A battle for the ages is shaping up on Sunday to resolve the NCAA Ladies’s Nationwide Basketball championship.
No. 1 seed Iowa, led by all-time NCAA scorer Caitlin Clark, will face undefeated South Carolina, a staff hungering for revenge after being dumped final yr by the Hawkeyes within the semifinals.
The championship sport is ready for 3 p.m. Sunday at Rocket Mortgage Subject Home in Cleveland, Ohio.
Iowa needed to sweat a bit on the finish earlier than profitable. UConn had a shot to probably tie or win the sport, however an offensive foul, a Clark free throw, and a few nervous inbounds performs needed to b endured earlier than the ultimate rating of 71-69 was within the books.
Clark had 21 factors within the victory. Hannah Stuelke led the Hawkeyes with 23 factors. Paige Bueckers had 17 for UConn.
Within the earlier sport, South Carolina had no downside with North Carolina State, rolling previous them by 78-59.
Kamilla Cardoso dominated inside for South Carolina, regardless of enjoying with a sore knee within the second half.
Cardoso scored 22 factors and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Gamecocks used a third-quarter blitz to tug away. South Carolina (37-0) is the primary staff since 2016 to take an undefeated file into the ladies’s title sport.