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Coach long enough, and you see it all. What Lisa Bluder is seeing in her 26th year is injuries. Lots of them. And it’s only November. “We’ve got three of them I’ve never experienced before,” Bluder said as the University of Iowa women prepare for tonight’s basketball game against No. 19 Kansas. JoAnn Hamlin, the Hawkeyes’ lone senior, remains hospitalized with a blood clot in her leg, a condition that most likely will end her career. Bluder was hopeful Hamlin would be out ...

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The Iowa women's basketball team  has suffered two losses -- and the regular season hasn't even started. Senior center JoAnn Hamlin has been hospitalized with a blood clot in her lower right leg. While she's been ruled out indefinitely, it also could be career-threatening. Meanwhile, sophomore guard Hannah Draxten will miss at least a week with a bulging disc in her back. Those injuries will force Coach Lisa Bluder to start two freshmen for this weekend's KCRG TV-9 Hawkeye Challenge -- Linn-Mar's Jaime Printy ...

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IOWA CITY — Iowa freshman Morgan Johnson came to the school with great hype because of her 6-foot-5 frame. She didn’t disappoint Sunday afternoon. Johnson, who replaced an injured JoAnn Hamlin, scored eight points and blocked six shots in the Hawkeyes’ 88-60 exhibition win against Division II Washburn at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Johnson didn’t know she was starting until Friday so she had to calm her nerves before the game. “My teammates, the great teammates that they are, they kind of picked me ...

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November 8 — Washburn (exh.), 3 p.m.; 14 — Hawkeye Challenge, vs. Santa Clara, 2:30 p.m.; 15 — Hawkeye Challenge, final round, 2:30 p.m.; 18 — Kansas, 7 p.m.; 22 — at Northern Iowa, 3 p.m.; 24 — William & Mary, 7 p.m; 27 — West Virginia (at Nugget Classic, Reno, Nev.), TBA; 28 — vs. Nevada or Columbia (at Nugget Classic, Reno, Nev.), TBA. December 2 — Boston College, 7:30 p.m.; 6 — Michigan, 5 p.m.; 10 — at Iowa State, 7 ...

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Coach: Lisa Bluder (169-109, 10th season at Iowa; 525-251, 26th season overall 2008-09 record: 21-11 (13-5 Big Ten, tie-2nd), NCAA Tournament qualifier Top returners: G Kachine Alexander (5-9, jr., 10.0 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 3.8 apg); F/C JoAnn Hamlin (6-3, sr., 7.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg); G Kamille Wahlin (5-8, soph., 7.6 ppg, 2.7 apg, .412 3FG%). Key newcomers: C Morgan Johnson (6-5, fr., Platte City, Mo.); F Gabby Machado (6-0, fr., Pontiac, Mich.); G Trisha Nesbitt (5-7, fr., Ames); G Jaime Printy (5-11, fr., ...

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IOWA CITY — Two former dream-busters are now Jaime Printy’s teammates. There’s Kelly Krei, whose Iowa City High team beat Linn-Mar in the 2008 state semifinals. There’s Trisha Nesbitt, whose Ames squad foiled the Lions in the semis last year. “There’s a picture in (Nesbitt’s) room of her celebrating after they beat us,” Printy said Wednesday at the University of Iowa women’s basketball media day. “This summer, I took it down and put it behind her desk.” Printy acknowledged she still hasn’t completely ...

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IOWA CITY — Black, gold ... and green all over. That’s the University of Iowa women’s basketball team, which met the media Wednesday morning at Carver-Hawkeye The Hawkeyes have graduated 10 seniors in the last two years, a pair of seasons that produced back-to-back 22-11 ledgers and trips to the NCAA tournament. Gone are Kristi Smith, Wendy Ausdemore and Megan Skouby, the highest-scoring trio from the same class in Big Ten history. “You look at our team, and it is a rebuilding year,” said ...

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Here are photos from today's media day for the Iowa Hawkeye women's basketball team at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.