SEATTLE, Wash. − Hannah Stuelke didn’t make the 1,800-mile trip to Seattle, but her mother did – and was in attendance for Wednesday’s Iowa women’s basketball game against Washington.

“They deserve people in the stands cheering for them,” JoAnna Mantz said Wednesday night from Alaska Airlines Arena. “We’re going to cheer loud and hopefully get a victory.”

Mantz had already arranged a flight to Seattle through one of her daughter’s NIL partners, so she decided to follow through on the trip. She was among the crowd of 3,380 that saw the Hawkeyes dominate Washington, 85-61, on Wednesday.

While there, Mantz also supplied an update on her daughter’s health. Many people have rewatched the end of Iowa’s game against Nebraska and wondered how Hannah Stuelke, Iowa’s second-leading scorer and top rebounder, suffered a concussion. She never visibly hit her head.

But Mantz outlined the play where it happened specifically – a rebound attempt with 3:40 left in overtime, on which she got fouled. Stuelke had her neck twisted by Nebraska’s Jessica Petrie, who reached around Stuelke’s head to try to grab a rebound. When she tried to pull in the rebound, Stuelke’s head spun violently.

“Concussions can happen in more than one way,” Mantz said. “It looked to me, to use a football (analogy), like a face mask and horse collar at the same time.”

Stuelke stepped the free-throw line and missed both foul shots with Iowa trailing, 81-78, in a game it wound up losing, 87-84.

“She said the rim was moving when she stepped up for her free throws,” Mantz said.

Stuelke has been in Iowa while her teammates traveled to face Oregon (on Sunday) and Washington. On Saturday, two days after the injury, she was in a dark room and “moving very tentatively,” Mantz said. Stuelke was still experiencing neck pain, light sensitivity and headaches after what Mantz said was akin to whiplash.

Mantz said Stuelke was planning to return to classes Thursday but had “no idea” when her daughter could return to the court. Iowa next hosts Northwestern at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Stuelke is considered day-to-day by the Iowa medical staff.

After Wednesday’s win, Iowa head coach Jan Jensen said this about Stuelke’s recovery: “I’m glad we don’t play this weekend. I feel good. … I think it’s trending in the right direction, but nobody’s given me a timeline.”