Caitlin Clark had a terrific Sunday afternoon.
The College of Iowa girls’s basketball program immortalized Clark’s profession without end as they formally retired her No. 22 jersey and hung it within the rafters of Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment. Clark stood together with her household because the quantity was raised to the highest of the ability.
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Former Iowa guard and present Indiana Fever WNBA participant Caitlin Clark speaks throughout a information convention earlier than the sport between Iowa and USC, Feb. 2, 2025, in Iowa Metropolis. (AP Photograph/Charlie Neibergall)
Clark then bought to observe the Hawkeyes stun No. 4 USC for one of many greatest wins of their season. Lucy Olsen scored 28 factors and Addison O’Grady had 13 within the 76-69 win. Iowa opened the sport on a 17-1 run however have been down at halftime earlier than righting the ship and pulling off the victory.
Olsen and O’Grady had 23 of Iowa’s 25 fourth-quarter factors.
JuJu Watkins, who is about to be the following girls’s basketball star, led the staff with 27 factors, 5 rebounds and three assists. She was 8-of-22 from the sector and performed 40 minutes.
However it wasn’t sufficient for the Trojans to carry off Iowa.
Clark, who grew to become faculty basketball’s all-time main scorer whereas main Iowa to back-to-back nationwide championship appearances, spoke about her jersey retirement earlier than the sport.
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Southern California guard JuJu Watkins drives to the basket throughout the first half in opposition to Iowa. (AP Photograph/Charlie Neibergall)
“I feel like I already have those butterflies in your stomach when you walk in here,” Clark mentioned throughout a pregame press convention. “Not so much for a basketball game now, but obviously just to be around everybody and to enjoy this environment. I don’t have to go and compete for 40 minutes, even though I wish maybe I could. I think it will definitely be a little bit more emotional that I don’t have to compete.”
A sellout crowd of 14,998 attended the sport. Former Iowa coach Lisa Bluder and former teammates Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall have been in attendance. Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White and comic David Letterman have been additionally on the sport.
Clark mirrored on the successful Iowa did whereas she was on the press convention.
“The winning came because of the great culture that we had,” she mentioned. “And for me, I hope that’s the thing that always stays intact, and I know it will, because of the great coaching staff we have and the type of players that they are here.
Commemorative towels for former Iowa guard and current Indiana Fever WNBA player Caitlin Clark are shown before her jersey retirement ceremony, Feb. 2, 2025, in Iowa City. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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“We had gamers that have been selfless. We had gamers that didn’t care what number of factors you have been going to attain. They’re going to do no matter they might in your teammates. They have been going to carry their teammates accountable. And I believe that’s a misplaced artwork in faculty lately, and also you don’t all the time see that.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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