Game Day Guide: Iowa Women’s Basketball vs. Eastern Illinois

Jan Jensen’s evaluation of Monday’s game after watching the tape.

There’s only seven days in a week, but if Iowa women’s basketball head coach Jan Jensen could extend that to eight, she probably could.

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The Hawkeyes are only three days into their 2026-27 season, but that doesn’t mean they have time to get used to the in-season grind. After dispatching Towson in the season opener on Monday night, Iowa still has two games to play this week – Eastern Illinois on Thursday and a showdown at No. 1 Connecticut on Sunday afternoon.

The strenuous three-game stretch creates more changes to Iowa’s preparation schedule than some may realize. The NCAA requires coaches to give the athletes one day off every seven days, so the Hawkeyes will prepare for Thursday’s contest against Eastern Illinois with only one day of preparation.

No. 10 Iowa should still have no problem handling business against the Panthers, but Jensen’s perspective on playing three games in seven days to begin the season was certainly an interesting one.

“So [we’re] kind of balancing taking care of business, continuing to work on the things we need to work on, but always having to prep for each and upcoming opponent,” Jensen said at media availability on Nov. 4. “That’s been a little bit of a challenge to get it all in this week, but I’m anxious to get to practice and see our team.”

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Here is everything you need to know about Thursday’s matchup, including game time, TV destination, a scouting report on EIU, and our prediction for the contest.

Matchup: Eastern Illinois Panthers (0-1) @ No. 10 Iowa Hawkeyes (1-0)

Location: Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa

Scheduled game time: Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.

TV: BTN+

Announcers: Collin Carrithers, Morgan Burhans, and Megan Heine

Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network (Rob Brooks, Kathryn Reynolds)

Student Radio: KRUI (Aiden Schoeff, Robert Yoshimura)

Location: Charleston, Illinois

Enrollment: 3,975 undergraduates (over 7,600 total per the university)

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