By DARREN MILLER
hawkeyesports.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Competitors and successful teams don’t enjoy recess after a loss.
So, the No. 24 University of Iowa women’s basketball didn’t take one, foregoing a scheduled Saturday off to return to the court and sharpen fundamentals following a 69-66 loss at Iowa State on Dec. 11.
“Our players wanted to be back in the gym,” UI head coach Lisa Bluder said Thursday at a news conference inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. “I was going to give them the weekend off, but I changed my mind after the Iowa State game.