Senior day at Iowa was all that, and then some.
ESPN’s CollegeGameDay set the tone before the game and the No. 6 Hawkeyes took care of the rest as they played some of their best basketball against the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes, the Big Ten regular season title holders.
Before the eyes of a raucous sold-out crowd for their last regular season game, with the likes of Lynette Woodard, Maya Moore, Jake from State Farm, Travis Scott and Nolan Ryan in attendance, the Hawkeyes avenged their defeat to the Buckeyes from January, triumphing 93-83. In that game, Ohio State ended Iowa’s 15-game winning streak; on Sunday, the Hawkeyes returned the favor, ending the Buckeyes’ own 15-game winning streak.
In the process, Caitlin Clark, in her final regular season game as an Iowa Hawkeye, surpassed Pete Maravich to become the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I college basketball history. She did so while shooting two technicals with 0.3 seconds remaining in the second quarter—not exactly what most had in mind. Nevertheless, she ended the game with 35 points, nine assists and six rebounds.
Head coach Lisa Bluder recognized that, while Maravich’s legacy speaks for itself, she doesn’t want male privilege to define this moment, especially considering the recent surge in…
