CLEVELAND — Caitlin Clark‘s remarkable college basketball career will continue to the women’s NCAA championship game for a second consecutive year, after the Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the UConn Huskies 71-69 in the Final Four on Friday night at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.
Clark scored 21 points to go along with nine rebounds and seven assists. Iowa will face No. 1 overall seed South Carolina for the title Sunday (3 p.m. ET, ABC). The Gamecocks (37-0) beat NC State 78-59 in Friday’s first semifinal.
“I’m just really grateful. I used every single second of my college career over the course of the last two years,” Clark said of going to back-to-back title games. “To be able to go out on top would be super special, but we’re going to have our hands full. South Carolina has been the best all year and kind of been at a different level than anybody else.
“We’re going to do the best we can. Just go out and give it your all. There’s only 40 minutes left of my college career.”
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