No. 2 Indiana women's basketball prepares for Caitlin Clark, No. 5 Iowa with Big Ten lead at stake
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Indiana women's basketball prepares for a top-10 matchup when Iowa visits with the Big Ten lead at stake.
The No. 2 (Associated Press) Hoosiers (22-1, 12-1) have won 10 straight games, most recently over rival Purdue. The No. 5 Hawkeyes (19-4, 11-1) have won 8 games in a row, routing Penn State over the weekend.
Who are IU women's basketball's best players?
The Hoosiers get almost all their production from six players. (Averages are in Big Ten play)
Mackenzie Holmes, 24.4 points, 67.2% shooting, 8.6 rebounds, 2.1 blocked shots
Sydney Parrish, 14.0 points, 40.6% 3-pointers, 6.3 rebounds, 1.9 steals
Grace Berger, 12.9 points, 50.7% shooting, 6.1 assists
Yarden Garzon, 11.8 points, 48.1% 3-pointers, 5.4 rebounds
Chloe Moore McNeil, 8.7 points, 5.0 assists, 3.1 rebounds
Sara Scalia, 6.0 points, 3.0 rebounds
Rivalry rout:IU rides hot second half to beat Purdue
How good is Caitlin Clark?
Iowa's junior guard averages 27.6 points per game for the season, making 74-of-198 of her 3-pointers (37.4%) and 158-of-188 free throws (84%), as well as 8.0 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 1.6 steals.
In Big Ten play, Clark's numbers are better: 28.1 points, 40.7% 3-point shooting, 9.6 assists, 8.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals.
Clark has 2,296 career points (27.0 per game), 659 assists (7.7) and 616 rebounds (7.2). She was the Big Ten Player of the Year and a consensus first-team All-American in 2022.
Who are Iowa's best players?
Besides Clark ... (averages in Big Ten play)
Monika Czinano, 20.2 points, 73.5% shooting, 5.8 rebounds
McKenna Warnock, 12.0 points, 57.1% shooting, 6.3 rebounds; she recently returned from a two-game absence because of injury
Hannah Stuelke, 9.5 points, 63.6% shooting, 5.3 rebounds
Kate Martin, 6.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists
What channel is Indiana women's basketball on?
Time: 6:30 p.m. ET Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana
TV: BTN and here
Radio: 105.1 FM in Bloomington, SiriusXM Channels 195 and 957, and here
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana women's basketball vs. Iowa, Caitlin Clark for Big Ten lead
