1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Big Ten Conference regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 8
Record	27–5 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	C. Vivian Stringer (6th season);
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena
	Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Iowa	16	–	2	.889	27	–	5	.844
No. 14 Ohio State	16	–	2	.889	24	–	6	.800
No. 15 Purdue	14	–	4	.778	24	–	6	.800
Indiana	9	–	9	.500	16	–	12	.571
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	15	–	13	.536
Northwestern	6	–	12	.333	11	–	17	.393
Illinois	6	–	12	.333	11	–	18	.379
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	13	–	14	.481
Michigan	5	–	13	.278	11	–	17	.393
Minnesota	4	–	14	.222	7	–	21	.250

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988–89 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 1988–89 NCAA women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by sixth-year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games in Iowa City, Iowa at Carver–Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 27–5 overall, 16–2 in Big Ten play, sharing a piece of the conference championship in back-to-back-to-back seasons. Iowa advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the women's NCAA basketball tournament – another accomplishment for the third straight season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	10	Stephanie Schueler	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Lincoln	Sioux Falls, SD
F	14	Felicia Hall	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Green Oaks	Shreveport, LA
G	21	Robin Christian	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Jamaica Plain	Roxbury, MA
F	25	Franthea Price	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	River Rouge	River Rouge, MI
F	33	Jody Ratigan	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Tri-Center	Neola, IA
G	34	Jolette Law	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	Jr	Wilson	Florence, SC
C	42	Shanda Berry	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Oelwein	Oelwein, IA
F/C		Katie Abrahamson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Washington	Cedar Rapids, IA

Head coach

C. Vivian Stringer

Assistant coach(es)

Jennifer Bednarek
Marianna Freeman

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 25, 1988*	No. 5	vs. Wyoming Hawaii Wahine Classic	W 83–40	1–0	Honolulu, Hawaii
Nov 26, 1988*	No. 5	vs. No. 6 Louisiana Tech Hawaii Wahine Classic	L 58–62	1–1	Honolulu, Hawaii
Nov 27, 1988*	No. 5	vs. No. 13 Washington Hawaii Wahine Classic	W 53–51	2–1	Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 2, 1988*	No. 7	vs. Grambling State Kansas Dial Soap Classic	W 80–66	3–1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Dec 3, 1988*	No. 7	at Kansas Kansas Dial Soap Classic	L 63–67	3–2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Dec 7, 1988*	No. 11	Iowa State	W 79–46	4–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 10, 1988*	No. 11	Miami (OH) Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 73–44	5–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 11, 1988*	No. 11	Wake Forest Amana-Hawkeye Classic	W 78–62	6–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 22, 1988*	No. 7	Oregon State	W 90–45	7–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 28, 1988*	No. 6	vs. Oklahoma Burger King/Pepsi Classic	W 86–69	8–2	James L. Knight International Center Miami, Florida
Dec 29, 1988*	No. 6	vs. Nebraska Burger King/Pepsi Classic	W 84–67	9–2	James L. Knight International Center Miami, Florida
Jan 6, 1989	No. 6	Michigan	W 82–42	10–2 (1–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 8, 1989	No. 6	Michigan State	W 89–49	11–2 (2–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 13, 1989	No. 5	at Illinois	W 82–64	12–2 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
Jan 15, 1989	No. 5	Ohio State	W 84–70	13–2 (4–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 18, 1988*	No. 5	at Drake	W 71–65	14–2	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa
Jan 21, 1989	No. 5	Minnesota	W 97–54	15–2 (5–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 27, 1989	No. 4	Indiana	W 77–61	16–2 (6–0)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 29, 1989	No. 4	at No. 11 Purdue	L 56–67	16–3 (6–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 3, 1989	No. 7	at Wisconsin	W 67–57	17–3 (7–1)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
Feb 5, 1989	No. 7	at Northwestern	W 63–53	18–3 (8–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Feb 10, 1989	No. 7	No. 10 Purdue	W 66–64	19–3 (9–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 12, 1989	No. 7	Illinois	W 82–50	20–3 (10–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 17, 1989	No. 7	at Minnesota	W 80–73	21–3 (11–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 21, 1989	No. 7	at No. 20 Ohio State	L 57–66	21–4 (11–2)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Feb 24, 1989	No. 7	at Indiana	W 70–63 ^OT	22–4 (12–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Mar 3, 1989	No. 9	Northwestern	W 77–46	23–4 (13–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 5, 1989	No. 9	Wisconsin	W 78–52	24–4 (14–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 9, 1989	No. 8	at Michigan	W 79–61	25–4 (15–2)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mar 11, 1989	No. 8	at Michigan State	W 74–63	26–4 (16–2)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 1989*	(3 MW) No. 8	(11 MW) Tennessee Tech Second round	W 77–75	27–4	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 23, 1989*	(3 MW) No. 8	vs. (2 MW) No. 4 Stanford Midwest Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 74–98^[1]	27–5	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Rankings

References

^ "Stevens Scores 31 to Lead Stanford". The Los Angeles Times. March 24, 1989. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
^ "1988-89 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
^ "2023-24 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

[1] "Stevens Scores 31 to Lead Stanford". The Los Angeles Times. March 24, 1989. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

[2] "1988-89 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

[3] "2023-24 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

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v t e Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Venues	Iowa Field House (1974–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Crossover at Kinnick Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" Full Court Press The Law Firm Caitlin Clark effect
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics