In her home finale at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Caitlin Clark had 32 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists Monday night, as Iowa, the No. 1 seed in the Albany 2 Region, defeated No. 8 West Virginia 64-54, to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.
Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.walked off the Carver-Hawkeye Arena court a winner for the last time Monday. But to do it, she and theThe highest-scoring team this season in Division I women's basketball had to fend off a West Virginia team that made Iowa work for every point it got.
Mark Kellogg, in his first season at West Virginia, had light-heartedly told his team and Mountaineer fans on Selection Sunday after seeing the bracket,"Let's win one and then send Caitlin Clark packing." "That defensive effort tonight was, I thought, tremendous and special. And to do some of the things statistically to that team -- for as good as they are offensively -- it was a credit to our players. Of course, wish we could have made a few more shots and made a few more plays."
"I do think that was one of the better defensive teams we've seen all year," Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said."I'm so proud of our team for only having six turnovers in the second half against that pressure defense. That's keeping your composure, especially when they tied it up. We found a way to win in a different way, and we won with our defense tonight."
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