IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team announced its 2024-25 non-conference schedule Thursday, it was announced by head women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen. The schedule features six home contests inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Hawkeyes will play one preseason exhibition game, hosting Missouri Western on Oct. 30 in Iowa City. Iowa opens the regular season with a home game against Northern Illinois on Nov. 6.

Iowa travels to Charlotte, N.C., for the Ally Tipoff to face Virginia Tech for the second consecutive season. The Hawkeyes then return home to host Toledo before hitting the road for an in-state tilt against Drake on Nov. 17. Iowa will compete against Kansas in a neutral site game in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Nov. 20 before returning home to face Washington State before Thanksgiving Break.

The Hawkeyes are set to travel to the Cancun Challenge from Nov. 28-29 where they face Rhode Island and BYU. Iowa will then take on Tennessee in the inaugural Women’s Champions Classic in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 7.

Iowa closes its non-conference slate with a pair of December in-state contests, beginning with the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series matchup against Iowa State, which will be played on Dec. 11 in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes conclude non-conference play against Northern Iowa on Dec. 20.

The Hawkeyes are coming off a season in which they won a school-record 34 games, claimed a Big Ten Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Championship game for a second consecutive season. Iowa returns a pair of starters for first-year head coach Jensen.