IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark wasn’t entirely happy with how the Iowa women’s basketball team started Saturday’s NCAA tournament first-round game. But she did like the way the Hawkeyes sorted things out and took over to cruise to a 91-65 victory over No. 16 seed Holy Cross in the Albany 2 Region.
“This is a game you want to come out and dominate from the start,” said Clark, who finished with 27 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds. “Maybe we played with a little bit of rust. They really packed the paint — they sat four people in there, and it’s really hard to drive to the basket.
“We really started running our offense in the second quarter. I think I was a little frustrated, but I think that comes from knowing what it takes to be where we want to be.”
The Hawkeyes had not played since winning the Big Ten tournament March 10 in Minneapolis. Against Holy Cross, the Patriot League champion that won its First Four game against UT Martin on Thursday here at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa led by just two points after the first…
