Caitlin Clark fell two rebounds in need of a triple-double. That was the one method she and the Hawkeyes fell quick in a blowout win over Holy Cross.
Clark, the all-time Division 1 scoring chief, put up 27 factors, some coming from extraordinarily lengthy vary as top-seeded Iowa received its opening spherical sport, 91-65.
She confirmed off the complete complement of her sport, discovering teammates for ten assists. These weren’t low cost assists, both. Clark acquired teammates 5 wide-open three-pointers, and the opposite 5 assists led to layups. Groups must give attention to Clark, and she or he’s very happy to crash the boards, reduce and dish to share the scoring wealth.
The one factor Clark did unsuitable was complain to the officers an excessive amount of. A minimum of that’s what her father thought, as ABC’s cameras caught him telling her to “Shut up” from the sidelines.
However in a yr the place attendance for girls’s basketball is setting data — greater than 109,000 attended the Huge Ten girls’s basketball match — Clark’s earned some leeway. In spite of everything, that’s the signal of a real basketball celebrity: Yelling on the refs.