2024-04-08 06:50 United Daily News reporter Zeng Siru/Report immediately Iowa State defender Caitlin Clark.Associated Press
Caitlin Clark, the “female Cory” of the University of Iowa who set countless records in college basketball, once again missed the NCAA championship trophy she only lacked in her college career. She scored 13 points in the first quarter of today’s championship game and scored 30 points in the game. , but the opponent, the University of South Carolina, blossomed little by little, and finally wrote a “complete victory and sealing” record with 87:75. Iowa had reached the championship game two years in a row and finished second.
In the final showdown between Iowa and South Carolina, which has won 37 games this season, Iowa started the quarter with a 10-0 offensive. Clark scored 13 points in a row after 7-0, and made his last signature outside shot in the first quarter. Breaking the net again, he made 3 of 4 three-pointers and 5 of 6 free throws in a single quarter, scoring 18 points to help the team take a 27:20 lead.
In the second quarter, South Carolina opened the quarter with a 7-0 offensive. Kamilla Cardoso, the 201-centimeter center, stormed the basket and once helped the team lead 36:34. Although Clark scored the only three-pointer in the single quarter, Iowa After breaking the net, they regained the lead at 44:40, but Clark made a mistake at the end of the quarter, allowing Raven Johnson to succeed on a fast break. South Carolina, which had a 29:19 offensive in a single quarter, entered the second half with a 49:46 lead.
South Carolina launched another 6-0 offensive in the third quarter, extending the lead to 55:46. After Iowa’s timeout, Clark finally hit the mid-range to stop the bleeding, but South Carolina launched another 8-0 attack at 57:55, taking the lead to two places. In the count, Tessa Johnson’s outside hit gave South Carolina a 68:57 advantage, and it also held a 68:59 lead after three quarters.
South Carolina led by as much as 76:62 in the fourth quarter. Iowa responded with an 8-0 offensive after Clark and Gabbie Marshall broke through the net from outside. However, they failed to go further after catching up to 5 points. Dosso guarded the penalty area to hold on to the victory. Clark and other starters were also substituted in the last 20.2 seconds. In the end, South Carolina won 87:75, completing a perfect record of winning 38 games in a single season.
Although Clark scored a game-high 30 points, his specialty from the outside failed in the second half. He made 10 of 28 shots from the field, including 5 of 13 three-pointers; nine South Carolina players who returned to the back seat contributed scoring, and 4 of them scored. Scoring in double figures, Cardoso contributed 15 points and 17 rebounds. T. Johnson, who came off the bench, scored a team-high 19 points.
This is South Carolina’s third NCAA women’s basketball championship in team history, and coach Dawn Staley was also moved to tears.
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