For only the third time — and the first in 31 years — the Iowa Hawkeyes are an NCAA women’s basketball tournament 1-seed. Iowa is the top seed in the Albany-2 Region, termed “Murderers’ Row” by ESPN analyst Carolyn Peck.
Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall had already won multiple Big Ten titles, had already been to the national title game. Both chose to use an extra year of eligibility for more moments like Sunday, when both made clutch plays as Iowa claimed another Big Ten tournament championship.
Caitlin Clark scored 30 of her game-high 34 points after intermission, and No. 3 Iowa outlasted Nebraska in overtime, 94-89, in the Big Ten women’s basketball championship game Sunday afternoon at Target Center.
Women’s basketball: No. 3 Iowa runs away from Michigan, 95-68, in a Big Ten tournament semifinal. Hawkeyes will face Nebraska for the title Sunday.
Time, TV and notes for Friday’s Big Ten women’s basketball tournament quarterfinal between No. 3 Iowa and Penn State.
Women’s basketball: Media, coaches unanimously select Iowa’s Caitlin Clark as the Big Ten player of the year.
Time, TV and notes for Sunday’s women’s basketball game between No. 6 Iowa and No. 2 Ohio State.
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.
Time, TV and notes for Thursday’s women’s basketball game between No. 4 Iowa and Michigan.
Women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark, after the Hawkeyes’ loss to Nebraska, said, “There’s no reason to freak out. We need to look in the mirror and find ways to get better. We still control our destiny, and that’s all that matters.”
Women’s basketball: Fourth-quarter fade costs No. 2 Iowa in an 82-79 loss to Nebraska.
Women’s basketball: Lisa Bluder and the Hawkeyes are 0-6 at Maryland, including a 96-68 waxing last season. But the Terrapins are as vulnerable now as they’ve even been since joining the Big Ten.
Caitlin Clark posted 32 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals, 10 of her teammates joined her in the scoring column and second-ranked Iowa bashed Wisconsin, 96-50, in a Big Ten women’s basketball game before a crowd of 14,998 Tuesday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. It was the Hawkeyes’ 15th straight win and 29th straight against the Badgers.
Time, TV and notes for Saturday’s women’s basketball game between No. 3 Iowa and No. 14 Indiana.
Women’s basketball: No. 3 Iowa earns its largest victory ever at Purdue, 96-71, behind Caitlin Clark’s second consecutive triple-double.
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