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- IOWA CITY - Iowa vs Michigan State
Written by Dargan Southard | Des Moines Register
Those cloaked in Iowa gold wiggled and fidgeted as the scoreboard drama intensified, this sold-out affair unfolding much differently than expected. The long Big Ten slog tends to produce a few of these even for seasoned squads.
In swooped Caitlin Clark to make sure everyone rested easy.
Locked in a clunky offensive battle Tuesday with a Michigan State women's basketball team trending upward, No. 4 Iowa had to quickly brush away any thoughts of a masterpiece and shift to finding an escape route. Unsurprisingly, it was Clark who located it - burying a logo trey at the horn to hand the Hawkeyes a 76-73 win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
"Honestly, when it left my hand, I knew it was going in," said Clark, whose shot was reminiscent of her buzzer 3-pointer to beat Indiana last season.
The immediate moments before Clark's final act of an incredible 40-point night served as a microcosm of the Hawkeyes' erratic offensive evening. With time running out and Clark hunting an opening that was hard to locate, this 73-73 affair seemed destined for overtime.
Hannah Stuelke, with her back to the basket at the top of the key, dished it over to college basketball's biggest star - who shook free from Michigan State's Moira Joiner for just a second before hitting a stepback to the left and firing away on the 3-point shot.
The sweet swish and ensuing roar let everyone know the outcome.
"Those are situations we work on at the end of practice every single day," said Clark, who finished 14-for-34 from the field and 8-for-20 from deep. "We ran a play to inbound the ball, got it cleanly. Molly (Davis) did set a clean pick on my girl, but Hannah's defender was up guarding her pretty well.
"I think it kind of worked out in my favor because my girl almost went for a steal a little bit, and then I was able to get to my stepback to the left - which is the shot I want to get to."
Concern quickly shifted to celebration with Clark's magical heave, but little up to that point had unfolded smoothly for the Hawkeyes (14-1, 3-0 Big Ten Conference). Just as it was last season at the Breslin Center, Tuesday's matchup featured a bunch of scrappy Spartans hunting a monumental upset. A roaring home crowd that easily brushed off an 8 p.m. weekday tip did little to derail Michigan State (11-3, 1-2) when the tense, late energy kicked in.
Clark's trey with 2:32 left handed the Hawkeyes a 71-67 advantage and offered Michigan State a chance to bow out admirably. But the Spartans didn't take it. Consecutive buckets brought Michigan State back even, and the same happened after DeeDee Hagemann countered Davis' two free throws on a questionable 3-point shooting foul for a 73-73 tie.
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Love the sound of Clark's game winner ripping the net!!!😮. The legend grows...
Everyone calls her the female Steph Curry. To me she is the female Larry Bird. Shoot, assist, rebound and play-maker.
Exciting game. Thanks for the upload! Replays show the final shot was good with 0.1s on the clock. The real crime was Davis going to the line for 3 when she was clearly putting the ball to the floor
Either way Iowa still wins or maybe goes to overtime because they would just hold the ball and ensure they take the last shot (clock would reset giving them 30 seconds)
I agree. It should not be a shooting foul but a flagrant one. Such a hard foul.
@@User_xxCqvmQflagrant fouls do not exist in women’s college basketball. Only unsportsmanlike and disqualifying fouls. Those are in place of the usual flagrant 1 and 2 fouls. Regardless, there was no reason to upgrade the foul on that play, it was a basketball play. She was certainly fouled but was obviously not in the act of shooting.
@@ismth I think that rule must be changed coz I've seen so many hard fouls that are straight outta Draymond Green's playbook.
My heart, damn! Can't believe it, 3 point on the buzzer again!
Exciting game. Not the best performance all around by Iowa. Credit to MSU for some of that. Officials let them play, maybe too much, ok, too much. Davis going to the line at the end was questionable for sure but Dawn Staley's comment doesn't add up with the final score. It's either a 3 pt. win or a 1 pt. win. A win is a win.
Caitlin is a gifted athlete who happened focus on basketball!
They didn't give Clark much time to shoot dang 0.01 seconds left. swish! Game! See ya!
CC didn’t want an overtime. It’s getting late…swoosh… night, night
Great game. I really enjoyed it!
Shout out for Michigan #4 for helping Molly Davis up after the hard foul. Good sportsmanship, very rare to see that nowadays.
Even when most of the team is having an off-night, they can still pull out the win. That's greatness for you.
For anyone saying this didnt count.. the timer behind backboard is the one they go by not the one we watch at home, you can even see is says 0.01 when the other says 0.00. They did this in replay too in game, shes just amazing 👏
the game is just so insane she's such an insane player I love her
Refs lowkey were cheating and that was not a shooting foul at the end
Iowa still would’ve won by 1
*high key cheating they should have went into over time if we’re being honest and not biased
@@AlexOttoThere’s no way to know what would have transpired had they not called that a shooting foul.
They way she was holding against SC and the media act like they didn't see it put her in position that any call a ref missed will be question, honest mistake or CC bias.
@@KelzKelz you pulling things out of your head? I rewatched that game several times and I didn’t see it
Can you upload Rutgers at Purdue please and thanks
Crazy Buzzer Beater!!!!🤩🤩🤩
Clark is the best in the country! What a great game & effort from both teams👏🏾
It was about time Iowa get a challenge
I think it was already decided in Vegas.Don't you think ?
Chill staley 2:49
27:50 It was personal! 🤣
Let’s go Iowa!
1st time I ever seen the clock and horn not in sync.
Threw me off…tough time for the clock and horn to be on a separate mission
Angel Reese is nowhere near Caitlin’s level. It’s a shame they made Caitlin share that award!
Nowhere near CC but thank God LSU do not depend on one player like Iowa so if you remove Reese from LSU and you remove CC from Iowa, which team do you think will win?
🤡
It was done for racial unity, which might not be a bad thing
Basketball is a TEAM sport. Angel Reese makes her team a winner; Clark is merely a greedy player who hogs the ball and doesn't make her team better. Iowa is a 1 person team that gets over-rated and over-publicized so they can use Clark to expand the audience those normally not interested. ESPN bracketologists will protect Iowa with the easiest path, but as soon as they play a top team away from Iowa, they will lose. Non-ranked Nobody-team MSU just showed that Iowa is a phony top seed.
Reese is averaging a double double for 4 years straight and was the best player on a national championship team last year. Clark was the best player last season overall, which is why they both got awards for last year’s success.
I'm not sure about this, but... I BELIEVE that if you are IN THE ACT OF SHOOTING when time expires, the basket counts. Being In The Act of Shooting may be open to interpretation, but I think that, if your feet are off the ground, and you have the ball in your hands, and you are aligned to deliver said ball to the basket, you are IN THE ACT OF SHOOTING, and the resulting basket counts...
lol, incredible.
Caitlyn curry 😂😂🐐🔥🔥
Interesting there are 3 teams better.
#22 CC is the BEST
I am definitely a Hawkeyes fan even though I'm from Michigan.
But the hawkeyes are clearly a bunch of babies
Man that foul should of been on the floor
Michigan #11 need to play kickboxing instead for kicking Affolter. I don’t care how frustrated you are but don’t kick the player. But shoutout for Michigan #4 for helping Molly Davis up after the hard foul.
ilove lowa perfec share the ball bay catlin c
BULLSHIT when a player gets 3 shots on a non shooting foul.
Bs that foul was on the floor
They fouling the heck outta' Clark! 😮
Yeah, that's always the whining excuse from Clark fanatics. Nobody's ever allowed to play defense on her...its like she's entitled to roam freely and its against the rules to defend her. The refs are the sole arbiters of fouls...if the refs don't call a foul, then there is no foul...quit lying and calling everything a foul, just because you don't want Clark guarded. She has no entitlement not to be guarded, lol.
@@waldolydecker8118huh?
@@renzdealexandria1189 - just take another sip of your ESPN-furnished Clark Kool-Aid, son...straight, no chaser.
@@waldolydecker8118 nobody allowed to guard her? Ha, ha, ha you are a very funny hater
@@renzdealexandria1189 - just keep drinking the Clark KoolAid, Bubbie, and try to think of a new excuse when Iowa gets eliminated. The "they foulin' the heck outta Clark" jive excuse is getting old. lol
Honestly number 22 on MS she shouldn’t even try to reach just face guard CC and fuck the rest of the team 😂😂😂
30:38 is the proof
Bad call. Iowa #1 was in the act of dribbling the ball when she was fouled. She get's hit at 28:20 of this video. Ball is being dribbled. No longer even in the act of a pump fake. Definitely should not have gone to the line. Can be seen even more clearly at 28:39. In any event, fun game to watch. Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Just watched the end in slomo.
Just played it over and over. Unless there is an issue with the video, which there certainly could be, the ball was still in her hands with the clock at 0.
Look at the red on the backboard she let go in time.
@@JonJon-wf5yj yep, definitely had left her hands. Awesome shot!!
0.01 the ball is up in the air
The clock on tv and the clock over the rim wasn't in sync for the 1st time in history. She wasn't even I the shooting motion at 0.0 on the TV clock. The people with all the favoritism creates resentment for Clark.
That should not have counted
That shot didn’t come off till 0 seconds, no good
Thanks for your erroneous contention, Sparty.
Youre welcome!! 🤡🤡
@@RichardIILionheart0.2 when the shot was taken..are you so ignorant when it comes to basket ball that you don't understand that as long as the shot left her hands before 0.0 the shot still counts
Michigan wah wahers
@@EdwardCurl
I cannot understand how you think you have a beef with me. I agree that Clark’s game-ending three-pointer was off her fingers before time officially expired. It was close, but he shot did count and should have counted.
Play some real competition
that last shot was off after 0.00, no basket.
Clock appears to say 0:00 before the ball left Clark's hand and Davis was not shooting when fouled. Michigan State was robbed of an enormous upset.
0.2 when the ball was in the air...you must be blind
Wah wah wah
Being the best in the world Sandwell loved has perks!
@@Rainy2255 I am neither Iowa fan nor Michigan State fan but I am a fan of fairness and just outcomes. Is that what you are crying about? Then cry some more because I ain't changing to be a lesser person to please you. I will continue to be a better person. Cry about that.
If you look at the replay & then the shot from the stands, the ball leaves Clark's hands with 0.1 seconds left. The Peacock clock was half a second ahead for the entire time, that's why it looked like time had expired.
In order to win this game: Iowa has to have one player score 40, AND have the same player shoot a buzzer beater (which will be discussed forever). Iowa's NEED to have one player produce these outcomes, does not bode well for Iowa. Ok, it's entertaining and all that, but should Clark be injured, what is Iowa's fall back plan? Even if another Iowa player scores 25 of Clark's 40, Iowa loses; even if you have 4 players scoring 10, and one scoring 25, Iowa loses this game. Is there another consistent point producer on Iowa's team who is capable of taking up Clark's slack? Yeah, enjoy this for what it is, but this doesn't mean Iowa has a great team. This means Iowa has one ridiculously outstanding player.
LOL at your what ifs and pointless post!!
You must have lost money on that shot lol
Cc 22 reminds me of pistol pete maraviche
@@chasnami Seriously, you don't see the point? Honestly? If you can't see, well.... You take Clark out of Iowa's lineup and where are you? Tell me.... Texas just lost their top point guard for the season; UConn has lost 4 players; you think it can't happen to Iowa?
A so-called #1 seed on its home floor and can barely make it past an unranked MSU team. The Iowa hype is all for business marketing and financial purposes....has NOTHING to do with the actually worthiness or quality level of the team - but the sport's financiers and investors know they have to take advantage of Clark's appearance and appeal - she won't lead anybody to winning anything, but the publicity machine around her will bring more eyeballs and sell more tickets. That's the real goal.
Really like your point of view here. I said the same thing, in a different way, and yikes, people didn't want to face that without Clark, Iowa is in a world of hurt. You're absolutely correct here!
At end of game, instead of running to teammates to celebrate together, Clark runs to other end of court with open hands then does the "give me more applause" Hitler pose hand to ear move before returning to two open hands. Clark does not go into the stands nor high five any fans in shared celebration. It's about Clark getting applause and not sharing the moment of celebration with teammates.
Michigan State University was robbed of the upset...30:10, clearly shows time expired with 0.0 left on the clock and the ball is still in #22 hand as she is at the top of the Key...But when you have home court advantage, you get the blind referee to go with it...
One thing Clark gone do is complain and fake fall this was Michigans game and I’m not a fan of either team
Michigan State was playing. Michigan wears yellow and blue.
You could have kept that to your self I said what I meant