Women’s basketball loses Martin for 2018-19

The injury bug bit the women’s basketball team last season, and on June 15, the bite continued.

June 17, 2018

Iowa center Megan Gustafson huddles with teammates before shooting free throws after drawing a foul while making a basket during an Iowa/Purdue women’s basketball game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. The Boilermakers defeated the Hawkeyes, 76-70. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

By Adam Hensley

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The Iowa women’s basketball team will be without one of its incoming freshmen for the 2018-19 season.

Hawkeye Kate Martin will redshirt the season after tearing her ACL and lateral meniscus in her left knee.

According to a release, she will have surgery at the end of June.

Martin was given a 90 scouting grade by ESPN and was also tabbed as a 3-star recruit. She averaged 16.2 points per game in her senior season at Edwardsville, Illinois. She also hit 50.9 percent of her 3-point attempts while boasting a 63.9 field-goal percentage. On the defensive side of the ball, Martin averaged 2.13 steals per contest.

While at Edwardsville, Martin made All-State twice and was named an All-Metro honoree once. The team went to the state semifinals twice in the past two years and finished as the runner-up in 2017.