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New Story 5 Iowa WBB vs #2 Indiana (PREVIEW + GAME THREAD)

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WHO: #2 Indiana Hoosiers (22-1, 12-1 Big Ten)
WHEN: Thursday, February 9 at 5:30 PM CT
WHERE: Assembly Hall (Bloomington, IN)
TV: BTN (Matt Schumaker, Christy Winters Scott)
MOBILE: www.foxsports.com/mobile
ONLINE: www.foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @IowaAwesome | @IowaWBB | @IowaonBTN
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network | Sirus/XM TBA

Everything about Iowa’s game at #2 Indiana should feel extremely familiar for most of this Iowa team.

Iowa is extremely familiar with this IU team. At the very end of last season, Iowa played Indiana three times in the course of a few weeks. The third matchup was for the Big Ten Tournament championship. Even though Indiana’s personnel is different, the Hoosiers' two best players from that team—Mackenzie Holmes and Grace Berger—are back. They certainly will do everything in their power to get revenge on Iowa for last year’s sweep.

The setting is also be familiar. Iowa played in Assembly Hall last year. It was the site of perhaps Iowa’s biggest victory of the regular season (a 96-91 win). Iowa also played at Indiana in 2020-2021 (an 89-80 loss) and Monika Czinano played there as a freshman in the 2018-2019 season (a 75-73 loss).

Iowa is also familiar with the circumstances surrounding the game. Two and a half weeks ago, the Hawks traveled to Columbus to take on then-#2 Ohio State. The Buckeyes played in front of a capacity crowd, and thought at the time that the national media was too focused on Iowa and not focused enough on their great season. Assembly Hall will be loud on Thursday night. Indiana has a chip on its shoulder. Iowa will be ready for both.

Games just don’t get much bigger than this. The winner will move into the outright lead of the Big Ten regular season standings. The winner will likely be projected as a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. And the winner will be the talk of women’s basketball media for at least the next few days.

MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/preview-no-5-iowa-wbb-at-no-2-indiana

Huge, huge game. Should be a fun one.
 
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