WBB summer 2015

[oakhawk]

And off they go to Italy. Tania dislocated her shoulder and won't play. sounds like Tagyn will. Lex and Carly playing well.

http://thegazette.com/subject/sports/a-little-basketball-lots-of-sightseeing-20150810

 

[BGHAWK]

And off they go to Italy. Tania dislocated her sgould and won't play. sounds like Tagyn will. Lex and Carly playing well.

http://thegazette.com/subject/sports/a-little-basketball-lots-of-sightseeing-20150810

Her what?

 

[Tom Paris]

Her what?

She separated her shoulder on Thursday.

 

[oakhawk]

Hawks have landed safely in Rome.

 

[wdhawk]

She separated her shoulder on Thursday.

How long is she projected to be out for?

 

[oakhawk]

It didn't sound too serious. She doesn't have a sling or anything. More of a precaution.
Christina has a lighter boot on than she had a week ago.

 

[NoDakSt]

Lots of BiG womens' teams taking advantage of the early practice afforded by overseas trips.

Nebraska went to Austrailia (finished 1-3 Down Under)
Ohio State Brazil/Argentina
Purdue - Italy
Illini - France
Michigan State - Bahamas

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

Lots of BiG womens' teams taking advantage of the early practice afforded by overseas trips.

Nebraska went to Austrailia (finished 1-3 Down Under)
Ohio State Brazil/Argentina
Purdue - Italy
Illini - France
Michigan State - Bahamas

Who would Michigan State play in the Bahamas?

 

[Tom Paris]

It didn't sound too serious. She doesn't have a sling or anything. More of a precaution.
Christina has a lighter boot on than she had a week ago.

I know she was in a sling that day, after the shoulder was popped back in. Glad she has it off now.

 

[oakhawk]

They are done with Rome.Now on to Florence and the first game action. Starts at 11 am Central. 6pm Florence time.

 

[oakhawk]

Should be tipping just about now. There should be a recap with boxscore on Hawkeyesports.com later.
Iowa Starters: Whitney Jennings G, Alexa Kastanek G, Ally Disterhoft F, Kali Peschel F & Chase Coley C
As I thought, they went with experience.

With 4:53 to play in first qtr, Hawks lead Dream Team Italian Select, 12-8. Jennings leads all scorers with 8 points.

 

[oakhawk]

End of 1st Quarter: Iowa 22, DTIS 12

 

[oakhawk]

With 6:43 to play in half, Hawks 32, DTIS 17
Updates courtesy of Iowa Women's Basketball.
DTSI physical in their style-of-play. FIBA rules apply here. If you watched the Pan am Games you know what that means....tackling allowed.

 

[oakhawk]

Halftime: Iowa 41, Dream Team Italian Select 28. Jennings buries three near buzzer. Substitutions a plenty in warm gym.

 

[oakhawk]

up 44-33 with 7:05 remaining in the 3rd

 

[oakhawk]

All available players have logged minutes for Iowa. Larson, Stewart & Gustafson see the 1st action of their Hawk careers!
With 3:23 left in the 3rd, Hawks lead DTIS 53-37.

 

[oakhawk]

Iowa is up 62-42 heading to the 4th quarter!

 

[oakhawk]

With 5:42 remaining in the game, the Hawks have a commanding 70-44 lead over DTIS.
Iowa 79, DTIS 50 2:00 left to play
Final: Iowa 84, Dream Team Italian Select 52
Great game Hawks!

 

[oakhawk]

Next two games 18th in Venice, 19th in Verona.

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

Larson played? Great to hear!

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

The gym looks worse than the one on Cherry Street.

 

[oakhawk]

Five in double figures...
Alexa with 15, Whit 14, Carly 14, Hannah 12, and Chase with 10. Carly had 8 rebounds.

 

[ozzyrulz]

All available players have logged minutes for Iowa. Larson, Stewart & Gustafson see the 1st action of their Hawk careers!
With 3:23 left in the 3rd, Hawks lead DTIS 53-37.

Any reason why Tania Davis didn't play ?

 

[cyberhawk]

Check posts numbered 161 and 169 above for info about Tania.

 

[ozzyrulz]

Check posts numbered 161 and 169 above for info about Tania.

Thanks Cyber. Go Hawks

 

[oakhawk]

Some video/https://twitter.com/IowaWBB

 

[BDinIC]

Some video/https://twitter.com/IowaWBB

I really like the way they shared the ball in that video. Very unselfish.

 

[oakhawk]

Some stats from the first game...
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...uto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/081415-box.pdf

 

[IamHawkeye]

Any reason why Tania Davis didn't play ?

Shoulder someone said earlier.

 

[cyberhawk]

Hawkeye women look to define roles on Italy trip
rmurken@press-citizen.com

Excerpt
This season the Hawkeyes have one of the most versatile rosters in Bluder's 16-year tenure. The Hawkeyes have three players capable of playing point guard in Jennings, junior Alexa Kastanek and freshman Tania Davis that all are under 5-foot-11. Iowa also has three post players over 6-foot-3 in senior Nicole Smith, sophomore Chase Coley and freshman Megan Gustafson. The other eight players on the Iowa roster are all between 6-foot-0 and 6-foot-2 and capable of playing a variety of positions. The veteran coach plans to begin tinkering with personal groupings during the three games of the 11-day Italy trip.

"We kind of say that we play position-less basketball," Bluder said. "We don't care who is on the floor. We could have three point guards, we could have three forwards on the floor, we just put the best players on the floor and we have that type of team now. Being able to go over there and it doesn't count on our record and we can see who works well together and see who steps up," Bluder said. "It's very different. We are going to have to really think more as coaches as far as lineups and rotations."

My (mostly rambling) thoughts
First, from her comments, Lisa believes she has a versatile roster. Still it is not likely IMO that she would "have three forwards on the floor" at once unless she is talking about having a forward playing at center, which is entirely possible since the only center listed on the roster is Nicole. (That said, Megan could be listed as a 'C' or at least a 'F/C')
Second, although Alexa played some point guard as a freshman behind Samantha, I would guess that she will play mainly at the #2 wing position, leaving the point to Whitney and Tania. (If, as she said, Lisa decides to "have three point guards", Alexa would essentially be the '3'. I believe Lisa would do this in late game situations and at the end of the first half. Also, I would be surprised if Tania starts with Whitney but I believe they will share some court time when Lisa goes with her 'three point guard' line-up.
Next, regarding the post, Nicole unfortunately was never the same player after her HS ACL injury. Also, Lisa said last year that Chase was being groomed to replace Bethany (even though she could almost certainly play the #4 stretch forward/big wing position. She had a 3-pointer in the game yesterday that had perfect rotation.) That leaves only Megan as the most natural true post player. Lisa also could choose to play Hannah in the post as a third option which will free Claire to concentrate at the #4 position.
Finally, Iowa is 'loaded' with forwards. However, although Ally technically started at the '4', she is listed as a guard and will probably be the '3' this year. Also, though Christina is listed as a forward, she is not that different than Ally and likely will be her back-up. (IMO, they could both be listed on the roster as combination 'G/F'). That leaves Kali, Claire, Carly, Tagyn and Hannah who are IMO all natural forwards ('3' and/or '4') and Chase who I think is an ideal stretch 4.
So, in conclusion, while Iowa's strength/experience is at guard (Whitney, Ally and Alexis), their depth is at forward. I would add that not only does this team have over-all depth, it also has balance (quality depth). That is why I believe the starters will have fewer minutes and the bench will have more minutes than last years team.

 

[oakhawk]

Since their game in Florence, they have gone to Cinque Terra and now on to Venice. They get back to the court tomorrow and again on Wednesday.

 

[oakhawk]

Hawkeyes lead APM 23-20 heading to the 2nd.
Game Day!

 

[oakhawk]

Played 10 players in the first quarter. Ally with a three at the end of quarter 1 to give them the lead.

 

[oakhawk]

Currently on the floor, 3 sophomores & 2 freshmen... Jennings, Kastanek, Coley, Stewart & Larson.
ustafson with the layup & 1! 2nd | 0:47 - Hawkeyes 31, APM 24\ (Kastanek is actually a JR)

At the Half -Hawkeyes 36, APM 31

Point totals at the half... Coley (6), Kastanek (5), Disterhoft (5) & Gustafson (5).
Rebounds at the half... Disterhoft (7), Coley (6) & Stewart (4).

Steal & a fast break layup for Disterhoft! Kastanek with the assist on the play. 3rd | 4:34 - #Hawkeyes 54, APM 36
Stewart knocks down a jumper, assist goes to fellow freshman Larson! 3rd | 1:10 - #Hawkeyes 57, APM 40
Kastanek nets a 3! 4th | 4:23 - #Hawkeyes 80, APM 47

Heading to the final quarter! #Hawkeyes 61, APM 43
Smith with the offensive rebound & the putback for 2! 4th | 6:11 - #Hawkeyes 75, APM 45

 

[oakhawk]

Kastanek nets a 3! 4th | 4:23 - #Hawkeyes 80, APM 47

Schneden & Gustafson check in for the final 2 minutes. #Hawkeyes lead APM 86-47!
Gustafson lays it in taking hard contact inside! 4th | 0:57 - #Hawkeyes 88, APM 47

FINAL: #Hawkeyes 91, APM 47 Second win of the #ItalianTour for Iowa!

 

[oakhawk]

 

[oakhawk]

Point totals... Jennings (16), Gustafson (13), Disterhoft (12) & Kastanek (11).

Rebound totals... Disterhoft (12), Coley (7) & Jennings (6).

 

[jockos]

Their game tomorrow against TK Hannover will be a good test, they are a pro team from Germany. They gave Purdue a good game a few days ago.

 

[oakhawk]

TODAY'S STATS.....
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...o_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/081815-stats.pdf

 

[oakhawk]

After two games.....
Averages Points Rebounds
Whitney 15.0 5.5
Alexa 13.0 2.5
Ally 10.0 7.5
Chase 9.5 6.0
Megan 9.5 6.5
Hannah 9.5 5.0
Carly 8.5 7.5
Claire 5.5 5.0
Kali 4.0 5.0
Nicole 2.0 2.o
Hailey 1.5 5.5
Tagyn 0.0 1.0