Iowa put together a historic performance in its first round NCAA Tournament ย tilt against Illinois State. The Hawkeyes scored the most points in program history in a tournament game, winning 98-58.
Sophomore guard Caitlin Clark delivered another big performance, scoring 27 points on 9-for-15 shooting, dished out 10 assists and pulled down six rebounds. Senior forward Monika Czinano pitched in 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Junior guard Gabbie Marshall and senior guard Tomi Taiwo each scored 13 points.
Now, the Hawkeyes play host to No. 10 seed Creighton, who took care of its own business in Iowa City versus Colorado, 84-74.
A sold out, ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ out in CHA.
๐: Creighton
๐: Iowa City, Iowa
๐: Carver-Hawkeye Arena
๐: 12 p.m. (CT)
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๐บ: ABC
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๐ก: WEAR GOLD #Hawkeyes x #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/3ciU4xgvyE— Iowa Women's Basketball (@IowaWBB) March 20, 2022
“Creighton is a really good 3-point shooting team. They play a lot of 5-out, and they’re going to shoot the ball a lot. And they push the ball well in transition. I think they’re similar to us in wanting to shoot the ball. But they don’t play as fast-paced as we do. But there might be some matchup issues inside. But they’re a pretty good team. And there’s not much difference from the scrimmage; but, yeah, we’re just getting prepared for that, and we’ll be ready to guard the 3-point line,” Iowa redshirt junior guard Kate Martin said of the Hawkeyes’ next opponent.