Hawkeyes’ Monika Czinano announces she’ll be back in 2022-23

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa basketball player Monika Czinano has announced she will return for a fifth season with the Hawkeyes in 2022-23. Czinano is one of the top offensive players in the Big Ten. She is shooting a conference-leading 65% and averaging better than 20 points per game. The 6-foot-3 senior from Watertown, Minnesota, said she wanted to announce her decision to return because people have been asking her about her future. The NCAA did not count 2020-21 as a year of eligibility because of the COVID-19 pandemic. That allows athletes the option to play a fifth year.