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Iowa guard Makenzie Meyer out with fractured hand

By Erica Ayala

04 JAN 2015: Iowa Hawkeyes huddle up prior the first half of the game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Iowa Hawkeyes played at The RAC on the campus of Rutgers University. The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 79-72. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis via Getty Images)
04 JAN 2015: Iowa Hawkeyes huddle up prior the first half of the game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Iowa Hawkeyes played at The RAC on the campus of Rutgers University. The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 79-72. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis via Getty Images) /
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The Iowa women’s basketball team announced today that sophomore Makenzie Meyer suffered a fourth metacarpal fracture in practice on Wednesday afternoon. Meyer has started all 13 games, averaging 11.3 points, 5.0 assists, 1.7 rebounds for the Hawkeyes. She is shooting 46.8 percent from the field and 41.3 percent from 3-point range.

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She will be a tough loss at Iowa (12-1) opens conference play tonight. The Hawkeyes will bring a five-game winning streak to Wisconsin (7-6) tonight. Sunday, Iowa will host Michigan (12-2).

Potential Timeline

The injury Meyer suffered is similar to one that kept Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen on the sideline for roughly five weeks ahead of the WNBA Semifinals.  Whalen did require surgery for her fracture.

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The Mason City, Iowa native will have her left hand reevaluated in two weeks to determine a return-to-play timeline.

Big Ten News

Rutgers enters conference play as the team to beat.  With today’s 58-50 win over Purdue, the Scarlet Knights are 1-0 in conference play and perfect in their last eight games.  To boot, legendary head coach C. Vivian Stringer is now only ten games away from the elite 1,000 wins club.

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Stringer would be the sixth college coach to reach this milestone, and potentially the third this season alone. The late Pat Summitt is the winningest college coach (1,098), followed by active coaches Mike Krzyzewski (Duke Men’s Basketball), Tara Vanderveer (Stanford), Sylvia Hatchell (University of North Carolina) and Geno Auriemma (University of Connecticut).

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