Caitlin Clark led Iowa against 8th-seed West Virginia on Monday. Despite Clark’s 32 points, it was one of the worst offensive performances for the top seed. As a result, the Hawkeyes advanced to the next round to face 5th-seed Colorado.
Thanks to Iowa’s lone field goal in the fourth quarter—a three-pointer by Sydney Affolter—with two minutes and three seconds left, the Hawkeyes took a 55-52 lead. Clark, alongside Hannah Stuelke, made the game-winning nine free throws in the final seconds. With only one free throw attempted by the Mountaineers in the fourth quarter, the Hawkeyes shot 14 for 17.
Clark made heart gestures to the cheering crowd in her final home game of her college career. According to basketball betting sites, she tied for first place in NCAA Division I scoring this season.
Clark scored 1,109 points, surpassing Kelsey Plum’s previous single-season record, while the game was winding down, thanks to two free throws.
Caitlin Clark Led Iowa Against West Virginia
Despite averaging 92.8 points per game before the matchup, the Hawkeyes were kept to their lowest point total in a single game. Iowa had a poor field goal percentage of 36.4%. Stuelke contributed 12 points and 11 boards, and Affolter chipped in 13.
After taking a 48-38 lead in the third quarter, Iowa appeared to be in command of the game thanks to an 8-0 run in the last 1:25 of the period. However, the game was tied with 5:18 to play in the fourth quarter thanks to a 10-0 surge by West Virginia, setting the stage for the closing minutes.
According to March Madness betting tips, this would be a defensive game from the outset. At halftime, Iowa held a slim 26-24 lead as both teams went through scoring slumps.
With a second-quarter shooting percentage of 27.3%, the Hawkeyes extended their lead to 26-19 but went scoreless in the final four minutes of the half. West Virginia spent nearly five minutes in the second quarter and the first half of the first half without scoring, and they were scoreless for the last 2:11 of the first half. In the second quarter, both teams scored nine field goals. With 15 points, JJ Quinerly was the star for West Virginia (25-8). With 13 points apiece, Kyah Watson and Jayla Hemingway were the leading scorers.
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