Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder would rather her Hawkeyes not even play Drake. Before taking over at Iowa Bluder was the Drake coach for 10 years and led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament four times. Also, current Drake coach Jennie Baranczyk was a standout player for Bluder and the Hawkeyes. Iowa hosts Drake tonight (Tuesday), in its final game before the start of Big Ten play.

Bluder says the Hawkeyes will be facing a motivated Drake team. She says the Bulldogs are a reflection of their coach. Iowa is 9-2 and has won 23 straight home games. After racing out to a 6-0 record the Bulldogs have dropped three of their last four after an 87-73 loss at Northern Illinois.

Tip-off in Iowa City is at 5-p.m.

(Learfield Sports)