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USA Today
23-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Iowa women's basketball freshmen comment on big March Madness debuts
Iowa women's basketball freshmen comment on big March Madness debuts Two Iowa freshmen delivered career days in the Hawkeyes' NCAA Tournament opener against 11th-seeded Murray State. Freshman center Ava Heiden registered a career-high 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting and she grabbed seven boards as well. Freshman guard Taylor Stremlow added a career-high 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting to help Iowa's bench score 41 points in the 92-57 win. Heiden's contributions were particularly important early as junior forward Hannah Stuelke picked up a quick pair of fouls in the game's first two minutes that sidelined her for the remainder of the first half. "I think with my team, it's just next man up. So, always being ready on the bench, ready to come off and do well and perform for the team," Heiden said of being able to step right in and play well for Iowa. Stremlow echoed those sentiments. "Agree with what Ava said. That's our whole mindset is being ready when your name is called. Obviously today it worked well for us and everybody on the bench came off and did good and put some good minutes in," Stremlow said. Heiden has now scored in double-figures in three consecutive games for Iowa. The 6-foot-4 center from Sherwood, Ore., scored 11 points against Michigan State and then 10 points against Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament. "I think that just over the past few months I've put in a lot of extra work, and that has helped me get to the competence level and skill level to be able to come into games like this and perform well," Heiden said. Stremlow also assisted twice for Iowa in the win over the Racers. The 5-foot-10 freshman guard was asked what it's like being able to impact the game in multiple ways offensively for the Hawkeyes. "They make it really easy. It's fun to score obviously but being able to make the extra pass, and I think we had our most assists in an NCAA game ever. That just shows how special this team is how much we love to share the ball and support each other," Stremlow said. Iowa did register a new program single-game NCAA Tournament record with 28 assists. Iowa (23-10, 10-8 Big Ten) will battle No. 3 seed Oklahoma (26-7, 11-5 SEC) on Monday at 3 p.m. CT for a right to advance to the Sweet 16 from the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF
Washington Post
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Heiden scores 15 as sixth-seeded Iowa routs No. 11 Murray State 92-57 in first round
NORMAN, Okla. — Freshman Ava Heiden scored a career-high 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and sixth-seeded Iowa rolled past No. 11 seed Murray State 92-57 on Saturday in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament. Heiden hadn't scored in double figures all season until Iowa's final two games in the Big Ten Tournament. Still, March Madness was different.
