*****Iowa (W) vs Maryland Game Thread*****
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Why are the starters in down 25 with less than five minutes left? Just asking for an injury.
Holding a 38-37 rebounding edge, which surprised me. Defense is pathetic which is no surprise.
At least Bluder maintains her sanity on the sideline but these refs are about as bad as the men’s officiating. Tackle football on one end, no call, touch a player and that’s a foul. Makes no sense.
rebounding is a surprise as it seems they were out rebounded the entire first half
Czinano 2-5 FG. Deny Czinano is the blueprint for taking out Iowa. 
Yeah, if she is not scoring for whatever reason she needs to sit more than playCzinano 2-5 FG. Deny Czinano is the blueprint for taking out Iowa.
On the plus side, your program is doing fairly well if the fans are angry at finishing second.
Losing happens. But this went way beyond just a loss. It was a total outclassing in every way. That should not happen to the supposed 6th best team in America, no matter where the game is played.
Bluder let it get out of hand and didnt call the right D. They took full advantage of that and our poor shooting and just kept their foot on the gas.
Agreed, she’s too slow on close outs and a liability on defense.
I would like to see #44 more. First defensive possession she gets a block.
I’m looking forward to her and that freshmen from Oregon in the post next year.
Their first 3 off the bench would start for most other B10 teams. We were athletically out-classed. Great game for Gabby, but you don't see any Marshall or Davis types in their playing rotation.
OTOH we need more minutes for Affolter.
This is the type of game that can easily happen when a team relies too much on one or two players. Especially when the rest of the team is not very athletic.
Lousy game, but this is the Maryland that’s given us headaches since they joined the Big 10. The game in Iowa City was great, grateful for the split with them, knew this would be tough with how they’ve been playing (Terps). However, setting us up for a rematch in tournament, #2 vs #3 if seeding holds… ugh. Now gotta get back on track and split with Indiana.
Wow? You do realize that Maryland is a conference game correct? Three top ten teams from the B1G right now, but I'm sure your right though.....
Really? First team AA every year, possibly NPOTY, has a rough game, and we get "F'ng Clark. Take this a little to seriously do you? Ever had a bad day at the office? Its that kind of crap that makes the board toxic. Literally no one is spared even if they play 90% of their games at an AA level. F'ng Garza, F'ng Keegan I guess as well right?
Welp. Sorry to quote myself, but so it went. 😂 Hope the team can regroup, and on to the next one.
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Iowa beat Maryland 96-82 the first time, but that result was somewhat deceiving. Iowa benefited significantly form Maryland shooting poorly from the floor and getting in foul trouble in the first matchup. Iowa also benefited from playing at home.
At its best, Maryland is one of the best offensive teams in the country. Wing Diamond Miller is a potential top 3 pick in the upcoming WNBA Draft, and she has plenty of good teams around her.
Could Iowa finish off the season sweep of Maryland, or would the Terps get their revenge?
Both offenses bogged down a bit in the last half of the quarter, and Iowa ultimately held a narrow 20-19 lead heading to the second. Of note, Monika Czinano took just one shot and had 0 first-quarter points. Maryland was fronting her and using a help defender to play behind her, making an entry pass next to impossible, but also giving up plenty of space to the opposite wing shooter.
The start of the second quarter was a disaster for Iowa. The Hawkeye defense kept giving Maryland open looks from three and the Terps were hitting all of the shots they missed last time around. Iowa’s offense, meanwhile, kept launching jumper after jumper and missed every single one. At one point Maryland went on a 14-0 run and that helped the Terps lead 36-22 with 5:39 to go on the quarter. The onslaught barely slowed and it was soon 44-24 with 4 minutes to go.
Iowa finally scored a couple baskets to end the quarter, but Maryland kept pace and the Terps led 46-28 at the half. Maryland’s big second quarter can be explained almost completely by three-pointers. Maryland shot 7/11 from three in the quarter and was 7/8 at one point. Iowa, meanwhile, was a horrendous 0/10.
Things didn’t improve for Iowa in the third quarter. Maryland continued to shoot well, and Iowa couldn’t get anything going offensively. The Terps led 73-49 heading to the fourth quarter, and the game was over. Maryland ultimately won 96-68.
MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/no-7-maryland-96-no-6-iowa-68-the-avalanche
Iowa beat Maryland 96-82 the first time, but that result was somewhat deceiving. Iowa benefited significantly form Maryland shooting poorly from the floor and getting in foul trouble in the first matchup. Iowa also benefited from playing at home.
At its best, Maryland is one of the best offensive teams in the country. Wing Diamond Miller is a potential top 3 pick in the upcoming WNBA Draft, and she has plenty of good teams around her.
Could Iowa finish off the season sweep of Maryland, or would the Terps get their revenge?
Recap
The game’s first five minutes started like a shootaround. Both teams took one quick jumper after another, with neither getting much of anything going in the paint. Iowa held a narrow 14-12 lead at the under-5 timeout.Both offenses bogged down a bit in the last half of the quarter, and Iowa ultimately held a narrow 20-19 lead heading to the second. Of note, Monika Czinano took just one shot and had 0 first-quarter points. Maryland was fronting her and using a help defender to play behind her, making an entry pass next to impossible, but also giving up plenty of space to the opposite wing shooter.
The start of the second quarter was a disaster for Iowa. The Hawkeye defense kept giving Maryland open looks from three and the Terps were hitting all of the shots they missed last time around. Iowa’s offense, meanwhile, kept launching jumper after jumper and missed every single one. At one point Maryland went on a 14-0 run and that helped the Terps lead 36-22 with 5:39 to go on the quarter. The onslaught barely slowed and it was soon 44-24 with 4 minutes to go.
Iowa finally scored a couple baskets to end the quarter, but Maryland kept pace and the Terps led 46-28 at the half. Maryland’s big second quarter can be explained almost completely by three-pointers. Maryland shot 7/11 from three in the quarter and was 7/8 at one point. Iowa, meanwhile, was a horrendous 0/10.
Things didn’t improve for Iowa in the third quarter. Maryland continued to shoot well, and Iowa couldn’t get anything going offensively. The Terps led 73-49 heading to the fourth quarter, and the game was over. Maryland ultimately won 96-68.
MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/no-7-maryland-96-no-6-iowa-68-the-avalanche
Announcers said that Maryland has won 86% of their games at home I believe.
Talk about a home court advantage.
Talk about a home court advantage.
Gabbie Marshall and Sydney Affolter playing well, that's nice to see. I think Iowa will beat Indiana this Sunday. The Iowa coaches now have seen how teams stop Czinano either with an elite center or without. Hope they can figure out a way to counter.
They are 35-1 at home in the month of Feb since 2014! Uh, okay, wow....
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Idk about that. Charlie Crème has us as a 2 along with Maryland after this game. IU is a solid 1. Losing to either are not bad losses.
It’s honestly crazy how mad we are at losing to the #7 team in the country. I’m not happy either but c’mon we destroy midlevel teams day in an out. Nebraska HATES us. So does IU tbh (if only bc we beat them 3x last year). And we beat MD earlier this season.
I get that we all want to always win and tonight was not a cute look but we are still going to be a top 10 team come the next poll and unless we get bounced in our first BTT game to an unranked team, we will be a solid 2 seed. We have a shot at beating anyone not named SC so a path to an elite 8 still exists.
Not a NC caliber team (never have been) but far from a collapse.
Bottom line is that we were just playing for a piece of the conference title (assuming we could beat Indiana, who already celebrated it). Once we get into the tournament, the B1G teams are always found wanting against the true powerhouses in the country.
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But honestly the number of real “powerhouses” is decreasing every year. There used to be 8-10. Now there are 3 at most. Baylor is a shell of what it used to be. ND as well. Louisville is lost. MD and Ohio State are now typical teams. Rutgers is long gone. So is TN. Oregon was a blip, along with Oregon State. I could go on, but there’s rly so much parity…
It also seems like UConn might be the next school to join this club. And I’d rather play Stanford tbh (depends on Fudd). The only TITAN in the field is SC. A post season path comes down to toughness and matchups IMO.
Really, the only thing from this game that was alarming was that Maryland does not have a good center but they still managed to hold Czinano to 4 points. Stark contrast to Iowa's earlier home game vs Maryland in which Czinano scored 28 points. We'll see how she does against Indiana's Holmes at home.
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