2008-09 Iowa Hawkeyes Women's Basketball Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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2008-09 Iowa Women's Basketball

21-11

Overall

13-5

Big Ten

Lisa Bluder

Head coach

2008-09 Schedule 32 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Nov 16	Home Texas State	87–45	W
Nov 18	Away Kansas	55–76	L
Nov 22	Home Boston University	83–58	W
Nov 23	Home Providence	64–46	W
Nov 27	Home Texas Tech	56–48	W
Nov 28	Away South Florida	79–82	L
Nov 29	Home California	43–76	L
Dec 4	Away Duke	47–71	L
Dec 7	Home Iowa State	66–46	W
Dec 11	Home Northern Iowa	72–46	W
Dec 20	Away Drake	71–53	W
Dec 22	Away Wisconsin	73–63	W
Dec 28	Home Purdue	60–69	L
Jan 4	Away Indiana	54–76	L
Jan 8	Away Purdue	49–60	L
Jan 11	Home Minnesota	74–57	W
Jan 15	Away Illinois	72–62	W
Jan 18	Home Northwestern	74–46	W
Jan 26	Home Michigan	77–69	W
Jan 29	Away Michigan State	56–68	L
Feb 1	Home Penn State	97–89	W
Feb 5	Home Indiana	69–67	W
Feb 8	Away Minnesota	58–64	L
Feb 12	Home Ohio State	85–75	W
Feb 15	Away Penn State	63–57	W
Feb 19	Home Wisconsin	72–65	W
Feb 22	Away Michigan	68–64	W
Feb 26	Home Illinois	69–56	W
Mar 1	Away Northwestern	86–79	W
Mar 6	Home Minnesota	79–64	W
Mar 7	Away Ohio State	56–72	L
Mar 22	Home Georgia Tech	62–76	L

Team & Player Stats

Per-game averages and the year's standout players. Full box-score totals, advanced metrics, and game-by-game logs.

Per-Game Averages

Points

68.0 vs 63.9

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

+4.1 points per game

Field goal %

43.2% vs 38.8%

Shooting accuracy from the field — Iowa vs opponents.

+4.4 percentage points

3-point %

36.5% vs 31.0%

Three-point shooting — higher is better.

+5.5 percentage points

Free throw %

79.2% vs 67.1%

How often Iowa cashed in at the line.

+12.1 percentage points

Total rebounds

37.9 vs 36.3

Boards Iowa pulled down vs boards the other team got.

+1.6 rebounds per game

Assists

15.3 vs 12.5

Buckets set up by a teammate pass.

+2.8 assists per game

Turnovers

15.8 vs 13.3

Times Iowa lost the ball — lower is better.

+2.5 turnovers per game

Top Performers

Leading scorer

Kristi Smith

13.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 3.2 apg (32 games).

Top rebounder

Kachine Alexander

8.8 rpg, 10.0 ppg over 32 games.

Top playmaker

Kachine Alexander

3.8 apg, 10.0 ppg, 2.9 TO (32 games).

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Iowa

Opponents

Diff

Games

32.0

0.0

Minutes

40.6

0.0

23.7

24.3

-0.6

FGA

54.9

62.8

-7.9

FG%

43.2%

38.8%

+4.4

6.1

5.2

+0.9

3PA

16.8

0.0

3P%

36.5%

31.0%

+5.5

17.6

19.1

-1.5

2PA

38.2

45.9

-7.7

2P%

46.1%

41.6%

+4.5

14.4

10.0

+4.4

FTA

18.2

14.9

+3.3

FT%

79.2%

67.1%

+12.1

ORB

11.4

14.7

-3.3

DRB

26.4

21.7

+4.7

TRB

37.9

36.3

+1.6

AST

15.3

12.5

+2.8

STL

5.1

7.5

-2.4

BLK

2.8

3.4

-0.6

TOV

15.8

13.3

+2.5

14.8

17.6

-2.8

PTS

68.0

63.9

+4.1

Player Stats — Per Game

Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
Kristi SmithG	32	—	34.0	4.4	11.2	39.7	2.0	4.9	41.4	2.3	2.7	83.9	2.2	3.2	1.0	0.0	2.7	13.2
Wendy AusdemoreF	32	—	33.0	4.4	9.6	46.1	1.9	5.2	37.0	1.6	1.8	91.2	4.9	2.4	0.9	0.1	2.1	12.3
Megan SkoubyC	32	—	30.3	4.6	9.9	46.1	0.2	0.6	27.8	2.8	3.4	82.7	4.8	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.2	12.1
Kachine AlexanderG	32	—	30.3	2.9	6.9	42.3	0.1	0.4	16.7	4.1	5.5	74.4	8.8	3.8	0.9	0.2	2.9	10.0
Kamille WahlinG	32	—	23.7	2.8	6.0	47.1	0.9	2.1	41.2	1.1	1.4	76.1	3.2	2.7	0.7	0.0	1.9	7.6
JoAnn HamlinF-C	27	—	23.3	3.1	6.3	49.1	0.0	0.3	14.3	1.4	2.0	68.5	6.0	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.6	7.6
Nicole VanderPolF	2	—	9.0	1.5	1.5	100.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.5	1.0	50.0	3.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	3.5
Hannah DraxtenG-F	30	—	13.4	1.1	3.1	34.4	0.8	2.2	35.4	0.3	0.4	90.9	2.0	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	3.2
Kelly KreiF	27	—	14.5	0.7	2.0	35.2	0.3	0.7	36.8	1.1	1.4	81.1	2.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	1.1	2.8
Lindsey NyenhuisG	18	—	5.6	0.3	1.5	18.5	0.2	1.3	16.7	0.0	0.0	—	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.8
Shante JonesG	10	—	2.7	0.3	1.1	27.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	66.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8
Kelsey CermakF	17	—	5.2	0.1	0.5	22.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2

Player Stats — Advanced

Player	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	USG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	OWS	DWS	WS	BPM	PProd
Wendy AusdemoreF	32	1056	21.1	59.3	—	19.3	5.7	10.1	8.1	16.4	1.6	0.3	16.5	3.8	0.6	4.4	—	369
Megan SkoubyC	32	970	20.8	52.5	—	21.5	6.6	10.3	8.6	5.2	0.7	4.2	9.6	2.4	1.0	3.4	—	347
Kristi SmithG	32	1089	17.2	52.8	—	22.8	1.0	5.5	3.5	20.9	1.7	0.1	17.6	2.9	0.5	3.4	—	398
Kachine AlexanderG	32	969	22.1	52.5	—	21.0	10.6	20.2	15.9	25.6	1.8	0.6	23.6	2.3	0.9	3.2	—	377
Kamille WahlinG	32	759	19.0	57.1	—	18.4	3.1	10.8	7.4	24.6	1.7	0.1	22.0	2.2	0.4	2.7	—	245
JoAnn HamlinF-C	27	630	14.1	52.4	—	21.6	9.5	17.7	14.1	7.4	1.0	3.2	26.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	—	194
Kelly KreiF	27	391	7.7	52.4	—	13.2	2.2	13.9	8.7	5.3	0.9	0.5	28.8	0.5	0.2	0.7	—	72
Hannah DraxtenG-F	30	402	13.2	49.4	—	15.2	6.1	10.1	8.3	16.3	1.3	0.2	17.6	0.5	0.2	0.7	—	104
Nicole VanderPolF	2	18	24.4	88.6	—	22.6	13.6	27.5	21.3	13.3	6.6	4.9	50.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	—	6
Kelsey CermakF	17	89	4.8	22.2	—	6.9	5.5	5.6	5.5	6.0	3.3	4.0	25.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	—	7
Shante JonesG	10	27	11.9	32.2	—	31.1	13.6	7.3	10.1	15.7	6.6	3.3	24.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0	—	9
Lindsey NyenhuisG	18	100	3.0	25.9	—	16.9	4.9	6.9	6.0	11.2	1.8	0.0	18.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	—	17

Game Logs

Date	Opp	Rslt	Shooting			3PT		Boards			Other
			FG-FGA	FG%	eFG%	3P-3PA	3P%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV
Nov 16	Texas State San Marcos	W 87–45	33-59	55.9	60.2	5-18	27.8	15	31	46	23	13	19
Nov 18	@ Kansas	L 55–76	17-45	37.8	38.9	1-9	11.1	14	20	34	7	0	23
Nov 22	Boston University	W 83–58	26-46	56.5	63.0	6-14	42.9	8	36	44	24	4	21
Nov 23	Providence	W 64–46	21-49	42.9	48.0	5-10	50.0	5	30	35	12	5	17
Nov 27	Texas Tech	W 56–48	19-46	41.3	46.7	5-11	45.5	4	27	31	13	5	19
Nov 28	@ South Florida	L 79–82 OT	30-66	45.5	53.0	10-30	33.3	10	36	46	17	4	27
Nov 29	California	L 43–76	17-51	33.3	39.2	6-25	24.0	11	18	29	12	3	14
Dec 4	@ Duke	L 47–71	16-53	30.2	34.9	5-18	27.8	9	24	33	9	3	25
Dec 7	Iowa State	W 66–46	22-54	40.7	42.6	2-10	20.0	10	23	33	13	8	11
Dec 11	Northern Iowa	W 72–46	21-55	38.2	40.9	3-10	30.0	12	31	43	11	2	11
Dec 20	@ Drake	W 71–53	28-59	47.5	53.4	7-20	35.0	10	21	31	17	9	15
Dec 22	@ Wisconsin	W 73–63	23-44	52.3	58.0	5-10	50.0	6	29	35	13	3	16
Dec 28	Purdue	L 60–69	16-48	33.3	39.6	6-17	35.3	8	20	28	10	4	19
Jan 4	@ Indiana	L 54–76	17-49	34.7	40.8	6-19	31.6	4	21	25	8	1	16
Jan 8	@ Purdue	L 49–60	18-56	32.1	36.6	5-16	31.3	11	20	31	13	6	16
Jan 11	Minnesota	W 74–57	27-52	51.9	59.6	8-18	44.4	9	17	26	19	5	11
Jan 15	@ Illinois	W 72–62	26-52	50.0	59.6	10-16	62.5	4	24	28	21	5	7
Jan 18	Northwestern	W 74–46	29-57	50.9	57.9	8-18	44.4	4	25	29	25	9	13
Jan 26	Michigan	W 77–69	28-58	48.3	58.6	12-28	42.9	9	25	34	21	4	9
Jan 29	@ Michigan State	L 56–68	19-54	35.2	40.7	6-15	40.0	10	16	26	10	8	17
Feb 1	Penn State	W 97–89 3OT	36-84	42.9	49.4	11-34	32.4	14	34	48	26	9	14
Feb 5	Indiana	W 69–67	22-50	44.0	48.0	4-13	30.8	9	24	33	15	4	18
Feb 8	@ Minnesota	L 58–64	24-55	43.6	48.2	5-20	25.0	9	23	32	20	5	14
Feb 12	Ohio State	W 85–75	27-60	45.0	49.2	5-11	45.5	13	22	35	17	7	13
Feb 15	@ Penn State	W 63–57	21-60	35.0	43.3	10-23	43.5	13	23	36	12	3	13
Feb 19	Wisconsin	W 72–65	24-42	57.1	61.9	4-9	44.4	7	28	35	17	4	15
Feb 22	@ Michigan	W 68–64	26-68	38.2	43.4	7-17	41.2	14	28	42	10	4	17
Feb 26	Illinois	W 69–56	24-60	40.0	45.0	6-18	33.3	9	25	34	18	3	3
Mar 1	@ Northwestern	W 86–79	30-60	50.0	54.2	5-14	35.7	11	14	25	16	9	8
Mar 6	Minnesota	W 79–64	30-60	50.0	55.0	6-16	37.5	13	23	36	15	7	10
Mar 7	@ Ohio State	L 56–72	22-59	37.3	42.4	6-15	40.0	10	20	30	10	2	14
Mar 22	Georgia Tech	L 62–76	20-47	42.6	48.9	6-15	40.0	7	21	28	14	4	17

2008-09 Roster 12 players

#	Player	Class	Pos	Ht
	Shante Jones	FR	G	5-9
2	Kamille Wahlin	FR	G	5-8
11	Kristi Smith	SR	G	5-6
20	Kelly Krei	FR	F	6-2
21	Kachine Alexander	SO	G	5-9
22	Kelsey Cermak	SO	F	6-1
31	Hannah Draxten	FR	G-F	6-0
32	Wendy Ausdemore	SR	F	6-2
43	Nicole VanderPol	SR	F	6-1
44	Megan Skouby	SR	C	6-6
45	JoAnn Hamlin	JR	F-C	6-3
50	Lindsey Nyenhuis	SR	G	5-7

2008-09 AP Poll Movement

Iowa wasn't ranked in the AP poll this season.

Updated Jun 1, 5:30 AM

Women's Basketball History

Season Snapshot 2008-09 at a glance

2008-09 Iowa Women's Basketball

By the Numbers

Memorable Games

Rankings & Streaks

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

Beat #18 Ohio State

Signature Wins

Beat Penn State

Beat Drake

Beat Texas State

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

Lost OT vs South Florida

Faced #3 California

Faced #12 Duke