Another day, another 30-point game for Caitlin Clark.
Clark, the reigning national player of the year, has never scored less than 30 against Nebraska. She continued her incredible performances by scoring 38 points, grabbing 10 rebounds, dishing six assists, and tallying two steals in No. 5 Iowa’s 92-73 win. She connected on 8-of-15 3-point attempts during the game.
With another dominant performance, Clark also moved closer to setting a new NCAA career scoring record and is now just five points away from passing Jackie Stiles.
Here’s how everything unfolded on Saturday in Iowa City:
Three players scored in double figures led by Caitlin Clark, who finished with 38. Kate Martin chipped in 16, and Sydney Affolter had 12 off the bench. Iowa hit 12 3s in the win (eight from Clark) and recorded 20 assists.
Clark has 33 points already, which means she’s just 10 away from moving past Jackie Stiles on the all-time women’s scoring list. She’s also hit eight 3-pointers, and her career-high is nine.
There’s just no stopping Clark, and slowing her down isn’t easy, either.
On the other hand, Markowski has cooled considerably, though she does have 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Back-to-back 3s from Clark has given the Hawkeyes some breathing room. Clark is up to 18 points and Nebraska needs a timeout.
Clark drained a 3 at the buzzer and Iowa ends the half on a 9-0 run to take a 36-31 lead into the locker room. Clark already has 10 points, seven rebounds, and three assists, and the Hawkeyes are shooting 45% (13-of-29) from the field.
Yes, Clark is a senior … but she could come back next year and be a super senior if she wants.
The women’s college basketball game between the No. 5 Iowa Hawkeyes and Nebraska Cornhuskers is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET in Iowa City, airing on Big Ten Network.
By now you’ve probably heard that Iowa All-American Caitlin Clark, the reigning national player of the year, has a tendency to sell out any arena she plays in. But for a closer look at #Clarkonomics — as ESPN analyst Debbie Antonelli has termed it — USA TODAY reporter Jim Sergent worked up a graphic look at just how much Iowa fans will spend and how far they’ll travel to see Clark in person. The numbers are telling, to say the least.
IOWA CITY — De facto bye weeks inside the grueling Big Ten season are all about timing and what precedes them. For No. 5 Iowa women’s basketball, five days in between games was a welcomed reset following a hectic weekend.
“The mood of the team is actually pretty good,” Hawkeyes coach Lisa Bluder said Friday. “They’re very excited to get out on the floor again. We had a couple days off, which was really kind of nice with the start of the new (semester).
There was a lot to process after Sunday’s 100-92 overtime loss to then-No. 15 Ohio State, which marked the Hawkeyes’ first stumble in two months and first road defeat of the season. Then came the avalanche of distractions following Caitlin Clark’s postgame collision with a Buckeyes fan and additional social-media criticism the Hawkeyes (18-2, 7-1 Big Ten Conference) had to endure.
Easy to see why a break was beneficial.
– Dargan Southard, Des Moines Register
Caitlin Clark has 3,351 career points (and counting!) after scoring 45 against Ohio State on Sunday
- Points shy of breaking Kelsey Plum’s women’s scoring record: 177
- Points shy of breaking Pete Maravich’s all-time record: 317
- 2023-24 stats: 31.7 points per game, 7 rebounds, 7.7 assists