Indiana Hoosiers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes: live stream and broadcast details for Thursday
These two created a timeless masterpiece in Iowa’s regular-season finale last year. With a game-winning 3-pointer that beat the buzzer, senior guard Caitlin Clark helped the Hawkeyes defeat Indiana, which was ranked second, 86-85.
It created a fervor in Carver-Hawkeye Arena and initiated a string of nine consecutive victories, which propelled Iowa to the Big Ten Tournament championship and its maiden trip to the national championship game.
The Hawkeyes prevailed handily in their lone meeting between the two this year. Iowa won 84-57 thanks to 30 points and 11 assists from Clark. But that was all the way back in January, and now Mick Foley himself is watching the game on Indiana’s floor. At this point in the season, the Hoosiers remain unbeaten at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall and have no intention of ending that run.
For the Hawkeyes, winning is everything right now. Caitlin Clark broke the record, which relieves a great deal of pressure on the squad. Making it back to the big dance, where they might perhaps win it all this year, is all that’s left. But first, they have a major test in Indiana.
Here are the ways that fans of the Hawkeyes can watch, stream, and listen to the huge Big Ten matchup tonight. Along with expected starting lineups for Iowa and Indiana, there are game notes for each team.
NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, is available for purchase here for Iowa fans. Hawkeye supporters have two options to select from. The monthly cost of the Premium plan is $5.99, while the monthly cost of the Premium Plus plan is $11.99.
Television Teams
Peacock: LaChina Robinson, color analyst; Zora Stephenson, play-by-play, Rob Brooks, play-by-play; Tiffany Reedy, color analyst, Hawkeye Radio Network, Likely Iowa Starters.
G, 5-7, Sr., Molly Davis: 53.8% FG, 38.6% 3-point FG, 84.6% FT; 5.9 points, 3.1 assists, 2.6 rebounds per game.
G, 6-0, Senior, Caitlin Clark: 32.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 8.5 assists, 39.9% 3-point FG, 85.7% free throws, and 47.5% field goal percentage.
G, Gabbie Marshall, 5-9, Sr.: 34.1% FG, 31.6% 3-point FG, 66.7% FT, 5.2 points, 1.6 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.0 rebounds per game.
G, 6-0, Graduate Kate Martin: 53.7% FG, 40.5% 3-point FG, 86.6% FT, 13.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.
F, 6-2, Soph., Hannah Stuelke: 63.9% FG, 58.7% FT, 14.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists per game
Likely Indiana Starters
G, 6-3, SO, Yarden Garzon: 11.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 48.3% field goal percentage, 45.3% three-point percentage, 67.7% free throw percentage
G, Sara Scalia, age 5-11, senior: 16.0% points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.0 steals, 43.8% field goal percentage, 43.8% three-point percentage, 87.5% free throws
G, 5-11, Senior, Chloe Moore-McNeil: 10.4 points, 4.8 assists, 3.2 rebounds, 1.4 steals, 48.2% field goal percentage, 42.5% three-point percentage, 76.5% free throw percentage
Sydney Parrish, G, 6-2, Sr.: 10.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 39.3% 3-point FG, 44.3% FG, 77.1% FT
F, 6-3, Grad., Mackenzie Holmes: 65.4% FG, 72.3% FT, 20.6 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game
History of the Series
Iowa leads the series all-time, 56–22. Last meeting: January 15, 2024; Iowa 87, Indiana 54
Looking over the Hoosiers
After losing to Illinois 88-66 on Monday afternoon in Champaign, the Hoosiers dropped to 21-4 overall and 12-3 in the Big Ten.
- This season, IU remains unbeaten inside Assembly Hall. (13-0)
- With a team-high 24 points, Mackenzie Holmes recorded her 15th game of the season in which she scored 20 points or more. Of the 25 games, she has scored in double digits in 24 of them.
- In addition, Yarden Garzon contributed 17 points, a team-high eight rebounds, three assists, and a steal. With 10 points, Sara Scalia joined her in double figures.
- Stanford, Illinois, Ohio State, Iowa, and Illinois have all defeated the Hoosiers. Three of them have all been on the road and are included in this week’s AP Top 5.
- The typical margin of loss for IU is 21.0 ppg.
- After missing a few games due to an injury, Sydney Parrish made a comeback to the field. Parrish performed for about half an hour.
- After-match commentary versus. Michigan
- Caitlin Clark, a finalist for National Player of the Year, surpassed Kelsey Plum of Washington to become the all-time leader in scoring for women’s basketball in the NCAA.
- An Iowa women’s basketball player set scoring records at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in back-to-back home games.
- Clark just needed 126 career games to achieve the scoring record.
- In program history, it was the 17th 40-point explosion.
- It was the highest number of points ever scored by an Iowa women’s basketball player in a single game.
- No collegiate women’s basketball player in the previous 25 seasons has had more than two games with 30+ points and 10+ assists as she has 18 such games under her belt.
- No player has had more games with 35 points or more, five assists, and five rebounds since 2009. It is her eighteenth time.
- In his 27 career games, Stuelke has scored at least 10 points.
- Kate Martin has scored more than ten in eighteen of the previous twenty-two competitions.
- For the first time in her career in back-to-back games, Martin has scored more than 20 points in three of her outings this season.
- Clark’s 58th career double-double puts him in seventh place among Big Ten players all-time.
- Clark has the longest streak in the country with five games in a row with 10 or more assists.
- In 30 of the 32 games this season, Iowa has officially broken the attendance record or sold out Carver-Hawkeye Arena away from home.
- Clark’s 83-game streak of consecutive 3-point baskets was maintained. (Best in NCAA)
- In a career, Clark is the only player in Division I men’s or women’s basketball history to record 3,500+ points, 1,000+ assists, and 850+ rebounds.