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The Hawkeyes, who advance to their first NCAA championship game in school history, will be joined by another first-timer in Sunday's title game. LSU trailed by ...

[Arizona](/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/12/arizona-wildcats)'s win over UConn in 2021's tournament in the San Antonio bubble was a pretty huge upset, too. Creme: The Iowa scouting report for LSU shouldn't be too different from the one the Hawkeyes had for South Carolina. This Iowa win over South Carolina was an upset, no doubt, as most observers thought the Gamecocks' depth and size was too much for Iowa to overcome. Sticking to just the Final Four, this Iowa upset was huge, but not quite the biggest. LSU was minus-11 on the boards at halftime and trailed by as many as 12 points in the third quarter. As a team, Virginia Tech had zero attempts inside the paint in the entire fourth quarter. Iowa had a game plan that played to its own strengths and had the best player on the court. Down the stretch she dominated the matchup with [Elizabeth Kitley](https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4433309/elizabeth-kitley), who only took one shot in the fourth quarter. The Gamecocks' quest to win back-to-back titles and become the 10th team to run the table ended in the semifinals, along with a 42-game win streak that dated to March 6, 2022. Iowa packed the paint and dared South Carolina to shoot jumpers. Led by [Caitlin Clark](https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark)'s second consecutive 41-point game -- one of the greatest individual performances in Final Four history -- [Iowa](/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2294/iowa-hawkeyes) pulled one of the biggest upsets in NCAA tournament history, ending the Gamecocks' undefeated season 77-73. Iowa controlled the game from the outset and never wilted; South Carolina's largest lead was one point.

Consensus National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark had 41 points, eight assists, and six rebounds to become the first player in NCAA Tournament history to have ...

Before I turn it over to the women, I just want to send our thoughts to everybody in Iowa City. – Clark has 161 points and 52 assists in this NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes regrouped and started the third on an 8-0 surge in the beginning to go up nine, their largest lead of the game. Clark had 11 points and four assists in the first. So the women in that circle, they believed, and we prepared all week as if we were going to win this game. It was all Clark the fourth quarter, netting 16 of Iowa’s final 18 points. I don’t think anybody else, unless you were in black and gold, believed that we were going to win that game. Clark had the first two buckets to get things rolling and an assist to Czinano on the next play to make it 4-0. Monika Czinano was the second Hawkeye to finish in double digits with 18 points. Tonight was the program’s first win over a top-ranked opponent in program history. Addison O’Grady had big minutes, recording four points and a block in three minutes of play. Iowa was able to hold a one-point lead heading into half (38-37).

The Hawkeyes crushed South Carolina's undefeated season, besting the Gamecocks 77-73. Caitlin Clark scored the most points in semifinal history with 41. From ...

20 ranked South Carolina bested No. South Carolina met No. 1 South Carolina and No. Ultimately, South Carolina pulled away in the second half to beat Maryland by double-digits. 2 Maryland handed South Carolina its toughest battle of the tournament. Brea Beal, Kamilla Cardaso and Bree Hall led South Carolina with 11 points each. Undefeated South Carolina has met its match. 8 South Florida. South Carolina, meet Iowa. South Carolina led the nation in rebounding margin but failed to secure the most important one of the season. Another crucial piece to South Carolina Laeticia Amihere picked up her third foul. The last time Iowa reached the Final Four was in 1993.

The Gamecocks were considered a heavy favorite to repeat as champions. But Clark and the Hawkeyes delivered, all the way to the championship game against ...

“I feel like we were going to win the whole time,” said Jada Gyamfi, a freshman. The players were glued on one another, on the ball, on their coaches, on the clock. “After the game, I said to her, ‘This is your team,’” Boston said. Iowa’s strategy of a zone defense, dropping Clark from the top of the zone and on to Boston or any post player that got the ball, proved to be effective. Many of the seniors can return to South Carolina next season because the N.C.A.A. Iowa’s fandom had traveled around the nation to see this happen. Boston, Cooke and Beal have been the core of South Carolina’s dominance over the past four seasons. Division I Final Four, with the stifling, unbeaten South Carolina team against Clark, who was widely considered the player of the year. The third-seeded Tigers advanced to their first N.C.A.A. Clark, who finished with 41 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds, ran around the arena with a hand to her ear before stopping and raising both of her arms as Iowa’s white-knuckled fans roared. The Gamecocks were considered a heavy favorite to repeat as champions. But the Gamecocks had not played a player like

The Iowa star poured in 41 points and eight assists to lead the Hawkeyes past South Carolina, 77–73, lifting Iowa to its first national championship game in ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Iowa's News Now) — A rare 'high risk' of severe weather was issued in southeast Iowa as the ingredients were in place for a tornado ...

A tornado touched down near Brooklyn, Iowa on Friday -- and it was caught on camera as it formed.

Praying for all those who were and remain in the path of this storm," she wrote. Several home and businesses, including a grocery store, were destroyed or heavily damaged. [KGAN](https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/tornado-caught-live-on-air-near-brooklyn-ia) in the middle of a weather report.

Homes were apparently damaged by tornadoes that touched down near Ottumwa in Wapello County and in Keokuk County, where officials have told KCCI that properties ...

The Hawkeyes were confident in their game plan and star guard Clark to take down the undefeated reigning champ Gamecocks in the NCAA tournament.

In the biggest matchup of her life, Iowa's dazzling point guard poured in 41 points to set a NCAA Tournament semifinal scoring record and put her Hawkeyes ...

Clark became the sixth player to score over 1,000 points in a season. Clark then scored another layup on the other end out of a timeout to make it a four-point game. The defense seemed to bamboozle the Gamecocks, who finished 4 for 20 from behind the 3-point line. Clark answered right back with two deep 3-pointers and an assist to Monika Czinano to give the Hawkeyes a 67-62 lead. You've got to give them a lot of credit," Clark said. Slowed by foul trouble, Boston had just eight points and 10 rebounds as the Hawkeyes packed the paint, brazenly daring South Carolina to shoot from the outside. The game lived up to the hype surrounding it— the best player vs. Clark has created quite a stir since going to college in her home state. South Carolina got within 69-68 on Raven Johnson's 3-pointer before Clark got a steal for a layup with 3:32 left. She now has the Hawkeyes in a spot they've never been in before — one victory away from a national championship. I have all the confidence in the world in this group, and they believe right back in me, and that's all you need," Clark said. The last time the Hawkeyes advanced this far was 1993 under coach C.

On the biggest stage, when the lights are the brightest, Caitlin Clark plays her biggest games. Another 41-point performance has Iowa one win away from its ...

The second-seeded Hawkeyes face the No. She watches the men's game, she knows the women's game. "Getting to watch that every single day, getting to be a part of it, you can't make it up. Clark has one more game to achieve the ultimate: A national championship. She has practiced the moments since she was little. I see it all the time. We just do it for the person to our left and our right." She deserves all the recognition. the That second and a half kick-started a nine-game winning streak that has landed the Hawkeyes in their first national championship game. In front of a sellout crowd that included tennis legend Billie Jean King, Clark delivered the goods once again. Now, they are 40 minutes from winning the 2023 women's NCAA basketball championship.

Caitlin Clark lived up to the moment, scoring 41 points and carrying the Hawkeyes to their first-ever championship game.

The Hawkeyes (31-6) have successfully derailed South Carolina's repeat bid. [How dominant has Caitlin Clark been for Iowa basketball? Clark's 19-point, six-assist first half delivered the Hawkeyes a 38-37 halftime edge. South Carolina fans have to feel similarly to how Iowa fans felt when top-ranked wrestler Spencer Lee was not only upset, but pinned in the NCAA semifinals two Friday nights ago. Those Hawkeyes fell to Bill Russell-led San Francisco in the title game. South Carolina never led by more than one point, and never regained the lead after Clark's ice-in-her-veins 3 with 8:52 to go. Boston was held to eight points on 2-for-9 shooting by Iowa's sagging defense. Monika Czinano, her longtime pick-and-roll buddy, was outstanding as well despite playing with foul trouble all night. She scored 16 of Iowa's 18 points in the decisive fourth quarter. What they said underscored Clark’s mentality: That she was thrilled to lead Iowa to its first Final Four since 1993. More: “Go win a championship.”

Iowa coach Lisa Bluder called Caitlin Clark "the most phenomenal player in America," and it's hard to argue after her 41-point night dethroned South ...

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Iowa guard Caitlin Clark has dazzled basketball fans this March with a bevy of high-scoring feats, including a 41-point triple-double against Louisville in ...

At least nine possible tornadoes were spotted across Iowa Friday as storms with hail and heavy winds battered the eastern portion of the state.

All three at the off-site location had departed as of 8:30 a.m. As if 2:30 p.m, fewer than 300 homes in Johnson County were without power. From there, the storm moved to the west of Iowa City over the city's landfill and ended up in Coralville, where a portion of four blocks stretching from Highway 6 to Boston Way sustained damage, he said. The area is made up of apartment buildings, a few individual residences and commercial storage sheds, he said. Here's a list of the possible sightings: Johnson County Emergency Management Coordinator Dave Wilson said there may have been up to three tornadoes that hit the county.

DALLAS — It's sports, so the numbers will matter. They can be celebrated by winners and help tell the story. They can haunt the losing side, ...

… [Virginia Tech](https://theathletic.com/womens-college-basketball/team/virginia-tech-hokies/) and Kenny Brooks and his first time being in the Final Four. It won’t feature the team that seemed destined to be there (South Carolina) or the team that has seemingly always been there (UConn). The statistics of this season will fall to the wayside as every team returns to a 0-0 record. [LSU](https://theathletic.com/womens-college-basketball/team/lsu-lady-tigers/) and what Kim Mulkey has done this season and getting to a national championship game. The Hawkeyes have The Caitlin Clark Show, but the Tigers have The Show. [Iowa](https://theathletic.com/womens-college-basketball/team/iowa-hawkeyes/) and No. And that gave all 19,288 in the arena and the millions at home one hell of a show. 1 seed [South Carolina](https://theathletic.com/womens-college-basketball/team/south-carolina-gamecocks/) are significant. Both Iowa and South Carolina have had their starting cores together for the last three seasons, building the kind of continuity that’s nearly impossible to come by and which made these matchups that much better, even tighter chess matches. Even as it was unknown Friday night exactly how many televisions were tuning in, we can say with near certainty that the Iowa-South Carolina Final Four will be the highest-viewed women’s basketball game of all time. But the number will matter most years from now will be the one that can’t be dissected by coaches in film study or broken down from a box score. Like 41 — the number of points [Caitlin Clark](https://theathletic.com/womens-college-basketball/player/caitlin-clark-G6ZFpwMQX0fVtok6/) scored.

An Iowa nursing home allegedly failed to clear the airway of an Army veteran who suffocated while employees of the home stood by.

She told inspectors that while she was checking on that, one of the aides approached her and said she was needed right away in Jacobs’ room. The nurse later told inspectors the “staff wanted me to suction him (and) I told the staff no. The aide explained to the nurse that Jacobs had been signaling he couldn’t breathe, at which point the nurse said, “Just a minute,” and left the room. The nurse took his vital signs and told the aide Jacobs was having a heart attack. The worker who remained in the room later told inspectors Jacobs grew “really pale” and was gasping, so she, too, left the room and approached a nurse and said, “Would you please suction him? Jacobs was pointing at his neck, gasping for air, and mouthing that he could not breathe, the aide told inspectors.

A powerful line of storms — including several possible tornadoes — swept across Iowa Friday, toppling trees, flipping cars and tearing roofs off homes.

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The Iowa Wild kick off a pair of weekend games against the San Diego Gulls at Wells Fargo Arena Saturday at 6 p.m. The first 1,500 fans will receive a beach ...

[Back to All](https://www.iowawild.com/news) [www.iowawild.com](http://www.iowawild.com/). Fans can purchase single-game tickets through the team’s website at [www.iowawild.com](http://www.iowawild.com/). Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at [https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365](https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365). The Iowa Wild kick off a pair of weekend games against the San Diego Gulls at Wells Fargo Arena Saturday at 6 p.m. A pair of wins over the Gulls coupled with a pair of regulation losses by the Chicago Wolves on Saturday and Sunday would put Iowa one win away from clinching a playoff spot.

A new champion will be crowned on Sunday. Prior to this season, both LSU and Iowa had reached Final Fours, but neither had ever advanced past the national ...

In Friday’s game against Virginia Tech, she set the SEC record for rebounds in a season and on Sunday she has the opportunity to record her 34th double-double of the year that would set the NCAA record. Sunday will be the fourth national championship game she will be a head coach in. Reese was the headliner as the nation’s top transfer last offseason, coming to play for a coach she knew would push her to greatness. She is also distinct as the only person – men’s or women’s – with national championships as a player, assistant coach and head coach. For the first time ever the women’s national championship will air on ABC. Prior to this season, both LSU and Iowa had reached Final Fours, but neither had ever advanced past the national semifinals.

Lisa Bluder has gone from driving a team van at St. Ambrose to piloting Iowa to Sunday's national-championship game, with her feet on the ground the whole ...

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DALLAS — As the victories mounted, 42 in a row across two seasons, Coach Dawn Staley acknowledged that while South Carolina did not feel pressure, exactly, ...

It would be an acknowledgment, among other things, he said in an interview, of the change that has come to South Carolina and other Southern states with histories of racial intolerance. “There are defenses that are playing against her that won’t allow her to play her game,” Staley said of Boston. Despite Friday’s premature ending to South Carolina’s season, it has become clear how impactful Staley has been on college basketball, with her coaching and her voice for racial and gender equity. On Saturday, Boston declared her intention to play professionally and enter the W.N.B.A. “I am truly breathless as I make the next best decision of my life,” Sometimes the language veered into racism on social media, where South Carolina’s players were called inmates and thugs. And when the Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark missed a 3-point attempt with 21 seconds remaining, it was Iowa, not South Carolina with its tall rebounders, that secured the ball with a 2-point lead. On Friday, it was Clark who delivered 41 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and a triple-double of self-assurance as the consensus national player of the year. So I think that was being let go a lot.” As the ball rose, She helped the Hawkeyes pack the lane on defense and smother Boston in the low post. “And you can’t have any slippage.”

LSU guard Alexis Morris said Iowa won't be able to pull off their "disrespectful" style of defense against the Tigers' shooters.

"You start to live in your reality and you start to accept things and you try to change yourself. It caught up with me at a bad time and I'm just fortunate to be back where I started." "Hopefully not like that or else Lex is definitely going to knock down some 3s, "And Coach Mulkey being the type of person she is, she wouldn't have taken me back if I was that type of person. Because she has been counted out over the course of her career, Morris has been open about playing with some extra motivation. "We're not going to guard LSU the same way we guarded South Carolina," Clark said. "I don't think you can just leave me open on the perimeter or leave us open on the perimeter. That goes especially for Morris, who has been on the longest journey of any player in the Final Four. If they were going to beat us, we were going to let it be by the 3-point line. That's what we were going to give up. In one clip that has made its way around social media, Iowa's [Caitlin Clark](https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark) is seen disregarding Johnson with a flick of her wrist and stepping back -- essentially leaving Johnson completely unguarded. Iowa decided to shut down the paint in its 77-73 upset win over the No.