For the second consecutive year, Clark notched 40-plus points to seal an Elite Eight victory for the Hawkeyes.
In a game billed as the battle between college basketball’s biggest stars, Iowa’s shined the brightest. Clark scored 41 points to lift the top-seeded past defending champion 94-87 in a rematch of the 2023 NCAA Tournament championship game. Iowa advances to the Final Four for the second straight year and gains a measure of revenge against the team that knocked out the Hawkeyes in last year’s title matchup. Advertisement Last year, she scored 41 to beat . This year, she notched the same total.
What this means for Iowa As big as the Hawkeyes’ national semifinal win was against last year, this victory was bigger. Losing to LSU in the title game lingered for an entire year. It was as painful a moment for the postgame taunting as it was for the defeat on the court. It was the third time in the last five years the Hawkeyes and coach Lisa Bluder met a Kim Mulkey-coached team with their season at stake.
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