Jan Jensen knew UNI was good, feels fortunate Iowa escaped with win
Iowa’s head coach talks about the differences in a close in-state rivalry victory over the Panthers and her respect for Maya McDermott.
There was no change for Iowa women’s basketball in this week’s USA TODAY Sports Network’s coaches poll.
The Hawkeyes (10-2, 0-1 Big Ten Conference) stayed at No. 22 in the final rankings released before Christmas. Iowa picked up a 92-86 win over Northern Iowa on Friday.
After having most of last week off with final exams going, the Hawkeyes will now get most of this week off on holiday break. Iowa returns to action at 2 p.m. Sunday against Purdue (7-5, 0-1) inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. BTN+ will stream Iowa’s conference home opener.
Iowa is 24th in the Associated Press poll.
