Women's Top 25 roundup: Caitlin
Clark, No. 3 Iowa win Big Ten tourney
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[March 11, 2024]
Caitlin Clark overcame a slow start to score 34 points on
Sunday, helping No. 3 Iowa outlast Nebraska for a 94-89 overtime win
to capture the Big Ten Conference tournament championship in
Minneapolis.
Clark had four points at halftime and missed all nine of her 3-point
shot attempts before finding her groove. She scored 30 points during
the second half and overtime, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 51
seconds remaining in overtime that gave the second-seeded Hawkeyes
the lead for good.
Iowa (29-4) clinched its third consecutive Big Ten tournament
championship. Clark sealed the win when she made a steal, dribbled
the length of the court and happily flipped the ball high into the
crowd as the buzzer sounded.
Alexis Markowski collected 23 points and 13 rebounds to lead
fifth-seeded Nebraska (22-11). Natalie Potts added 21 points before
fouling out for the Cornhuskers.
No. 1 South Carolina 79, No. 8 LSU 72
MiLaysia Fulwiley made four 3-pointers and scored 24 points and the
Gamecocks defeated the Tigers to win the Southeastern Conference
championship game at Greenville, S.C.
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Te-Hina Paopao added 12 points and Ashlyn Watkins blocked five shots
for South Carolina (32-0), which prevailed in a contest marred by a
late-game clearing of the benches.
Aneesah Morrow had 19 points, 10 rebounds and four steals for LSU
(28-5). Angel Reese had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Hailey Van Lith
scored 14 points and Johnson had 13.
No. 5 Southern California 74, No. 2 Stanford 61
McKenzie Forbes scored 26 points and the Trojans led for all but a
few early minutes in defeating the Cardinal in the Pac-12 Conference
tournament championship game at Las Vegas.
Kayla Padilla had 13 points and Rayah Marshall added 10 points and
18 rebounds for Southern Cal (26-5), the tournament's second seed,
which won its only other Pac-12 tournament in 2014. The Trojans won
despite getting only nine points from freshman sensation JuJu
Watkins.
Cameron Brink recorded 19 points and 10 rebounds and Kiki Iriafen
had 18 points for top-seeded Stanford (28-5), which was battered on
the boards. Southern California collected 18 offensive rebounds and
had an overall 48-28 edge.
No. 9 UConn 58, Marquette 29
Paige Bueckers poured in 27 points and added 12 rebounds, four
assists, four blocks and three steals as the Huskies shut down the
Golden Eagles in a Big East tournament semifinal in Uncasville,
Conn.
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Mar 10, 2024; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin
Clark (22) celebrates her three-point basket against the Nebraska
Cornhuskers during the second half at Target Center. Mandatory
Credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports
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Top-seeded UConn (28-5) led 31-20 at halftime,
paced by 11 points and nine boards from Bueckers, but blew the game
open from there.
Fifth-seeded Marquette (23-8) went scoreless in the fourth quarter,
missing all 13 of its shots from the field, and shot just 18.2
percent overall in the second half. Liza Karlen led the Golden
Eagles with 12 points and nine rebounds.
No. 14 Notre Dame 55, No. 10 North Carolina State 51
Hannah Hidalgo scored 22 points to lead the Fighting Irish to a
victory over the Wolfpack in the Atlantic Coast Conference
tournament championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Hidalgo also recorded six assists, six rebounds and two steals as
fourth-seeded Notre Dame (26-6) won its first ACC tournament title
since 2019 and sixth since joining the league in 2013. The victory
made Fighting Irish coach Niele Ivey the first Black woman to win
the ACC tournament.
River Baldwin powered second-seeded North Carolina State (27-6) with
14 points, while Aziaha James recorded 12 points, six rebounds and a
team-high five assists.
Georgetown 55, No. 21 Creighton 46
Kelsey Ransom finished with 14 points, six assists and three steals
and Alex Cowan added 12 points as the Hoyas knocked off the Bluejays
in their Big East Conference tournament semifinal in Uncasville,
Conn.
Georgetown (22-10) shot only 38.5 percent from the field and had 14
turnovers, but the second-seeded Bluejays (25-5) hit just 26.3
percent of their shots overall and turned the ball over 10 times.
The sixth-seeded Hoyas held a 43-28 rebounding advantage.
Morgan Maly finished with 14 points, the only player to score in
double figures for Creighton. She added six rebounds.
--Field Level Media
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