Iowa’s Caitlin Clark prepares for West Virginia final home game
The Hawkeyes senior knows this is her final home game and knows their will be closure, “win or lose,” against West Virginia.
Caitlin Clark and No. 1 seed Iowa women’s basketball are battling No. 8 seed West Virginia in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The winner will play No. 5 seed Colorado in the Sweet 16.
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Caitlin Clark can break another scoring record
Clark is close to breaking another one of Kelsey Plum’s scoring records.
If the Hawkeyes score at least 29 points tonight, she’ll set a new single-season scoring record for NCAA women’s basketball (1,109).
Plum set this historic mark in the 2016-17 season while playing at Washington.
Is Molly Davis playing today for Iowa women’s basketball?
Starting guard Molly Davis has been sidelined with a knee injury since the Hawkeyes’ final regular-season game, and although the team was initially hoping for her to return by the start of the NCAA Tournament, she has still not yet been cleared to play.
Still, Davis was optimistic about her recovery on Friday.
“Everything’s improving little by little, and I’m excited,” Davis said in her first interview since a very public, very painful twist of her knee and fate on senior day, against Ohio State on March 3. “This week’s been really good .”
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Davis injured her knee three weeks ago and went through some of her lawsuit in getting back onto the court (hopefully).
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Who are West Virginia women’s basketball’s best players?
- Scoring leader: JJ Quinerly (19.9 PPG)
- Assist leader: Jordan Harrison (5.1 APG)
- Rebounding leader: Kyah Watson (6.3 RPG)
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