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Iowa and Fairleigh Dickinson square off in opening round of NCAA Tournament

By The Associated Press

Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (30-4, 21-0 NEC) at Iowa Hawkeyes (26-6, 17-4 Big Ten)

Iowa City, Iowa; Saturday, 4 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hawkeyes -31.5; over/under is 129.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 7 Iowa plays in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against Fairleigh Dickinson.

The Hawkeyes are 17-4 against Big Ten opponents and 9-2 in non-conference play. Iowa is 21-6 against opponents with a winning record.

The Knights are 21-0 against NEC opponents. Fairleigh Dickinson scores 69.1 points and has outscored opponents by 17.8 points per game.

Iowa makes 48.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 13.8 percentage points higher than Fairleigh Dickinson has allowed to its opponents (35.1%). Fairleigh Dickinson has shot at a 42.4% clip from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points above the 40.6% shooting opponents of Iowa have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ava Heiden is averaging 17.4 points and 7.3 rebounds for the Hawkeyes. Chazadi Wright is averaging 11.7 points over the last 10 games.

Ava Renninger is scoring 12.7 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Knights. Madlena Gerke is averaging 12.5 points and 5.2 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hawkeyes: 8-2, averaging 70.6 points, 30.0 rebounds, 19.9 assists, 6.8 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 49.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.8 points per game.

Knights: 10-0, averaging 73.6 points, 41.2 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 5.2 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 49.7 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Cheryl Reeve steps away from the WNBA grind for a Hall of Fame induction

By The Associated Press
Cheryl Reeve is taking a break from her busy WNBA season to head to Knoxville this weekend and be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She's only the second WNBA coach to enter the Hall of Fame, joining former Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor, who was inducted in 2001. “(I appreciate) the magnitude of this recognition of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the great work that has gone into this institution,” Reeve said. “To walk around and see the history of how much has been done years before I could ever have this opportunity to coach. Grateful to the WNBA because I think there was some consideration given schedule wise.” Reeve will be joined by WNBA greats Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne in this year's class. Parker and Delle Donne also will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame later this year. Other inductees include ESPN broadcaster Doris Burke, Kirkwood Community College coach Kim Muhl, Spanish star Amaya Valdemoro, French great Isabelle Fijalkowski and Clemson's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, Barbara Kennedy-Dixon.
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