IOWA BASKETBALL @IowaWBB Notes 24 NCAA Tournaments • 6 Sweet Sixteens • 3 Elite Eights • 1993 NCAA Final Four • 11 Big Ten Titles 2015-16 Schedule/Results Communications Contact: Jil Price Office: 319-355-9268 E-Mail: [email protected] Cell: 319-930-8805 (15-10, 5-8 B1G) 11/13 North Dakota ^ W, 83-61 Game 26 Information 11/15 UT Martin ^ W, 62-56 11/19 Western Illinois W, 96-81 OT 11/22 at Northern Iowa W, 80-65 11/26 vs. Wright State # W, 83-77 Iowa at Minnesota 11/27 vs. #23 George Washington # L, 77-81 2OT 11/28 vs. Houston # W, 64-50 12/2 at Virginia & W, 85-73 Feb. 15, 2016 • 7 p.m. (CT) 12/6 Robert Morris W, 69-50 12/11 at Iowa State % L, 66-69 Williams Arena 12/19 Bradley W, 60-53 Minneapolis, Minn. 12/22 Drake W, 89-76 12/31 at Nebraska W, 74-68 1/4 Rutgers W, 69-65 Watch: BTN Live Stats/Audio: hawkeyesports.com 1/7 at Michigan L, 75-82 1/10 #8 Maryland L, 56-76 Radio: Hawkeye All-Access Radio Talent: Brent Balbinot & Todd Werner 1/13 at Wisconsin W, 57-54 Twitter Updates: @IowaWBB Series: Iowa leads, 48-24 1/16 at #18 Michigan State L, 73-80 1/20 Penn State L, 69-82 1/24 at Purdue L, 73-90 Program Quick Hits 1/28 Michigan W, 85-69 • Iowa is one of 10 teams in the country, and the only Big Ten team, to have appeared in the last eight NCAA Tournaments. 1/31 at Northwestern W, 79-64 2/4 at Indiana L, 74-79 There are 349 Division I teams. 2/7 #14 Michigan State L, 69-74 • The Hawkeyes made their first Sweet Sixteen appearance since 1996, and their sixth overall, last season. 2/11 #6 Ohio State L, 81-98 • Iowa is 1-of-21 teams to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in each of the last two seasons. 2/15 at Minnesota 7 p.m. 2/18 Purdue 7 p.m. • Iowa ended the season with a No. 11 national ranking in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches’ Poll -- the highest for the program since 2/21 Indiana 2 p.m. 1995-96 (No. 7 in AP, No. 9 in USA Today). The Hawkeyes appeared in the rankings in all 20 weeks of the season. 2/24 at Penn State 6 p.m. • The Hawkeyes finished undefeated at home for the first time since 1995-96 last season, setting a program record with 18 2/27 Illinois 5 p.m. 3/2-6 Big Ten Tournament TBA wins. Iowa was one of 13 teams nationally to finish undefeated at home during the regular season and one of four to finish 3/18 NCAA First Round TBD undefeated at home when playing at least 16 home games (Baylor, Tennessee, and Wichita State). 3/20 NCAA Second Round TBD • The Hawkeyes ended the 2014-15 year ranked sixth nationally in scoring offense (79.5), setting a new school record for the 3/25-27 NCAA Regional TBD second consecutive season. In 2013-14, Iowa finished the season with an average of 78.2 points per game. 4/3-5 NCAA Final Four TBD • Iowa returns two starters in junior Ally Disterhoft and sophomore Whitney Jennings. The 2015-16 roster is comprised of four freshman, four sophomores, three juniors, and three seniors. ^ -- Hawkeye Challenge (Nov. 13-15) # -- Lone Star Showcase (Nov. 26-28) • The 2015-16 squad gained valuable experience this August. The Hawkeyes spent 11 days together on the Italian Tour, which & -- ACC/Big Ten Challenge included three games, and benefitted from 10 practice days leading up to the trip. % -- Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series • Iowa’s 2015 recruiting class of Tania Davis (Michigan Miss Basketball), Hannah Stewart (North Dakota Miss Basketball), Megan All times listed Central Gustafson (all-time leading scorer in Wisconsin high school basketball history), and Tagyn Larson (four-time all-state, all-city, Stay Connected and all-conference player) came in with a No. 17 national ranking by ESPN HoopGurlz. • Junior Ally Disterhoft was named a preseason All-Big Ten player by the coaches in October. As a sophomore, she earned second team All-Big Ten honors from both the coaches and the media. As a freshman, she was named honorable mention All-Big Ten by the coaches and media and to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. • Sixteenth-year UI head coach Lisa Bluder has led Iowa to three consecutive 20-win seasons and eight overall. She was the recipient of the WBCA’s Carol Eckman Award in 2015. 2015-16 Probable Starting Lineup (Based on last game) G • 15 • Whitney Jennings G/F • 2 • Ally Disterhoft 5-5 • So. • Logansport, Ind. 6-0 • Jr. • Iowa City, Iowa PTS AST FG% 3-PT% PTS REB FG% 3-PT% 9.5 3.0 .354 .287 16.9 5.6 .527 .361 Pronunciation Guide G • 11 • Tania Davis C/F • 4 • Chase Coley Lisa Bluder ................................................. BLUE-dir 5-4 • Fr. • Grand Blanc, Mich. 6-3 • So. • Minneapolis, Minn. Christina Buttenham ................... BUTT-in-HAM PTS AST FG% 3-PT% PTS REB FG% FT% Tania Davis ......................................... Tun-EYE-uh 7.9 3.0 .391 .246 11.0 5.5 .553 .763 Ally Disterhoft ......................................DIST-ir-hoft Megan Gustafson ............................ GUS-toff-son Alexa Kastanek ......... UH-LEX-UH kuh-STON-IK Head Coach Lisa Bluder C • 10 • Megan Gustafson Tagyn Larson ............................................... Tay-gun 16th season at Iowa (319-184) 6-3 • Fr. • Port Wing, Wis. Carly Mohns ...................................................MOANS 32nd season overall (675-326) Kali Peschel ...............................Cal-EE PEH-shull • 1-of-10 active major college PTS REB FG% FT% Hailey Schneden ..............................SCHNAY-din coaches with 600 or more wins 9.0 5.8 .508 .625 iowawbb.com Samantha Logic .............................2 Samantha Logic 2015-16 Margin of Victory/Defeat 7 Inside the Numbers Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10-14 15-19 20+ IOWA OPP Wins 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 5 1 Scoring Average 73.9 70.9 Losses 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 Scoring Defense 70.9 -- Scoring Margin +3.0 -- THE MATCHUP FG% .447 .418 The University of Iowa women’s basketball team hits the road to meet Minnesota for the lone matchup of the Big FG% Defense .418 -- Ten Conference regular season on Monday, Feb. 15. The 7 p.m. contest will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network. FT% .722 .680 3-PT FG% .322 .325 GAME COVERAGE 3-PT FG% Defense .325 -- • Monday’s game will air live on the Big Ten Network. Ed Cohen (play-by-play) and Shelley Till (analyst) are on the Rebound Margin +1.7 -- Assists Per Game 15.4 14.1 call. Turnovers Per Game 16.0 13.8 • Audio of the contest is available on select Hawkeye Radio Network affiliate stations and on Hawkeye All-Access Turnover Margin -2.2 -- available at hawkeyesports.com. Brent Balbinot and Todd Werner will call the action. Steals Per Game 6.1 8.2 • Balbinot is in his 12th year as Iowa’s play-by-play voice, while Werner is in his first providing analysis. Blocks Per Game 4.2 3.8 • Links to video, audio, and Gametracker (live stats) are available on the women’s basketball schedule page at Iowa Athletic hawkeyesports.com. Communications DISTERHOFT EARNS ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT ACCOLADES S300 Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Junior Ally Disterhoft earned Capital One Academic All-District first team recognition for the second consecutive Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Phone: 319-335-9411 season for her efforts on the court and in the classroom on Feb. 11. Fax: 319-335-9417 • She advances to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first, second, and third team All-Amer- ica honorees will be elected in late February. hawkeyesports.com • Disterhoft, the lone sophomore in the country to earn Capital One Academic All-America third team accolades in iowawbb.com 2015, is a business major studying accounting and finance. • The Iowa City, Iowa, native is a four-time Dean’s List honoree, academic All-Big Ten selection, Big Ten Distin- WBB Contact: Jil Price Cell: 319-930-8805 guished Scholar, and two-time Presidential Committee on Athletics Scholar Athlete. Office: 319-335-9268 • She was also recognized as Iowa’s female Student-Athlete of the Month in November -- an award voted on by UI Email: [email protected] student-athletes. How Many Times a BIG DIFFERENCE Hawkeye Player... • Since altering the lineup to include freshman Megan Gustafson and sophomore Chase Coley, the Hawkeyes have Scored 20 or More Points seen an increase in production offensively. Ally Disterhoft .....................................................................................7 Alexa Kastanek ...................................................................................4 • In the last six games, Iowa has had five players average double figures in scoring rather than three in the previous Chase Coley .........................................................................................3 Megan Gustafson ..............................................................................1 19 games. Leading the pack is junior Ally Disterhoft (18.7), followed by Coley (13.3), sophomore Whitney Jennings Whitney Jennings ..............................................................................1 (12.0), freshman Tania Davis (11.5), and Gustafson (10.7). Scored 15 or More Points • The team has also increased its points per game average from 73.0 to 76.8. Ally Disterhoft .................................................................................. 18 • Gustafson, who has led Iowa in rebounds in five consecutive games, has seen her rebounds per game average Chase Coley .........................................................................................9 Alexa Kastanek ...................................................................................6 spike from 4.8 to 9.0 in the last five games, while Coley has made the jump from 5.0 to 7.0.