Saturday at the ceremonial start of Alaska’s famed 1,000-mile Iditarod sled dog race across the state’s wilderness, a participant for the day wore an “Iowa 22” shirt/coat/cold-weather something to celebrate women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark.
Iowa took the lead early in the second half and never relinquished it, shooting 63 percent in the second half. The 87-80 win over Northwestern is the Hawkeyes’ fourth win in the last five games. The vanquished include Michigan State and Wisconsin.
Time, TV and notes for Sunday’s women’s basketball game between No. 6 Iowa and No. 2 Ohio State.
Rebecca Lobo anticipates Caitlin Clark will “seamlessly” transition to the WNBA. But before that, Lobo is looking forward to a “spectacular” environment at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday.
Caitlin Clark and four-year teammates Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall have made a lot of good noise for the Hawkeyes in their careers. They’ll be saluted in Senior Day ceremonies with Molly Davis and Sharon Goodman after Sunday’s Ohio State-Iowa game.
Caitlin Clark made her decision to turn pro in April earlier this week, then joined her Hawkeye teammates in scorching Minnesota, 108-60. Now comes a Sunday regular-season finale with No. 2 Ohio State on Iowa’s Senior Day.
Previewing Saturday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at Northwestern: The Hawkeyes try to climb over .500 in the Big Ten for first time this season, on the road against the Big Ten’s third-place Wildcats.
Reigning National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark leaves Iowa as women’s basketball’s all-time leading scorer and the focal college player in her sport.
Caitlin Clark upped her career scoring total to 3,650 — one more than AIAW all-time scoring leader Lynette Woodard of Kansas — with 33 points in sixth-ranked Iowa’s 108-60 win over Minnesota.
Payton Sandfort got Iowa’s first men’s triple-double Tuesday. Caitlin Clark has 16 triple-doubles and counting, and former Hawkeye Samantha Logic had six.
Girls’ state basketball notes: For the second straight year, the semifinal field features three teams from the Wamac Conference.
Payton Sandfort has 26 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists in the Hawkeyes’ 90-81 victory over Penn State
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