Caitlin Clark had one other sensational game with 41 points to assist Iowa spoil South Carolina’s perfect season with a 77-73 victory on Friday night within the Final 4.
The spectacular junior guard, who has back-to-back 40-point games, now has the Hawkeyes in a spot they’ve never been in before — one victory away from a national championship.
They’ll should beat one other SEC team to try this as Iowa (31-6) will face LSU within the title game on Sunday afternoon.
The Tigers beat Virginia Tech in the opposite national semifinal.
It’s the Tigers’ first appearance within the title game as Kim Mulkey became the second coach to take two different teams to the championship game.
Because of the spectacular play of Clark and the historic 12 months by South Carolina, this was one of the crucial talked about and highly anticipated matchups in women’s Final 4 history,
The sport lived as much as the hype surrounding it, much to the delight of the sellout crowd of over 19,000 fans.
Coach Dawn Staley and South Carolina (36-1) had won 42 in a row, including last 12 months’s championship game.
