The Hawkeyes were able to hold off UConn 71-69, despite a tough shooting day from star Caitlin Clark.
CLEVELAND — For the second straight year, is going back to the national championship. The Hawkeyes were able to hold off 71-69, despite a tough shooting day from star . The National Player of the Year finished the game with 21 points and shot 3-of-11 from deep. She didn’t make her first 3-pointer until the 8:09 mark of the third quarter, but her playmaking ability was on full display Friday night.
Iowa outscored UConn by six in the final five minutes to cut the lead in half and carried before carrying that momentum into the second half. In the fourth quarter, Iowa tied the game at 51, but it seemed like the Huskies, who played just six players, just couldn’t get over the hump when Iowa came back while Clark was just heating up. She scored eight of her points in the fourth quarter. UConn’s post duo of Edwards and didn’t go away. They scored 10 of UConn’s 18 fourth-quarter points.
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