{"id":5588,"date":"2024-03-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/march-madness-iowa-colorado-score-516b776dd76a4e93a4aebef3d81fe153\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T00:00:00","slug":"march-madness-iowa-colorado-score-516b776dd76a4e93a4aebef3d81fe153","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/march-madness-iowa-colorado-score-516b776dd76a4e93a4aebef3d81fe153\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark leads Iowa to 89-68 win over Colorado and rematch with defending NCAA champion LSU"},"content":{"rendered":"
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Let the hype begin!<\/p>\n
Caitlin Clark had 29 points and 15 assists to lead top-seeded Iowa to an 89-68 win over fifth-seeded Colorado in the women\u2019s NCAA Tournament on Saturday, setting up a rematch of last year\u2019s national title game against LSU.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019re excited. Anytime you have a chance to go up against somebody you lost to, it brings a little more energy,\u201d Clark said. \u201cI think overall it\u2019s just going to be a really great game for women\u2019s basketball. They\u2019re really solid one through five. We know we are going to have to rebound the basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Tigers, who beat the Hawkeyes<\/a> in the championship game a year ago, topped UCLA<\/a> in Saturday\u2019s earlier semifinal in the Albany 2 Region. The teams will play Monday night.<\/p>\n \u201cI think everyone\u2019s pretty excited for it,\u201d Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. \u201cThese are two really good basketball teams. Unfortunate they are meeting this early. Everyone that\u2019s left now is really good. LSU is certainly that. It\u2019s going to be highly emotional and highly competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n Clark got the Hawkeyes (32-4) going early, driving to the basket for easy layups or throwing fantastic passes<\/a>. About the only thing missing from Clark\u2019s day was one of her signature midcourt logo shots. She took a couple, but missed. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n Angel Reese records her 26th double-double of the season as LSU advances beating UCLA 78-69<\/a><\/p>\n Paige Bueckers leads UConn women into 28th Elite Eight as Huskies hold off Duke 53-45<\/a><\/p>\n JuJu Watkins scores 30, powers Southern California past Baylor 74-70 for spot in Elite Eight<\/a><\/p>\n The NCAA\u2019s all-time Division I scoring leader has dazzled off the court as well. She\u2019s a transcendent player who has brought record ratings and attendance<\/a> to the sport. The sold-out crowd was filled with girls and boys wearing No. 22 Iowa shirts who cheered at every play their favorite player made. Clark spent a few minutes after the buzzer signing autographs before she went back to the locker room.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Clark threaded the needle with a beautiful bounce pass to Hannah Stuelke for a layup before the end of the first quarter that gave the Hawkeyes a 22-14 lead. Clark had six points, six assists and three rebounds in the opening 10 minutes.<\/p>\n She finished the first half with 15 points and eight assists as the Hawkeyes were up 48-35 at the break.<\/p>\n Iowa scored the first six points of the third quarter and Colorado (24-10) could not get within single digits the rest of the way.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had the punch to begin the third quarter,\u201d Bluder said. \u201cSet the tone early in both the halves which was really important.\u201d<\/p>\n The Buffaloes made their first back-to-back trips to the Sweet 16 since the 2002-03. They also were knocked out last year by Iowa, falling 87-77 in the same round.<\/p>\n Aaronette Vonleh scored 13 points and Frida Formann had 12 for the Buffs. <\/p>\n \u201cIt is tough. Never want to go out like that,\u201d Colorado\u2019s Jaylyn Sherrod said. \u201cSome things we can all look back at and say we could have done better. Proud of this team.\u201d<\/p>\n Clark got her teammates involved. Sydney Affolter scored 15 points, making all six of her shots. Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall each added 14, combining to hit six 3-pointers.<\/p>\n Clark moved to sixth all-time in college basketball scoring with 3,859 points. She passed Miriam Walker-Samuels and Deb Remmerde, both of whom played in the NAIA. Walker-Samuels had 3,855 points and Remmerde was one behind her. Clark will be hard-pressed to get into the top five as Grace Beyer<\/a> is next at 3,961 points.<\/p>\n The NCAA couldn\u2019t have asked for a better matchup in the regional final than LSU and Iowa playing for a chance to get to the Final Four in Cleveland.<\/p>\n AP March Madness bracket: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ncaa-womens-bracket\/<\/a> and coverage: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/march-madness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Let the hype begin! Caitlin Clark had 29 points and 15 assists to lead top-seeded Iowa to an 89-68 win over fifth-seeded Colorado in the women\u2019s NCAA Tournament on Saturday, setting up a rematch of last year\u2019s national title game against LSU. \u201cI think we\u2019re excited. Anytime you have a chance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[432,2122,223,2008,592,591,262,263,248,2749,249,66,251],"yoast_head":"\n
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