	Edwardsville, IL	Declared for WNBA draft
Caitlin Clark	22	G	6'0"	Senior	West Des Moines, IA	Declared for WNBA draft
Gabbie Marshall	24	G	5'9"	Graduate student	Cincinnati, OH	Graduated
Ava Jones	35	F	6'2"	Freshman	Nickerson, KS	Retired

Incoming transfers

Iowa incoming transfers
Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Lucy Olsen	G	5'10"	Senior	Collegeville, PA	Villanova

Roster

2024–25 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Taylor Stremlow	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Verona Area	Verona, WI
G	2	Taylor McCabe	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Fremont	Fremont, NB
G	3	Sydney Affolter	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Marist	Chicago, IL
G	4	Kylie Feuerbach	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Sycamore	Sycamore, IL
C	5	Ava Heiden	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Sherwood	Sherwood, OR
G	11	Aaliyah Guyton	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Peoria	Peoria, IL
G	13	Kennise Johnson	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	So	Example Academy	Joliet, IL
F	23	Jada Gyamfi	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Johnston	Iowa City, IA
G	32	Callie Levin	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Solon	Solon, IA
G	33	Lucy Olsen	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Spring-Ford Villanova	Collegeville, PA
F	34	AJ Ediger	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Hamilton	Hudsonville, MI
F/C	44	Addison O'Grady	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Grandview	Aurora, CO
F	45	Hannah Stuelke	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Washington	Cedar Rapids, IA
G	55	Teagan Mallegni	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	McFarland	McFarland, WI

Head coach

Jan Jensen (Drake)

Assistant coach(es)

Randi Henderson (Iowa)
Raina Harmon (Central Michigan)
Abby Stamp (Iowa)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024* 6:30 pm	Missouri Western	W 110-55 ^[6]	–	18 – Tied	7 – Tied	6 – Olsen	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998) Iowa City, IA
Regular season
November 6, 2024* 6:30 p.m., B1G+	Northern Illinois						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
November 10, 2024* 4:30 p.m., ESPN2	vs. Virginia Tech Ally Tipoff						Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC
November 13, 2024* 6:00 p.m., BTN	Toledo						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Drake						Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
November 20, 2024* 6:00 p.m., BTN	vs. Kansas						Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, SD
November 24, 2024* 3:00 p.m., BTN	Washington State						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
November 28, 2024* 5:30 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Rhode Island Cancún Challenge						Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico
November 29, 2024* 8:00 p.m., FloHoops	vs. BYU Cancún Challenge						Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico
December 7, 2024* 6:00 p.m., FOX	vs. Tennessee Women's Champions Classic						Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
December 11, 2024* 8:00 p.m., FS1	Iowa State Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
December 15, 2024 11:00 a.m., BTN	at Michigan State						Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI
December 20, 2024* 6:30 p.m., B1G+	Northern Iowa						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
December 29, 2024 2:00 p.m., B1G+	Purdue						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
January 1, 2025 11:00 a.m., B1G+	at Penn State						Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
January 5, 2025 5:00 p.m., BTN	Maryland						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
January 9, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+	at Illinois						State Farm Center Champaign, IL
January 12, 2025 2:00 p.m., Peacock	Indiana						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., BTN	Nebraska						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
January 19, 2025 4:00 p.m., B1G+	at Oregon						Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
January 22, 2025 8:00 p.m., Peacock	at Washington						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
January 28, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN	Northwestern						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
February 2, 2025 12:30 p.m., FOX	USC						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
February 6, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN	at Minnesota						Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 10, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN	at Nebraska						Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
February 13, 2025 6:30 p.m., B1G+	Rutgers						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
February 17, 2025 11:00 a.m., FOX	at Ohio State						Value City Arena Columbus, OH
February 23, 2025 1:00 p.m., Peacock	UCLA						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
February 26, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+	at Michigan						Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
March 2, 2025 3:00 p.m., Peacock	Wisconsin						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. Source:^[7]^[8]

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP
Coaches

References

^ Voepel, Michael (March 10, 2024). "Caitlin Clark, Iowa rally past Nebraska to win Big Ten title game". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ Philippou, Alexa (April 7, 2024). "South Carolina caps perfect season with NCAA championship". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ Terrell, Ross (April 7, 2024). "Caitlin Clark's record-breaking season ends with Iowa defeat". axios.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ Owens, Jason (May 13, 2024). "Iowa women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder retires; longtime assistant Jan Jensen to take over". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ "Bluder Announces Retirement, Jensen Named Head Coach". hawkeyesports.com. May 13, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ "Hawkeyes Dominate Missouri Western in Exhibition". hawkeyesports.com. Iowa Hawkeyes. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ "Hawkeyes Finalize 2024-25 Schedule". hawkeyesports.com. September 19, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[1] Voepel, Michael (March 10, 2024). "Caitlin Clark, Iowa rally past Nebraska to win Big Ten title game". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[2] Philippou, Alexa (April 7, 2024). "South Carolina caps perfect season with NCAA championship". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[3] Terrell, Ross (April 7, 2024). "Caitlin Clark's record-breaking season ends with Iowa defeat". axios.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[4] Owens, Jason (May 13, 2024). "Iowa women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder retires; longtime assistant Jan Jensen to take over". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[5] "Bluder Announces Retirement, Jensen Named Head Coach". hawkeyesports.com. May 13, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[6] "Hawkeyes Dominate Missouri Western in Exhibition". hawkeyesports.com. Iowa Hawkeyes. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[7] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[8] "Hawkeyes Finalize 2024-25 Schedule". hawkeyesports.com. September 19, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

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