DES MOINES, Iowa – Drake women’s basketball has rounded out its coaching staff with the hiring of new assistant Lisa Carlsen, Suzie Glazer Burt Head Coach Allison Pohlman announced today.

Carlsen joins assistants Kelli Greenway, Whitney Moia, and the newly-hired Kristin Rotert, as well as Director of Operations Cortni Rush and Director of Basketball Analytics & Player Development Becca Hittner, on staff.

“Our program is ecstatic to welcome Lisa Carlsen to our Drake University coaching staff,” Pohlman said. “Her extensive experience as both a player and coach, along with her commitment to developing student-athletes, makes her an exceptional addition to our team. Lisa brings a unique perspective and a passion for the game that will undoubtedly help elevate our program. We’re all excited for the positive impact she will have on our student-athletes both on and off the court.”

Carlsen joins the Bulldog staff after a lengthy head coaching career at three previous stops. Most recently, Carlsen spent the last 10 seasons at Northern Illinois where she led the Huskies to a 147-155 record. Prior to her time at NIU, Carlsen led Division II squad Lewis to a 148-89 over eight seasons after starting her head coaching career with a 4-year stint at Omaha. Overall, she served as an NCAA head coach for 22 years and amassed a record of 331-318.

While leading the Huskies, Carlsen led NIU to a national postseason tournament for the first time in six years with a berth into the Women’s Basketball Invitational. Her squads were also excellent academically with multiple teams finishing inside the top 10 in collective grade point average while leading the fast-paced Huskies on the hardwood.

In her eight seasons at Lewis, she headed the Flyers to four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances and a pair of Great Lake Valley Conference championships.

Her first head coaching gig came at Omaha where she was promoted to the top job after serving as an assistant on the Mavericks’ staff. She guided Omaha to its best finish in a decade and postseason play in 2003. After her tenure at Omaha, Carlsen served as an assistant at Winona State for three seasons before returning to the head coaching ranks.

“I could not be more excited to be at Drake University,” Carlsen said. “The opportunity to join Allison and her staff to continue to build on the rich tradition of Drake Women’s Basketball is an honor and a privilege. The chance to be at a place that values and supports women’s basketball the way Drake does is truly a blessing. The warm welcome from everyone in the department, the fans, donors and season ticket holders as well as the entire Drake community has been outstanding, and I can’t wait to meet each and every avid Bulldog supporter.”

A native of Earling, Iowa, Carlsen graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 1992. While at NWMSU, she was a four-time all-conference honoree on the basketball court and earned All-Conference and All-Region honors on the softball diamond. During her senior season, Carlsen was recognized as the 1992 Championship NCAA Female Athlete of the Year.

She eventually earned her master’s degree from the University of Nebraska Omaha in 1994 and continued to play basketball professionally for the Nebraska Express of the Women’s Basketball Association where she was named an All-Star in 1995.

Prior to coaching collegiate hoops, Carlsen was the head softball coach at the College of St. Mary (Neb.) from 1994-97 and earned the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year twice. She then served as an assistant volleyball coach and head softball coach at Wayne State (Neb.) from 1997-98.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Former Iowa Hawkeye Luka Garza has signed a 2-year, $5.5 million deal with the Boston Celtics. That’s according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Garza has spent the last three seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves after playing for the Detroit Pistons his rookie year.

The former Iowa star appeared in 39 games for the Timberwolves last season, averaging 3.5 points and 1.4 rebounds per game.

Non-Conference 

• Atlantic – 1 vs Bishop Heelan Catholic – 0
• Exira-EHK-Audubon – 8 vs Woodbine – 4
• West Monona – 5 vs AHSTW – 1
• Missouri Valley – 11 vs Westwood – 3
• Underwood – 8 vs Abraham Lincoln – 0
• Lenox – 8 vs Lamoni – 5
• Melcher-Dallas – 7 vs Lynnville-Sully – 6
• Van Meter – 5 vs PCM – 4 (14 innings)

Hawkeye Ten Conference

• Shenandoah – 2 vs Denison-Schleswig – 1
• Denison-Schleswig – 2 vs Shenandoah – 1
• Harlan – 19 vs Red Oak – 6
• Harlan – 20 vs Red Oak – 3
• Clarinda – 7 vs Lewis Central – 2 
• Lewis Central – 6 vs Clarinda – 3 
• Glenwood – 10 vs Kuemper Catholic – 1 
• Glenwood – 4 vs Kuemper Catholic – 2
• Creston – 9 vs St. Albert – 0 
• Creston – 15 vs St. Albert – 2 

Corner Conference

• Griswold-CAM – 12 vs Essex – 0
• Fremont-Mills – 14 vs East Mills – 5

Western Iowa Conference

• Treynor – 12 vs Tri-Center – 2 

Pride of Iowa Conference

• Martensdale-St. Marys – 11 vs Nodaway Valley – 1
• Central Decatur – 14 vs East Union – 7
• Wayne – 10 vs Southeast Warren – 8 

Rolling Valley Conference

• Glidden-Ralston – 10 vs Boyer Valley – 0 

West Central Activities Conference

• Madrid – 8 vs ACGC – 2
• Des Moines Christian – 3 vs Earlham – 2 (10 innings)
• Pleasantville – 6 vs Interstate-35 – 4 (8 innings)
• Ogden – 12 vs Panorama – 2
• West Central Valley – 5 vs Woodward-Granger – 2

Missouri River Conference

• Le Mars – 10 vs Sioux City West – 0 
• Le Mars – 10 vs Sioux City West – 0

Hawkeye Ten Conference

• Shenandoah 9 Denison-Schleswig 5
• Denison-Schleswig 7 Shenandoah 5
• Harlan – 7 vs Red Oak – 4
• Harlan 11 Red Oak 8 (11 inn)
• Lewis Central – 11 vs Clarinda – 5
• Lewis Central – 11 vs Clarinda – 0
• Glenwood – 7 vs Kuemper Catholic – 3
• Glenwood – 12 vs Kuemper Catholic – 2
• St. Albert – 10 vs Creston – 5
• St. Albert – 2 vs Creston – 1

Corner Conference

• Griswold – 27 vs Essex – 2
• Stanton – 13 vs Sidney – 6
• Fremont-Mills – 14 vs East Mills – 2

Rolling Valley Conference

• Woodbine – 8 vs Exira-EHK – 0
• Coon Rapids-Bayard – 3 vs CAM – 2
• Boyer Valley – 14 vs Glidden-Ralston – 9 (8 inn)

Pride of Iowa Conference

• Martensdale-St. Marys – 8 vs Nodaway Valley – 2
• Mount Ayr – 11 vs Southwest Valley – 5
• Southeast Warren – 12 vs Wayne – 2
• East Union – 19 vs Central Decatur – 15

West Central Activities Conference

• ACGC – 8 vs Madrid – 4
• Woodward-Granger – 6 vs West Central Valley – 1
• Van Meter – 17 vs Des Moines Christian – 6
• Des Moines Christian – 9 vs Earlham – 7
• Pleasantville – 5 vs Interstate-35 – 2
• Ogden – 6 vs Panorama – 4

Missouri River Conference

• Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 3 vs Le Mars – 2

Non-Conference 

• AHSTW – 2 vs West Monona – 1
• Tri-Center – 8 vs Woodbury Central – 1
• Bedford – 5 vs Underwood – 0
• Thomas Jefferson – 15 vs Treynor – 9
• Westwood – 12 vs Missouri Valley – 3
• MOC-Floyd Valley – 17 vs Le Mars – 3
• Dallas Center-Grimes – 8 vs Van Meter – 2