2024–25 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

2024–25 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
2024–25 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Cancún Challenge Riviera Division champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 21
Record	9–1 (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 represents the University of Iowa during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes are 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. 7 Maryland	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	0	1.000
No. 11 Ohio State	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	0	1.000
No. 1 UCLA	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	0	1.000
No. 24 Nebraska	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	1	.900
No. 5 USC	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	1	.900
No. 20 Michigan	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	1	.889
Wisconsin	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	2	.818
Indiana	1	–	0	1.000	7	–	3	.700
No. 17 Michigan State	0	–	0	–	9	–	0	1.000
No. 21 Iowa	0	–	0	–	9	–	1	.900
Minnesota	0	–	1	.000	11	–	1	.917
Penn State	0	–	1	.000	9	–	2	.818
Illinois	0	–	1	.000	7	–	2	.778
Oregon	0	–	1	.000	7	–	3	.700
Washington	0	–	1	.000	7	–	3	.700
Rutgers	0	–	1	.000	6	–	4	.600
Purdue	0	–	1	.000	5	–	4	.556
Northwestern	0	–	1	.000	4	–	4	.500

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of December 11, 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^[a]
Gabbie Marshall	24	G	5'9"	Graduate student	Cincinnati, OH	Graduated
Ava Jones	35	F	6'2"	Freshman	Nickerson, KS	Medically retired

^ Clark, who graduated from Iowa in May 2024, had one remaining season of college eligibility.

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	Rank^#	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	W 91–73^[7]	1–0	19 – Olsen	9 – Feuerbach	7 – Olsen	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998) Iowa City, IA
November 10, 2024* 4:30 p.m., ESPN2		vs. Virginia Tech Ally Tipoff	W 71–52^[8]	2–0	20 – Olsen	7 – Stuelke	5 – Feuerbach	Spectrum Center (15,424) Charlotte, NC
November 13, 2024* 6:00 p.m., BTN		Toledo	W 94–57^[9]	3–0	17 – Stuelke	9 – Stuelke	4 – Olsen	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998) Iowa City, IA
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Drake	W 86–73^[10]	4–0	27 – O'Grady	10 – O'Grady	6 – Tied	Knapp Center (6,424) Des Moines, IA
November 20, 2024* 6:00 p.m., BTN		vs. Kansas	W 71–58^[11]	5–0	16 – Tied	10 – Stuelke	6 – Olsen	Sanford Pentagon (3,347) Sioux Falls, SD
November 24, 2024* 3:00 p.m., BTN		Washington State	W 72–43^[12]	6–0	17 – Olsen	8 – Tied	5 – Olsen	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998) Iowa City, IA
November 28, 2024* 5:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 22	vs. Rhode Island Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 69–62	7–0	18 – O'Grady	9 – Affolter	4 – Stremlow	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (514) Cancún, Mexico
November 29, 2024* 8:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 22	vs. BYU Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 68–48	8–0	16 – Stuelke	10 – Affolter	4 – Affolter	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (500) Cancún, Mexico
December 7, 2024* 6:00 p.m., FOX	No. 17	vs. Tennessee Women's Champions Classic	L 68–78	8–1	23 – Olsen	11 – O'Grady	5 – Tied	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
December 11, 2024* 8:00 p.m., FS1	No. 21	No. 18 Iowa State Rivalry	W 75–69	9–1	25 – Olsen	9 – Stuelke	5 – Olsen	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998) Iowa City, IA
December 15, 2024 11:00 a.m., BTN	No. 21	at No. 17 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 College Township, 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:^[13]^[14]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	22	17	21
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	24	20	24

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. October 30, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Iowa Women's Basketball Secures Home Opener Victory Against NIU". hawkeyesports.com. Iowa Hawkeyes. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
^ "Hawkeyes Down Virgina Tech at Ally Tipoff". hawkeyesports.com. Iowa Hawkeyes. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
^ "Hawkeye WBB Dominates Toledo". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
^ "Hawkeye Escape the Knapp Center". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
^ "Iowa Down The Jayhawks". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
^ "Hawkeyes Drum Washington State". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved November 24, 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.

[6] Clark, who graduated from Iowa in May 2024, had one remaining season of college eligibility.

[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.

[7] "Hawkeyes Dominate Missouri Western in Exhibition". hawkeyesports.com. Iowa Hawkeyes. October 30, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[8] "Iowa Women's Basketball Secures Home Opener Victory Against NIU". hawkeyesports.com. Iowa Hawkeyes. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

[9] "Hawkeyes Down Virgina Tech at Ally Tipoff". hawkeyesports.com. Iowa Hawkeyes. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.

[10] "Hawkeye WBB Dominates Toledo". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024.

[11] "Hawkeye Escape the Knapp Center". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved November 17, 2024.

[12] "Iowa Down The Jayhawks". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved November 20, 2024.

[13] "Hawkeyes Drum Washington State". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved November 24, 2024.

[14] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

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

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