Caitlin Clark was, as soon as once more, the perfect participant on the court docket Monday night time.
The NCAA’s all-time main scorer dropped 41 points to ship No. 1 Iowa to the Ultimate 4 after the Hawkeyes beat No. 3 LSU 94-87.
Clark was a first-team All-American for the third 12 months in a row whereas setting quite a few data earlier than she heads to the WNBA later this 12 months.
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Former Boston Celtics participant Paul Pierce carries the sport ball earlier than a recreation in opposition to the Toronto Raptors on the TD Backyard in Boston Oct. 22, 2021. (Brian Fluharty/USA At the moment Sports activities)
It was her fifth 40-point recreation of the season and the third time she hit 9 three-pointers. Nonetheless, one basketball Hall of Famer was shocked that the normally-dominant Clark put up such a efficiency.
Paul Pierce insinuated that as a result of Clark was taking part in in opposition to a Tigers staff comprised of principally Black gamers, she would not have the ability to deal with the competitors.
“We noticed a White lady in Iowa do it to a bunch of Black ladies. That gained my respect,” Pierce mentioned on FS1’s “Undisputed.” “She did not do that to another little White ladies that was over right here in Colorado or no matter. She did this to some ladies from LSU, who we thought had been canine, defending champs.
“[She] put them on her knee and spanked them. I did not anticipate that.”
Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes cuts down the online after beating the LSU Tigers 94-87 within the Elite Eight of the NCAA Event at MVP Enviornment April 1, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. (Andy Lyons/Getty Photographs)
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Clark was 13-for-29 from the sector, draining 9-of-20 photographs from past the arc. LSU guard Hailey Van Lith contested these photographs, particularly the deep 3-pointers Clark is thought to dazzle with, however all she might do was shrug when she watched them go in.
With the sport tied at 45 on the half, Iowa went on an 8-0 run to start out the third quarter as LSU struggled to knock down photographs. By the top of it, Clark had drained 4 of her 9 threes within the quarter, and Iowa owned a 11-point lead, 69-58, getting into the fourth. The Tigers shot 5 of 26 within the third quarter as a staff, and the Hawkeyes by no means regarded again regardless of LSU’s valiant efforts for a comeback.
Caitlin Clark (22) of the Iowa Hawkeyes and her teammates have a good time after beating the LSU Tigers 94-87 within the Elite Eight of the NCAA Event at MVP Enviornment on April 1, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. (Sarah Stier/Getty Photographs)
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Iowa will face No. 3 UConn within the Ultimate 4. UConn is contemporary off Paige Bueckers’ 28 factors, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in opposition to USC’s freshman phenom JuJu Watkins.
Fox Information’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
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