Iowa vs. West Virginia - 2024 NCAA women's second round | FULL REPLAY

Bu in the building has never been better Caitlyn Clark is captivated, motivated and elevated the game and tonight One Last Dance on her home court in front of her home crowd, her two most famous steps have already left a mark. Her legacy reaches a much larger footprint. Welcome to the NCAA Championship presented by Capital One is the final waltz at Carver Haw for the West de Mo woman whose childhood aspirations have been realized representing Iowa in record fashion tonight the nation's highest scoring team takes on a stingy West Virginia defense the winner moves We go to the Sweet 16 to face Colorado and then tonight, for the last time, the people of Iowa City say hello to Kate L Clark and we welcome you to the court.

I'm Beth Mowen along with Stephanie White and Holly R. I'm so glad you can be with us. On this historic night in Iowa, the winner of this goes on to the Sweet 16 and Stephanie in the midst of all this madness perhaps most importantly for the Hawkeyes and Caitlyn Clark will keep their focus away from the emotion of the fact that this is the last time for Kate Martin to Gabby Marshall to Caitlyn Clark and a community that has embraced and united this group to witness the greatness of their local superstar within Carter Hawkey and she is the most trusted player that Xfinity offers them, this is what she did well the other night, there was frustration at first.

Caitlyn Clark struggled from the court early in the ball game, particularly in that first quarter, you can see the frustration, but she got her teammates to join her and when she finally saw the ball go down the field. There was nothing in the back of the net that could stop her from becoming active in the

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half with 27 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds. Oh, Hol, what an impact you've had here. Think of all the magical moments that have happened here. in Iowa City, it began at the football stadium, where more than 55,000 people came to see Caitlyn Clark and her Iowa teammate setting a new NCAA record for tenure, and continued across the country. 33 of their 35 games were sold out and all the records they achieved.

We have established ourselves here on this floor, this is the last round, but Lisa BL, who told her team today, don't think about the last thing, we can't, we have to focus on the mission tonight and tell everyone in America what Iowa

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overall in the tournament behind undefeated South Carolina and immediately a foul by Caitlyn Clark on JJ Quinly. Well, MERS will come with great pressure to enter space. from Caitlyn Clark, she continues to be aggressive and you will see that they can change the game, not just one or two players will have the opportunity to defend C CL, it is Lauren Fields who will start with this possession that Clark is trying to get. even the rim draws the offense without fail and quinly will push Capital One's starting lineup for West Virginia the other way as they knocked down their first bucket qule and Harrison, both Big 12 performers, and this is what they hang their hat on right here, your defense. among the best in the country, Stephanie grabs and steals, that's what they do, they make you turn the ball over to the tune of almost 24 a ball game and buckets for K Watson, watched the first round game the other day.

Holy Cross was there with Iowa and causing some turnover problems in the first quarter before the hawy could settle in, the third different player matched Caitlyn Clark on the skip pass, they got it in Hannah ski and then they went back to the logo Clark. Three downs are off the Mark and out of bounds for West Virginia, there's Lisa Bler, now in her 24th season, they won the Big 10 tournament again for the third straight year last season, the Hawkeyes all the way to the national championship game, falling , LSU's hawkey stayed in his two zones recovering it outside the five on the shot clock they attempted another three off the mark and a shot clock violation Mark Kellog's Mountaineers 25 wins in their first season among active coaches across the country their winning percentage is in the top 10 they are a great selection group from that Big 12 Conference and Stephan has had the luxury of using the same starting five all year.

It's an experienced group that works together and they already forced two turnovers when he came into this program and had a healthy mix of returners. and new players and he got them together quickly and they didn't look back. West Virginia was able to regain the defensive lead and the first bucket for Iowa. One of the keys for the Hawkeye will be making sure they are solid defensively. West Virginia wants to hit all of their CT pressure, but they're out of a ma bucket, not Misses, so you have to stop a lot of Threes early from West Virginia and that hasn't been part of their game plan all season.

They only make six a game, no, and that's exactly what Iowa wants. They're playing in this Zone 23, they're going to try to force contested shots from the three-point line and K is hitting a big bucket here for Kaitlin Clark on her end. home game at Iowa, another one from the outside and West Virginia hit a couple of threes early, that's Kylie Blackton and after the play it allows them to set up their

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court press and another foul called by Caitlyn Clark, so that's the second already committed against her. and that's one of the big keys to this year's puzzle for Iowa, unfortunately Molly Davis their backup point guard is still out with an injury they're hoping if they can win tonight she could be available in the sweet 16 and especially thinking on a team like West Virginia that really likes to press P and roll over to have another ball here like Molly Davis would have been a nice luxury to have, obviously for West Virginia they want to be physical, they want to have a body on Clark all over the place. the court and really do her job on both ends here is Caitlyn Fields her honor on defense this is the West Virginia team that is elite with the ball Defenders are four to five deep and an offensive foul was called on Clark who wanted who wanted the fake call you see just a push right there the spread is what's going to give us a good job establishing ourselves it's a physical ball game to start that's going to be a foul called here in Iowa diving for the loose ball they're going to say that it was a falter that got tangled under Quitly's legs and that is a great decision because it could have been the second Quinly, yes it is and it seems that a Falter is there and almost has possession of the When Quinly approaches him, It will be important for the Hawkeyes to maintain their composure.

We talked about it at the beginning of the ball game on Saturday, when Quinly knocked down three. Wow, this is big for West Virginia if they can be consistent in their shooting. That's his third triple and Kon Martin leaves it for Sty to count and a foul Hannah St makes a difference, she didn't play the second half on Saturday against Holy Cross, she wasn't feeling well, but it makes a difference, she can match it inside inside she can come out and run the floor in transition she has had great games throughout the season they are going to need her production inside first foul on Blackon and the three point play for sty first substitution for Iowa Kylie Fear of Junior Sycamore Illinois will control the 4th and A2 minutes and West Virginia is off to a good start against the number one seed.

You hit four, his seven shots, three of them have been threes and Clark was able to realize that by now, it's Kyle Watson. his good defense Reed finds the shooter strong offensive rebound towards Marshall certainly oh able to regain control around the rim for the L what play by JJ Quinly is he able to Corral that loose ball Clark stands behind the screen and hits well, like this this is us I saw him in the warm-up, he wasn't missing much, it had to be about 75% of the entire court and you know the frustration of that first round game against Holy Cross that Kayin Clark was going to come out locked up and ready to go on the run, stalks, lefty, lands Harrison off the bounce and off his leg out of bounds Iowa shooting again at everything even at 13 kayin Clark locked in and ready to go here tonight can't get under that screen, hits the the big three and then in transition this is where the hawk can kill you Hanah St gets both the NCAA

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It's been very difficult so far for the Big 10, you know, we were on a 25th anniversary Zoom podcast call last night remembering those days. How about that old Purdue 22 and this Iowa 22 tonight, Kayin Clark, and does this feel like a little bit of Kindred Spirits? The way the community has really embraced this team. The same thing happened to us at Purdue as well in our hawkey and national title run. I certainly have those aspirations that the coach seems to be familiar with as well, by the way, a little correct in the selection of Brady, of course, Carolyn P will be on the calls with us for the regional rounds, two regions in two sites next weekend of week. with Albany and Portland, the winner of this one heads to Portland Regional number two, here's the fifth race with Jayla Hemingway walking, excuse me Regional Referee two, that's the third loss here for West Virginia, it's a dead ball and they can Seeing Mark Kellog telling his team to get up, they don't want to allow the quick pass back to Caitlyn Clark now she becomes the shooter makes it a little easier to have the ball in her hands winning this set to face the Colorado Buffalos Bo, what a fantastic tournament so far. was the Heavy Pack 12 all year.

Pack 12 did it again. They already have three teams moving on to the next round. The Big 12 has a pair in Baylor and Texas. What a day for women's basketball fans, starting with All-American Hannah Hialgo followed by The Cage All-American Becker and now CA Clark and will be left with the next All-American freshman Juju Watkins at USC, they had a lot of people sitting on the couches today watching Hoops, good for the drink and some popcorn, referring to popcorn. It came, yeah, CLK stepped aside and that's third. He is already working with the home crowd much more tonight than against the referees, as was the case throughout the first round.

You can't help but feel a little excited about what's coming. a finish while you're still on your journey and K CLK certainly locked up here tonight strong rebounds the miss and now Iowa will reach midcourt with their first lead of the night, another one comes here CLK pass deflected and the ball lost here is where West Virginia has to get points in transition with a live ball to carry. Kayin Clark doesn't need much space and loves the lefty stepback and she is able to create enough. It's good competition from Jayla Hennyway, just a better shot from Kayin.

Clark Heming on his way to the line the good news is that in the first round West Virginia made 18 free throws the bad news is that West Virginia also missed 18 free throws that can't happen again tonight but it speaks to his aggressive nature and reaching out to the bucket that they will want to continue tonight ply put a hand in there to knock him down Release the cross for Clark to approach his left offensive rebound Martin had him on the ground he held the ball he will go the other way hey for the fourth year in a row all the games of the NCAA Women's Championships air on ESPN networks For more information, visit

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The pitch for three and West Virginia has gone cold. You will see immediately. K Watson fired the shot. He was the closest man to Caitlyn Clark. right to that so there can't be a quick exit, we have to keep an eye on that during the course of the night, the man goes right to Caitlyn Clark so she can't get out and start the break where they work to try to deny her a bit of Martin in the midrange, that indicator is good, isn't it Stephanie? How Marshall and Martin shoot around Caitlyn Clerk, she really is and for Iowa to achieve what she wants to achieve, to be back in the final four competing for a national championship, those two have it. to bring it offensively every night West Virginia scoreless now for the last four minutes quinly nice Cut Deni with a couple of strong blocks here in the first quarter and Iowa can hold for one right now it looks like West Virginia two three zone so stay tuned if there is a screen on the ball a trap they try confidence from Caitlyn Clark That was a tough pass to handle.

Stalky was able to save The Possession and make it fail and she attacks and has aopportunity at the foul line, but earlier in the year that pass wasn't happening, not right now. the game reaches the quarterfinal situation only the fourth free throw for the two teams combined here in the first quarter an 83% miss on the season takes it down Harrison with the push and Iowa Hawkey with the five-point lead Caitlyn Clark three threes to catch it Come on, that's too much space, she's come out locked in this ball game, three for three from the three point line, no matter how far or close you are, she'll knock it down, getting the crowd involved.

Now is the time to bring more. to you for Geico and in the first round Iowa and Caitlyn Clark did it against Holy Cross, they messed up and almost got a triple double within a couple of boards of that, so they survived and advanced as did West Virginia after things They looked dangerous in the first half, they turned up the heat in the second forced more than 2 turnovers in the game and that propelled them to a 1st round win over Princeton, so here we are in the 2nd round with sold out Iowa City. The winner of this heads to Albany Regional 2 in the New York state capital. against the Colorado Buffaloes, a team Iowa saw last year in the NCAA tournament a year ago, got a little familiar with Colorado and how about the job Jr p did to get the Colorado Buffaloes back in the first quarter from Sweet 16?

West Virginia jumped ahead five nothing but Iowa limited it to just 10 points after that 35% shooting for the Mountaineers for Iowa Caitlyn Clark three three-pointers nine points but they also turned it over five times and West Virginia scored seven of which Clark can't He marks that, but Martin is there to clean it up. An open and hesitant look, they make more threes than anyone in the country at 11 per game and Lisa Glut has a ton of different shooters that can knock it down and score over 90 points per game which is number one in the country West Virginia would prefer that they didn't come close to that number, they want this in the 60s or 70s West Virginia got the three balls in the first quarter pretty well, but if you play the percentages over the course of the ball game that's exactly the type of shot What Iowa wants West Virginia to do, it makes you think about it, it makes you consistently shoot the three-point shot, but most importantly, particularly in the rebounding zone, it's a negative rebounding margin on the season for West Virginia, but if you're looking for pointers on how to try to hold off Iowa, beat them, you've got to be able to score with them from downtown, you've got to defend yourself on the glass, and you've got to try to keep Martin. and Marshall, calm and stalking, Off the Mark and it's West Virginia basketball.

Certainly, if you look at the teams that have had success with the Hawkeyes, it's being able to score over the course of a 45- or 40-minute game. he can't go in spurts, he has to be consistent, he hasn't been below 8 points since January 2, he hasn't been below 70 points since the beginning of December and this is where you have to be able to go, no you can look for a way out. the ball, if you're a Hawkeyes guard, you have to start bringing it up the floor, the fourth rebound was already for Caitlyn Clark and a West Virginia defender didn't give her space to get down with the ball and committed a foul on Harrison.

He got into foul trouble in the first round and now he has two again here tonight in the first half. FS returns for the Mountaineers and a collision before kickoff by Kai Wats. A bad pass ripped by Fields really off TR to deny Quinter off the ball. To start his offense, JJ scored 29 points in the first round win here on Saturday. Martin bounces, Miss Clark raises her head to find a miss, the jump stop, Marshall's left hand goes for the pick which is a live ball and Fields is able to get to it and Right now it looks like Iowa could be in a triangle and two checking JJ qu and checking Len Fields quinly short.

The corner gets it, they have Seven. She's so crafty on the ball that he does a great job of getting two feet into the paint to find her spots. B with a fade, we don't see much in the midrange, not from Caitlyn Clark West Virginia, trying their best to keep it on the right side of Flor, a higher percentage of her shots come from the left side. You see the change between the players who are defending in situations with the ball, everyone else concentrated in the zone, the shot clock was running out, they got a rebound and the stick went up again and, between Mo's tears with the cube, Mor will have a few more minutes.

Here in the first half, West Virginia has two starters out with two fouls, a big guard, lurking, assists Caitlyn Clark and Quinly appears lame in his left leg, may have banged his knees and I think the referees stopped the game to verify. Quinly stopped the game or it was a 5 second violation because Kai Watson had the ball out of bounds while Quinly was limping on the floor and now the refs are telling Luisa BL while Caitlyn Clark is trying to sneak in there to get in, she thought that's how was. It was a 5 second decision. I thought it was a 5 second decision too.

It's an interesting decision because Watson had the ball in his hands. JJ Quinly was limping across the floor. There was no interruption in play immediately. That's what I think. The thing here is that they are going to stop him for an injury check. They should have done it right away, right away, yes and and quinly had already passed half the field before the whistle blew, so the referees got together because it is also possible for a referee to fall at this end, is it possible? Who was far from Quinly's injury? Did it actually mark a 5 second violation?

It seems like they made the decision from him. It's going to be West Virginia coming into Ste. This triangle in two without Harrison in the game. She is really the long look of her. for buckets Hemingway will try another offensive rebound for West Virginia they are working on the missed glass layup for the Mountaineers who have made only two of their last 12 shots they do not make any Jordan Harrison, who is the second scorer Mark Kellogg spoke to us about the fact that that he needs a consistent third or fourth scorer he's really leaned on the field she's struggled the last 10 games of the season he hasn't been scoring at a high enough rate spk will come in while Harrison sits with two fouls good a lot of denial of West Virginia someone else has to throw the ball over Clark Martin finds Marshall on a shot clock violation and this is where not having Ammani Davis on the floor sometimes hurts because Gabby Marshall isn't really a guard that handles the ball.

Kylie fear is not really a ball handling guard in that cave situation Martin has made himself available Haw guys now with seven turnovers and Lisa is talking to us about it being a possession game taking care of the basketball is paramount this hurts At the end of the season, they hope she will be able to return if they win here tonight and play next weekend. Marshall was bothered by that pass. Clark will take it herself in double digits for Caitlyn now at 11 and we've talked a lot about these West Virginia guards on defense. Gabby Marshall is a dog on the defensive end of the court for Hawkeye, she is always going to control the perimeter's best scoring ball hit around and out of bounds and Iowa will get tremendous ball pressure from Gabby Mar on JJ Querly , deviation leads to this theft.

Caitlyn Clark in transition under control. in both, she wants the Hawkeye faithful to make some noise in their last dance in this Arena, yes guys, she has four baskets, 11 points, the rest of the Haw boys with only six baskets combined, but on defense , they are Hing West Virginia for this 31% shooting and because of the loss of Stephanie in this game of possessions right now, it's not that bad for West Virginia, it's on their Pace Mark and it says we need to keep this game in the 70s so we have the opportunity, let's check with Holly Ro, well guys, keep going. your eye on this JJ quinly the main score for West Virginia came to the bench you saw her pinch her left knee that came to her, wrapped her with an electrical stimulation machine she is already suffering from a right knee injury and has been doing extensive rehab in this.

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y she's okay and Holly, as a result, they had to put Harrison back in game number 10 in blue with two fouls. Iowa didn't attack her on that particular possession, but here's Jordan now heading the other way and now Stephanie she becomes the first option she makes and she becomes the Chaser right now gav Marshall chasing her Kye feach face guarding Lauren Fields the guys are doing a good job of allowing West Virginia the shots they want them to take now if I'm Lisa Bler I still want, I still would like my team to shore up the defensive glass a little better as ply watches 29th's performance in the first round since the change to Zone Two3 with the baseline out of bounds, a different appearance anyway dives into the lane, but then he lost control to reach citn even and now Hemingway called the foul Holly, well, it's been a special season for Caitlyn Clark, what an incredible career, but I want to show you where it all started, when I was in second or third grade, she did this. project that writes down her future dreams and what about being number one, being number one in the WNBA, number two, getting a basketball scholarship and then meeting Maya Mo.

These are just three of the accomplishments she may have accomplished this season. She has had a very attentive eye to what awaited her. She always knew what she wanted to do and all those dreams are coming true, yes, and the singular accolades that continue to pile up, she has always been team oriented first in that National Championship is still the only goal that is in front of us and we were watching that list the other day and it is very possible that she will achieve each of those goals. I think Bernie's mountain dogs are in a range and they are all winning the lottery.

I think she won the lottery. Good point, very good point. Well, this second quarter has become a routine and you knew it would be. This is exactly what West Virginia does to teams. They force you to work hard. They force you to play a little ugly. The shot clock is running out. Baseline Drive is good. Kyle Watson and it's a two point game with two minutes left here in the first one we talked about this at the beginning of the game if you're the Hawkeyes you have to have the production of Gabby Marshall and Kate Martin you have to involve him in the offense In the end, they've done three shots combined in this first half and West Virginia can tie it or take the lead on the weak side, a hesitant, tracks it, Clark comes out of the hesitation, the turn in traffic, St, my goodness, those are physical moves by the winner.

We're going to the Sweet 16 in Al, this is the last home game in Caitlyn Clark's careers Kate Martin Gabby Marshall here's Martin Corner three Iowa just three of 12 from downtown here comes the double in Harrison she's able to dribble when the shot clock running out and a foul from behind on Marshall that is only the first foul with the fourth on Iowa, only three for West Virginia biweekly will be back here maybe to handle the decision on the final shot when Clark leaves and Iowa returns to the triangle and two. They are going to try to prevent Harrison and Quinly from getting a touch, they are going to have to hurry.

Corner three, Watson, offensive rebound and second chance. No way, they couldn't get the ball to Quinly and Iowa will take the lead in the locker room. 26 to 24 H, coach good, coach's scoring became difficult in the second quarter, what did West Virginia change and what should you change? We have to make better passing decisions right now, I think we have nine turnovers and that's too much for us, but I mean. we have to use ball fakes we have to step and receive our passes this comes back to basics right now we are making too many overhead passes we are just having a hard time getting to the right person thank you coach, thank you Holly, in fact it is nine turnovers ball in 10 baskets for H Iowa, they were held to just six points in that second quarter, but they still have the winner's lead, moving on to the Sweet 16, we're at the half here in Iowa City, let's go back to L Duncan Rebecca.

Lobo and Andrea Carter in the studio welcome back the NCAA Women's Championship presented by Capital One Iowa was held scoreless for almost the last 5 minutes of the first half and West Virginia kept things close against the only seed, the Hawkeyes, with a two-point lead. court side with Beth mowen Stephanie white Holly row with us also the story of that first half was West Virginia's defense very disruptive was what they dictated because of their defense they kept possessions exactly how they wanted they slowed down the ball game they were very aggressive in physicality, okay, let's take a look now at how to drive the run that Wendy's brought to you, we talked about the physicality that is disruptive when passing in the lanes, this is what West Virginia does, they force 24 turnovers per game, a great job to accomplish in the space of forcing ball handlers other than Caitlyn Clark to get the ball up and downthe court, you can see the level of physicality.

Iowa is an offensive team with pace and what West Virginia has done is keep them in that rhythm with their physicality that today's game track brought to you by Invesco QQQ, last year's national player of the year and Honda Award winner , Caitlyn Clark, leading all scorers with 11 points. Let's go over what Mark Kellogg told the team about him before the game, which was preure. They are a close group of Nick, they have always been good, guess how? tight we need to be tonight tighter than ever if it doesn't go our way tighter if it doesn't go our way tighter if it goes our way game for Iowa a loss to Kraton here two years ago and a nail-biting Georgia win last year in the second round, well the first three or four minutes of this quarter will set the tone, so West Virginia has to come out and continue to impose its will on the guys' defensive side of the floor, number two overall SE behind.

South Carolina The undefeated Gamecocks have already advanced to the US 16, they will be in the other Regional Regional in Albany and if you go down, you don't want to get caught falling into the trap of continuing to shoot, that's exactly the game plan. for Iowa Hawkey, yes you made three early in the game but that leads to outs like this and Iowa didn't get him right out of transition but was able to work with Clark inside, create the contact and finish the n, she draws the Second foul on Quinly Caitlyn Clark has been talking all week about being serious.

Just going out and having fun playing with her friends one or two more times here at home and not shying away from the pressure, which is really the way she's been living her life the last few four years here and a reach in foul and just what I thought after they really let these two teams play in the first half, quick whistles here in the second and that's the third foul on Blackston, his presence inside has been big, but yeah, that first half was incredibly physical, yeah, there were only six frees combined. shots attempted in the first half, I guess considerably more in the second, this brings it back to Clark, who only attempted one shot in the first half, that one was a little off balance, but you'll see it again and we talked to Halim about the foul.

Offensive rebound for the Hawkeyes Hannah st got in there on their first possessions yeah they only had two in the first half they tied it early here sty slides the screen throws it back Martin Fields rebound Kate Martin has to find a way to get going . You have a couple easy buckets if you can make a good flurry and Jordan Harrison's blackening dish is so fast that the first step slipped out of Clk's hands from behind. She had to take those two quick early fouls and it's important to have her on. on the court because he can make plays like that, like he's waiting for the infield pass, he still seems a little out of sorts, he only played 10 minutes in the first round due to illness when Clark hit his fourth three-pointer of the night and again urged The crowd at his last home game here, West Virginia, will not be in a hurry on the court.

Finally, by the way, it stops at the final three for Caitlyn Clark, her 180th of the season as she continues to add to her NCAA record. Well, she's going left. and if you're the person protecting that hand, you have to be up there and help your teammate because she doesn't need as much time or space, it's range, it's scoring over 3000 points, passing over 00 assists. she's close to her 10th rebound in her career and a little bit of everything and the mentality of wanting the ball in your hands in those moments Marshall gets the puppy in position and comes out hesitantly He falls right into her arms two offensive rebounds throughout the first half already three in this third quarter Time Out West Virginia 3326 Iowa vs.

West Virginia this room is standing room only and no, look, there's Claire up to K, who played here at Iowa and then of course that Jersey is good and one of the Legends Nancy Leverman. around the house, a Hall of Famer, they called her a magic lady when she was a kid playing in Queens, New York, a national champion, one of the all-time greats, if you started with your all-time starting five, Caitlyn Clark would be on this list here with these legendary point guards now this is not the fifth starter of all time that's what point guards are like okay I'll pick one or two and Ka and not Diana terasi is not a point guard conin was the point guard in those great Yukon teams that will probably start at two, by the way, again today they have advanced to the Sweet 16, the date with Duke, the big surprise so far in the tournament, seven seeds, Ohio State D3, the biggest advantage for Hawkey's fumble, Marshall has Clark.

Asking this, Stoky and her pass a little behind her, but they will foul her. Hey, but Hannah Stokey is doing a great job on the offensive glass in this third quarter. She was calm in the first quarter. She gets an offensive rebound. Ella Saves The Possession is a fantastic extra pass, what the Hawkeyes do best and no one within 15 feet of the best shooter in the country. The follow-up for the fans in her 64th home game is 53 and 10 and for her Marshall and Martin her 131st starts. together for the last four years when Stokey fouls out and now they're starting to add up on West Virginia's stat sheet.

Braxton just left with four and that's more and it's about sustainability. Can you maintain the level you have to play at? on both ends of the court to keep up with the Iowa Hawkey's firepower. Now they're not playing a perfect ball game, they're not getting production from a lot of different players yet, but it's starting to wear down the Mountaineers. Holly got us. Well I talked to Hannah Suki, you know she came off the bench last year because of the great Monica Sonano and she had to be front and center and she rose to the occasion with 47 points in a game this year in the Big 10 tournament championship game and in the second half here ladies, she has eight, she has eight rebounds, four of those offenses, she said, I just have to believe in how good I really am and we're starting to see that right now.

Shar out of the selection. Martin on the road. walked with that she has to shoot that right now K Martin hesitating a little hesitating a little he has to let it fly it's a 10 run for Lisa Bler's side, you know she did some calculations on what they lost with sonano and McKenna Warau and his Frontline players have statistically matched those two's numbers more by committee this year, but still quieted enough of the crowd they needed. I dare say they are a little more versatile, they are a little more versatile. I also had a little faster pace with this group, yes, over 90 per game, including the last seven games in a row, this is the highest scoring men's or women's team in college basketball.

Clark starts to warm up for the Hawkeyes to warm up and ask the Hawkeye faithful to celebrate to make some noise to give them the sixth man advantage this young lady is locked in and ready to roll it's a very good sign game here tonight at Carver Hawkeye Arena yeah even the guys are looking at Gabby Marchall I see what you were doing there she usually shoots it really well in March oh some color and lamination the stars actually it's a great day around the women's college basketball and look how they hope to blow that up.

I hope it won't be too bumpy along the way if they do. head there for the sweet 16, the winner of this one will get Colorado in the next round while you check out the accolades for Caitlyn Clark. It's been a little turbulent in this ballgame, so West Virginia scores out of the timeout and in transition Jayla Hemingway. approaching the 4 minute mark and an offensive foul called for hesitating, that's his second just a great job by Harrison again entering the space maintaining discipline without violating and yes, Sydney Aalter's push towards the floater of Iowa Harrison and a foul on the first free throws of this third.

Quarter is coming up, hey, the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship for the Sweet 16 is starting on Thursday. Coverage begins at 7 Eastern 4 Pacific on TBS and CBS for more information on tournament game times and networks, visit

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.com. The women's sweet 16 will begin on Friday and are starting to prepare for a game South Carolina Indiana Oregon State Notre Dame North Carolina State Stanford Yukon Duke we have seen a few more surprises in the second round, we only had the one in the first, don't forget to Juju Watkins and Southern Cal on deck and our next game 10 Eastern Council on ESPN USC taking on Kansas, that's another one on 8 matchup, a lot of people think that after Caitlyn graduates to the WNBA, JuJu is next with this excellent freshman class across the country.

Hanah fig Madison Booker Malaysia FY Crooks Virginia just stayed incredibly disciplined making this a possession game slowing it down every five kicks for three runs of 90 here for West Virginia to make it a one possession game Clark Quinly was able to jump at her to deny her the three good closes and a little bit different than the first half, the first half turned Iowa around a little bit, now it just throws Iowa out of the rhythm and JJ Quinly knocks down three big ones, but again the Iowa Rhythm offensive team gets turns into a little tunnel vision that we are used to seeing a lot. of off-ball movement, the ball continues to flow back and forth at this point, becoming very tunnel vision offensively and that's a third offensive foul called on Iowa tonight, stalking their first Quinter Le who got loose, more attempts at cleaning it and lurking with another umpteenth bounce.

Foul up that will be the second on Watson klyn Clark has only attempted one free throw so far she is number two in the country in free throw attempts behind Juju Watkin hits that great job by G Marshall that is a lower ISO play who like to run for quintile oh the three are good kle Watson only 29% in the season and she knocks him down two point game K Watson started the ball game with the three knocks out a big one there Clark has to give up and is intercepted to Harris the other way waiting for Quinly to come and she missed the layup and it's out of bounds for Iowa, they didn't get that possession, but the effort, the effort, great work, Harrison just draws in a second defender who helps with a ball.

The side that opens the shooter and Kyle Watson takes him down. This is just a West Virginia team that continues to have multiple levels of effort. They're forcing the Hawkeyes to make decisions that we haven't typically seen them make in terms of turning the ball over. getting them out of their offensive rhythm doing a great job of staying disciplined to the game plan Clark 21 points tonight creates some space offensive rebound Martin will count it caylin Clark could have gotten away with the push right there, but Kate Martin is in the perfect position for the offensive rebound and that might be what Kate Martin needs to get right Hol today after shooting Lisa Bler, she makes the team stand in a circle, they do it after every practice and she shoots and she said, "You know that I was there today." It will make us come full circle and talk about what we love about Kate Martin, but we're not ready to say goodbye and I don't think we can get through the emotion of what we want to say and really do it justice. they'll be ready to play tonight so they'll save it, but they know Kate Martin's value to this team in her sixth season here, overcoming an ACL injury and then using the year co and there she is in the box, able to tip.

Clark returned for another season so he could play with this group. Gabby Marshall is here for her fifth year and wanted to stay for one more chance to play for a championship they came so close to a year ago in the final minute of this third year. fourth Clark leaves the center towards the lane hangs on the hit well, this is a great shot Ken CL seems like he is going to retreat from the three and Hemingway enters his space he stays balanced is a great job initiating the shot and you see the excitement still excitement but different than what we saw on Saturday afternoon the fourth and a chance for Iowa tonight 24 now for Caitlyn Clark Clark with 13 points here in the third trying to shake West Virginia to lose the lead, she has it.

I'll push him, I'll push him, I thought he was going to take advantage of that, that was the only opportunity he had in the transition, but look, she recognized as the smartwatch, Harrison's honor, ready to shut down CLK Mart, oh my Watson, with one second to finish. It's not a smart play, not just the timing of it, but the fact that it's her fourth foul, it's just not a smart play that you want to dispute, but it just goes through Kate Martin's arm and you're talking about a opportunity to change the momentum right here. you argue if she makes a difficult shot, she makes a difficult shot, but that's energy, that's emotion that can completely change the tie of this ball game, just that little ecosystem right there, the recognition of time and the score of Caitlyn Clark and Kyle not doing it.

Watson and now Martin can reachthe free throw line for a couple of 86% on the year to pump this into double digits in and out and that will. They've been together a long time, this group of seniors and these fans 10. more minutes together for them in Iowa City and a 10-point lead as we head into the fourth let's take a look at tonight's rewarding Capital One performance Caitlyn Clark 13 points, four of five from the field in the third quarter on a night when his teammates are struggling a little to put the ball in the 22nd hole, they are getting on their backs here in this second half and She has been outstanding, it has not been easy, she certainly had to work for it, but she is doing it and they have opened a double-digit lead heading into the fourth quarter, the winner reaches the Sweet 16 to face Colorado next weekend. week in Albany and uh let's send it to Holly Road just listening to the Iowa meet and Kate Martin, the senior, they call her the glue, said they're getting frustrated, we have to continue to be aggressive and we have to stay together right now for 10 more minutes and Lisa Flutter sat down and reminded them that West Virginia will probably be in the press here and be strong on basketball.

She said they have four timeouts left. You can use one if you get into trouble to avoid a turnover, but don't use them all. Thanks Holly, foul trouble is on West Virginia's front line, so if they shoot. those traps that they use so effectively against Princeton that maybe they can apply some of that heat, they want to get close here down the stretch and really try to put pressure on Iowa thinking about the fact that this could be their last game together and Now they tell us that The referees were checking that The uh is not the last foul but the previous one and that it will change from Watson to Hemingway oh to Quinly.

Now we're told that means Watson now has three fouls and so does Quinly and they were talking about a foul that occurred at the 132 mark, yes, in that third quarter, so now of course Mar Kellogg wants to know what's going on. Quinter Le continues playing, he already had the brace on his right. He looked like he would have knocked his knees. in the first half and was out for a while with his left knee, but fights in the Northern Virginia junior that was an NCAA Tournament Rec by the way for the Mountaineers a 29th performance Saturday in the final 10 minutes in Iowa City we see on 16th fairway your hands F I thought you were going to understand that I have the best statistician in the business Russ delin because he handles all those loose balls that get away from us and he had that good job Russ, now the officials are still checking, it seems that now they're talking about Possession cut backdoor blocked from behind by Fields, more backup on stalky and one long after the timeout, Iowa wanted to try to use pressure against MERS, but what? a play down the fields and then on the other end also going to the basket yeah Flex on him, that was a strong finish plus 62% free throw shooter West Virginia three of four so far tonight Harrison takes a turn defending Clark double comes she turns towards Marshall Stoky goes too far and out of bounds really trying to give Hannah Stokey some low touches.

MO is doing a very good job on the defensive side of the court by not allowing stoky to get an easy position by pulling the chair out from under her. and she starts leaning on it and using her body, that's the 15th loss for a team that averages about 70 shots a game, they took 38 tonight, that's it, West Virginia's pace control every five of the rebounds, lurking with the block, which is her third stay on this end 4 seconds left on the shot clock Iowa stays in zone two 3 out of bounds, that's normally what they play Watson, she'll get the shot and it's good a game of three out of bounds for the Mountaineers. third three of a ball game for kle Watson she is a player who shoots with a 29% advantage for her team she is a great individual defender protect your five yard line on the shot clock Park will look to bail him out he bends over shortly and Harrison tracks him down and heads the other way running with quinly and running into Marshall's offenses.

W Abby was there waiting and that good fourth, Gabby Marshall gets there, sets up and does a great defensive job by Marshall. This is one of the things West Virginia has forced Iowa to do. Iowa is one of the best in the country. Shing the Elation and attend. He has forced them to play individual basketball. They can't move the ball as freely as they would like. It's not a great one on one. -A team needs each other, they need the movement that their offense provides and they can't get it because of this excellent defense. They've just kept their body right on Clark all night and now they've called a foul on Hemingway, who gives the go-ahead down, it seemed like the official kept Martin and Marshall quiet, they stood their ground on the glass, they kept some sense of parity with three-point shooting and here they are right in the thick of it all. open look Fields far away Clark rebounds finds stalky and Hannah on the line reminder below, the second round of the NCAA Championship continues with another number one seed, USC and JuJu Watkins taking on eighth seeded Kansas, all games are also available on the ESPN app in case We wonder if the only seed versus the eighth seed of all time is 48 and it's only happened once that this type of upset was Boston College's upset of Ohio State in 2006; otherwise, the top seeds got their way.

PBX reached the finish line last year. in the tournament we had two number one seats eliminated before the sweet 16. First, that's trying to win two and Cly and Harrison are in the ball game, they are going to continue to DARE Luren Fields to shoot that shot and that's why she it's 0. for five without a goal so far, we have to take into account Watson, instead he has the defender pinned, it was a little late, he had to give up his position now he's so good at flooding that baseline, you know the Baseline Drive and drift is a staple of what the Hawkeyes want to do they have taken it away all night Hemingway returns with four personal fouls Blackton still sits with four no foul problems at this point for the hawyes Clark steps up back Fades away from Watson gives him one last push Touch from Iowa Watson Oh, I miss the Gimme inside, they'll get another chance.

Harrison and Clark have blood on their leg. They'll have to check that out. Looks like they'll give that athletic trainer a moment to wrap up. 45th game with 20+ points, which is the most in the last quarter century in college basketball, good cleaning underneath by Harrison and it returns to a game of one possession less than six, that's Virginia, it's not a team known for being great on the glass, well, they've done a ton of it. of a job getting extra possessions on the offensive glass here fourth, that's his first basket tonight and now he assigns the task defensively to Clark using the scene still in the takedown of him.

KN knocked down a basket in this fourth quarter scored 13 in the third quarter Hemingway to tie I got it for West Virginia timeout Iowa 507 to spread the word call your neighbors call your friends hey call your enemies a good one is brewing in Iowa City the NCAA Women's Championship is presented by Capital One what's in your wallet thanks to L the stories from tonight's stars presented by Honda 24 tonight for Caitlyn Clark, but look at the 19 points from the 15 losses of ball from this West Virginia Defense and they tied it for the first time since the first quarter, well, they did a great job. made big shots in big moments Kyle Watson with three staying aggressive on the offensive glass Jordan Harrison and then some great playing time three from Jayla Hemingway Hemingway and Watson have been great, their three point shot is not their strong point but They've made some big ones here tonight and defensively they've held Iowa without a basket for the first five minutes.

The Hawkeyes are 0 for five, missing and committing a foul for the fourth straight year. Every NCAA Women's Championship game is on ESPN networks for more information. For information, visit ncaa.com, your home for the 90th NCAA Championships, in preparation for that championship game in Cleveland on Sunday, April 7 at three Eastern on ABC, well, we talked about Focus, right? , how critical it was going to be, we talked about who will take care of a The pressure situation is bigger and we are in that decisive moment now in the last five minutes. That last foul, by the way, was number four in the fiftieth.

She joins Hemingway and Blackton with four each. Well, the Mountaineers just did a great job. from answering runs to calm down the Raven from staying disciplined in the game plan controlling the possessions controlling the pace and Tempo Watson faking the ball Baseline Drive repositions itself more and they don't understand the vibe Martin finds Clark and here goes Iowa Clark on the path that no stye had dropped Iowa Ball Caitlin with 24 points, seven rebounds and three assists tonight. Martin Watson really made it difficult for him and Quinly was fouled by Stoki, which is his third Hemingway looking more for the leading offensive rebound and hesitated.

He hit him with a punch. CL Mo has been outstanding on the glass for West Virginia, she's taking up space inside, she's taking up Hannah stalky, she's getting extra possessions for her team, they're up 12 midway through the third and they've fought their way back and Mark Kellogg didn't like it some that silenced him. a quick timeout 344 to go one of the things that when you look at the numbers, the differences for Hawkey in wins and losses is the production and shooting percentages of Kate Martin and Gabby Marshall and you see that point per game is a thing of the field goal percentage 38% 2 3% from the field in their losses and those two are going to be critical down the stretch, they have to find a way to help Caitlyn Clark put the ball in the hole.

Clark still hasn't scored a basket in this fourth quarter, what up here they scored in the last timeout entries early in this quarter, what a job by West Virginia, they kept going around and around and the defense forced turnovers taking away possessions to Iowa and the fourth score tonight for Caitlyn is the West Virginia team that needs that to come in with nothing to lose, they just needed to execute their game plan, play their game and they have done that so far here tonight, the team that averages 90 has been limited to 50 and West Virginia faces him. there tying again Iowa 0 for seven in this fourth quarter look at Clark back to Caitlyn off the rebound and a foul.

I like the patience that time we haven't seen the Hawkeyes able to have four or five passes on a single possession. very often a good job of offense getting a chance at the foul line 32 points per game leads the country 26 tonight Harrison tripped over Marshall will be the third on Gabby and the third foul on Iowa so there's one more left before West Virginia shooting free throws every five creates great execution from the rebound under the limits JJ Quinly has been a little quiet in this second half, which was an outstanding attack Clark on the West Virginia rebound and an opportunity to take the lead trying ruin the last home game for Caitlyn Clark and her seniors and eliminated them from the tournament five on the shot clock LLY blocked by Marshall a hesitant going in and R Gabby Marshall had a great block in the Big 10 championship game to seal the victory for the Iowa boys and she does it again here on the defensive end the closure puts his hand on the ball Sydney hesitated he didn't have it right away but he saw the opening Harrison coming out to check Caitlyn Clark gets the n a fifth of the night for Iowa and a miss finishes up three two minutes to go in Iowa City again in the flash zone High post Watson throws it out Hemingway three rebounds Caitlyn Clark come on there has to be something in the back right there the fall of the body fighting because of the position on the glass Clark out the cross leaves it for stalky who makes the mistake Harrison tries to take it out stays Iowa ball I like this going to the monitor watching the play making sure to do it right for two minutes here in the fourth quarter West Virginia doing exactly what that they Wanted to do the latest BS, it's under review, the current call is white ball and he does it with his defense and puts pressure on the Iowa, the Hawkeyes, as Holly Row previously reported, trying not to think about their last game together in home and fighting for another practice. tomorrow in this arena to prepare for the sweet 16 a number one seed in trouble look right there he touched Jordan Harrison's hand coming out it has to be indisputable they call on the court it seems that his hand came out of there but That's a difficult question, but it called Iowa basketball right at the end, yeah, it'll keep going.

It looked a lot like the same play in the Oakland NC State men's game. The other officers on the night did a good job getting that one. Right now, timing, scoring and execution, you know, all eyes and multiple bodies will be closing in on Caitlyn Clark right here on this offside play.boundaries. West Virginia does not want to allow the shot to stretch this lead. We're going to try to take it out of their hands and the Hawkeyes have to be able to find someone else who can make a shot, but on the penalty kill if you're a Hawkeye, so stay aggressive, get to the rim.

Force rotations West Virginia. has no fouls to give Iowa has one the possession arrow is with the Mountaineers remember in women's basketball if you have timeouts you can advance to half court after the review call is confirmed the white ball stays with Iowa 18 on the shot clock to Martin Stoky Caught underneath by JJ Quinly and that's his fifth personal foul 15 points, a couple of rebounds, a couple of assists and phenomenal leadership on his part for this West Virginia team tonight to keep this tight and give his team a shot, Blackon will control it. is playing with four Hemingway is playing with four Watson is playing with four andon sitting there for a long time so getting into the post ball game and now you think about the matchups takes away another ball handler so the Hawkeyes can send several players to Harrison Sal misses the second with one minute left, Harrison picks it up, it is of no use, Stoky has it and now it is in the hands of Caitlyn Clark, he managed to pass it and a foul was called on Harrison, it is his third, so Caitlyn Clark regardless of the result in her final 45.2 seconds. here playing basketball in that Iowa jersey in Carver Hawkeye hits the first to tie the NCAA record for points scored in a single season and does it without wanting to use the timeout right here Harrison three deep rebounds Martin and a foul called on West Virginia Mo tangling Well, we've seen those two go down on multiple possessions this fourth quarter.

The physical appearance you see, the arms are tangled. St. can't lower his hand to stop his fall. The missing 33 blue is under review for possible improvement. then the referees will see how it goes from a personal foul to something more severe. Now you're talking not just about free throws but about a possession with 34 seconds left. The winner faces Colorado in the sweet 16. You see them tangle each other's arms. They're hooked And and more is falling anyway, but it's a little bit extra here, well Beth, I have to be honest, in the last three possessions we've seen something similar to this, so I don't know how you can improve that with so much physicality .

How did they let them be down there our rules analyst our Hall of Fame official Lisa Mattingley Lisa what are you seeing here? Hey everyone, um for me, this is just a miss. I don't see anything additional. I don't see anything that can increase. on the grounds of unnecessary or excessive uh I think they're both a little engrossed in each other to be honest uh so I think they'll keep the call on the floor after the common review Fells confirmed in 33 blue thanks Cameron inway thanks Lisa, so a couple of free throws coming up for Hannah, stalker Hannah, four for seven tonight, number one SE trying to survive a serious threat here in the second round still to come tonight.

USC and Kansas are already underway on ESPN. get there as soon as this one is completed one more for Hannah 80 runs for Iowa and an eight point lead in the last 30 seconds the triple team came and a foul and they had one to give so if you're the Hawkeyes you certainly don't want to commit more fouls in this situation, there are no three-pointers. there are no fouls, everyone boxes and West Virginia has no JJ Quinter, she was fouled out of the game. K Watson has shot the ball incredibly well. Mo has given him a boost in this second half offensively.

Moore gets the break in the timeout of the two-possession game. Iowa and uh, they still have a couple left, one for West Virginia, the hawkey. I think they made a motion that they will advance the ball here to the middle of the court to go in. You absolutely want to advance the ball, you just don't want to allow West Virginia any opportunities in the backcourt you have timeouts, so the most important thing is to get the ball in bounds, but if you can't, you have timeouts you can use. and here, for Iowa they falter, Martin and Clark are better than 80% of free throw shooters as a team. tonight they are 21 for 26.

Can they finish this on a high note at home and continue their quest for a national championship in the sweet 16 on the road to Albany and eventually Cleveland for the final four last time for these Carver folks Hawkeye? to see this incredible group of seniors led by Caitlyn Clark, the greatest scorer in the history of college basketball, Clark steps up to the ball and draws a foul and that's the fifth on Harrison, so Clark will head to the line and needs a free kick to get past Kelsey Plum. She is already the leading scorer of her career and this would give her the Single-Season Mark for the second year in a row.

She has surpassed the points in a single season. We'll see if Mark Kellogg uses the timeout, there are no ball handlers on the court right now, it's Jordan Harrison. fouls out JJ quinly fouls out gets his name in the record books One More Time Time Out West Virginia as family watches 62-54 Iowa on top of West Virginia, the only seed getting closer to advancing to the Sweet 16 and so much emotion tonight, so many nerves, so much anxiety, especially as this game got more tense in the fourth quarter and now Iowa City, hoping we could explode. Celebrating this incredible senior play I certainly knew it was going to be an emotional moment for these seniors playing their last game. at Carver Hawkeye Arena, the pressure is on for this Iowa team to march back into a final four for them and you can see a breath of fresh air from the family at Sands, they are breathing a little easier, but this is the team West Virginia, who has fought and fought all night, still has 21 seconds to work with, but their two guards, their two leading scorers are out.

Watson, who had a great rebound all night to Martin, who secured it and went in. Caitlyn Clark's hands and can I thought they were going to be able to run out the clock with a foul and a whistle and Clark pushing the crowd in a shot for the goat 30 points tonight eight rebounds three assists give him both and the Iowa hawy survives the scare in the second round of West Virginia and advances to the Sweet 16 a date with Colorado next weekend for the Hawkeyes and Caitlin Clark and the number one seed in Regional 2 in Albany advances LSU is also there on the other side waiting for the winner from on and UCLA, it certainly wasn't easy, West Virginia M did an outstanding job, but this is an Iowa Hawkeye team and in K CL could put this team on their back and they continue to march towards their goal of the finals.

Four kayen showing hearts to the crowd, they've tied their show's record for wins in a single season from a year ago 31 and 4 as we send it to Holly Road, well, relative Clark, this was a tied game with two minutes left, What was the most important part? We came together to achieve this victory. I think we educated our crowd, but you know, we knew we had given up a 10 run to start the corner, but this team never got nervous and I think that speaks to our experience and we couldn't. I'll be happier for this group, I mean, we wanted to go out on a high note, our five seniors, these two, um, it's really special, I'm proud, proud of them, Kate, you've got to get some crucial rebounds in this stretch, it was difficult.

To fight the emotion, how did you get through it tonight? Yeah, I mean, I think our defense really came up big tonight and, you know, sometimes we're not the best at boxing, but you know that's going to win us games when it all comes down to that and you know we put a button on it. someone and we took boards tonight and that helped us win tonight what you were good at tonight was a crucial block at a crucial time again Gabby Marshall how was your defense so crucial? Yes, you know. That's something I always focus on and always bring to the team even if I don't score.

I didn't score a single point tonight, but you know what I'm focused on as a team and what we have. what to do to win and anything I can do on the defensive end, I'll do it for my team, as great as this incredible crowd was, all the memories, you set another record tonight, the season-long scoring record for the NCAA Caitlyn, how do you walk off this court knowing you've given everything you've got? I think that's exactly it. I know I've given it my all. This show is the same with these two and there is a lot to be proud of.

You know there was a lot. of ups and downs and that's what makes these moments so special and I'm grateful, I'm grateful and I'm going to soak this up with these two, let's do it, thank you for four years together, tremendous success here in Iowa and your work. It's not over yet, the Haw boys are celebrating the win on their home court and are back in the sweet 16 and still on the road to the Women's Final Four and a chance to get back to the championship game, so here's a look at regionals two and three and these Saturday games a double header of ABC Iowa Colorado and then LSU taking on the winner of UCLA kraton and then both Saturday games on ESPN also 6454 the finale Caitlyn Clark with 32 points to lead the way to our entire team, it's been a pleasure Stephanie white Holly Row I'm Beth Mowen from Iowa City as the celebration is underway last time at your home court One last dance for Caitlyn Clark as we take you back to the studio