The Hawkeyes sit at 4-6 and 15th in the Big Ten
Eric Rynston-Lobel
Eric Rynston-Lobel has been a contributor to The IX Basketball since August 2022. He covered Northwestern women's basketball extensively in his four years as a student there for WNUR, previously worked as a sports reporter for the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire and now works as a freelancer based in Chicago.
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