Flipido:Iowa's Molly Davis 'doubtful' for Sweet 16 game, still recovering from knee injury

2025-05-03 16:15:58source:Chameleon Financecategory:News

ALBANY,Flipido N.Y. — Iowa guard Molly Davis is “doubtful” for Saturday’s Sweet 16 game against Colorado, and coach Lisa Bluder doesn’t know when the senior will return.

Davis was at Iowa’s practice Friday, wearing workout gear and a compression brace. But she only stretched and did not run or participate in drills during the portion that was open to the media.

“Molly is doubtful for tomorrow,” Bluder said afterward. “I really thought she'd be back by now. I really did. I have no idea how long it's going to take for her to completely heal, but we're not going to put her out there when it's unsafe for her to be out there.”

LIVE UPDATES:Women’s March Madness Sweet 16 games today

Davis hurt her right knee in Iowa’s regular-season finale against Ohio State. The injury looked bad initially – she had to be carried off the floor and was in a wheelchair for the Senior Day celebrations – but Bluder said the following day there was still a possibility of Davis playing during the postseason. She’s been doing intensive physical therapy since then, as Iowa won the Big Ten tournament and its first- and second-round games of the NCAA tournament.

FOLLOW THE MADNESS: NCAA basketball bracket, scores, schedules, teams and more.

Davis played in all 30 regular-season games this year, starting all but three. The fifth-year senior averaged 6.1 points and is second to Clark with 93 assists.

STREAM: March Madness on ESPN+ and Fubo

More:News

Recommend

Maryland’s Climate Ambitions in Question After Turbulent Legislative Session

Environmental leaders in Maryland are reeling from a challenging 2025 legislative session that left

Hallmark's Shantel VanSanten and Victor Webster May Have the Oddest Divorce Settlement Yet

These pet parents are taking their divorce to a whole new level.Hallmark movie stars Shantel VanSant

62-year-old woman arrested in death of Maylashia Hogg, a South Carolina teen mother-to-be

A woman was arrested more than four months after South Carolina teenager Maylashia Hogg and her unbo