Posts by Jenn Hatfield

Jenn Hatfield is The IX Basketball's managing editor, Washington Mystics beat reporter and Ivy League beat reporter. She has been a contributor to The IX Basketball since December 2018. Her work has also appeared at FiveThirtyEight, Her Hoop Stats, FanSided, Power Plays, The Equalizer and Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Aaliyah Edwards of the Washington Mystics and Kamilla Cardoso of the Chicago Sky contest the opening tip.

Washington Mystics begin uncertain offseason by getting No. 4 pick in WNBA draft lottery

November 17, 2024

The Mystics have two top-six picks in the 2025 draft

Monmouth director of player development and assistant coach Lola Mullaney stares straight ahead during warmups. She wears a black quarter-zip with a white block "M" logo on it.

How Lola Mullaney has made the leap from Harvard player to Monmouth assistant coach

November 15, 2024

Carrie Moore: ‘[She] seems to have grown up overnight’

Mary Hollensteiner and Abigail Wright stand up on the Harvard bench and each hold one hand up, making the 3-point sign. Teammate Saniyah Glenn-Bello is in between them, standing and clapping.

Ivy League notebook: Inside Harvard’s top-25 win, Princeton’s growing pains and more

November 9, 2024

Plus, the challenge for Ivy teams in getting signature wins right away

Team USA guard Harmoni Turner beams as she holds an American flag around herself after winning the gold-medal game of the 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup.

How Harmoni Turner’s stellar 3×3 U23 World Cup showing could help Harvard reach its goals this season

November 3, 2024

Katie Krupa: ‘I’ve never, ever seen a more confident, composed Harmoni’

Princeton players hold the Ivy League Tournament championship trophy aloft. It is a gold ball on top of a long wooden base.

2024-25 Ivy League preview

November 1, 2024

Can Harvard challenge the Princeton-Columbia duopoly, or will those two teams reload?

Side-by-side photos of Mike and Eric Thibault coaching the Washington Mystics. Mike Thibault points his left index finger and shouts to his players from the sideline. Eric Thibault stands on the sideline with his arms folded across his chest.

Washington Mystics part ways with Mike and Eric Thibault, will begin new era

October 24, 2024

For the first time since 2012, there are no Thibaults coaching in Washington

Six women's college basketball players, including two each from Harvard and Dartmouth, pose for a photo in front of a statue of Chinese scholar Wen Yiduo at Tsinghua University during a summer exchange program.

‘Low-key kind of surreal’: What two Harvard players learned from US-China exchange program

October 8, 2024

Harmoni Turner and Gabby Anderson were part of USA-China College Basketball Team Exchange Activity in August

Brown players, coaches, staff and family members smile for a photo on a plaza in Portugal. A statue of someone riding a horse is visible behind them.

‘No dillydally, just goals’: How Brown used its foreign tour to jumpstart its 2024-25 season

October 3, 2024

The Bears started their season in Portugal and Spain. They hope it ends in the Ivy League Tournament — or beyond

Penn players stand in two rows on an outdoor basketball court, with rooftops visible behind them. They put their arms around each other and smile for a photo.

From jet skis to sweaty gyms, Penn’s young roster jells on tour of Italy and Croatia

October 1, 2024

Mike McLaughlin: ‘I felt like I was on a postcard’

Wearing red jerseys, five Washington Mystics players huddle a little past midcourt.

Despite winless start and missing playoffs, Washington Mystics ‘set a foundation’ in 2024

September 22, 2024

Brittney Sykes: ‘Resiliency is an understatement’