The Hawkeye starting lineup consisted of Kali Peschel, Bethany Doolittle, Melissa Dixon, Theairra Taylor, and Samantha Logic. Starting off with winning the jump ball, the Hawkeyes were early to score with an assist by Samantha Logic to Bethany Doolittle for the point.

The pace of the game went rather fast, UCR and Iowa were exchanging shots throughout the first ten minutes of the game. The Hawks were quick on the rebound and were paying aggressively, but UCR played great coverage against Iowa which stopped them from scoring early on.

Brittany Crain from UCR scored the majority of the points during the first half, she made a crucial 3 pointer, and had 12 points by the end of the first half. Iowa’s Samantha Logic also was playing fierce, Logic totaled 13 points and had 4 assists in the first half. The Hawks put up a lot of attempted shots that couldn’t fall through, but by the end of the half Iowa was leading UCR 35-26.

Iowa started with off with the ball in the second half, early points by Logic and Theairra Taylor, the Hawkeyes were pushing the lead to 41-27 with 17 minutes left in the game. The momentum was strong for both teams, UCR and Iowa would continue to run down the courts and exchange baskets.

The Hawkeye’s Kali Peschel would be key for rebounding against UCR, leading the team with 11 rebounds. The rebounds were good for the Hawks, because their shooting game wasn’t looking too great, but with a couple big steals and points by Logic, Iowa would keep its lead on UCR and finish the game with a 70-56 win over their opponents.

Once the game was over, Iowa Hawkeye coach Lisa Bluder felt that the game, “didn’t flow as nice as I wanted it to.” Bluder said, “We missed too many shots in the paint, and we need to work on that.”

Bluder was proud of the first Iowa win of the season, but would like to see the team work harder on getting their shots to fall through.

Junior Samantha Logic would agree with her coach, Logic said that, “we need to keep attacking the ball,” and “we make shots for offensive flow, we need that to keep the game going.” Logic lead the team in scoring and so far scored her own personal best Friday night with 28 points.

The win over UC Riverside was an important transition for the Hawkeyes, because on Sunday they will be hosting No. 14 Dayton.

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The first quarter of the game didn’t look too bad for the Vikings, as neither team could get much done offensively. By the end of the first quarter the Vikings were leading 7-3 thanks to Marcus Sherels who had an 86-yard punt return touchdown. The teams mainly exchanged punts, and after the Vikings dropped a potential pix-six, then fumbled on the 3-yard line, giving the Giants a touchdown, the Vikings later were unable to do anything offensively that would upset the Giants.

Former free agent Josh Freeman made his debut for the Vikings Monday night, he would be their third starting quarterback for the Vikings this season, after Christian Ponder and Matt Cassel. On Monday night Freeman proved to be rather rusty on the field. Freeman frequently missed many of his receivers and ended the night with passing 20 of 53 for 190 yards and 1 interception.

Manning on the other hand had a decent game, and went for the first time this season without throwing an interception in a game. The season has been really rough for Manning so far, and it was important for the Giants to finally get their first season win. Manning ended the game with passing 23 of 39 for 200 yards and 1 touchdown.

With the Giants scoring their first big win, the Vikings continue on their losing streak, even with another new quarterback, things don’t seem to be looking up for the Vikings. Josh Freeman and the Vikings went up against the league’s worst scoring defense and couldn’t make anything happen on offense. If the struggle continues this could be a very long season for the Vikings, who have a 1-5 record. November 27 the Vikings play the Packers, while the odds are against the Vikings, there is the possibility of improvement, and maybe the Vikings can pick up their second win of the season.

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