Dallas TX: The four best teams in college basketball made it to Final Four and the headline matchup that the entire basketball world was talking about was Iowa against undefeated, defending champion South Carolina. Iowa was led by Player of the year Catlin Clark & South Carolina was led by Aliyah Boston & coached by Philadelphia’s own Dawn Staley. South Carolina had won 42 straight games coming into this game.
Boston & Clark would each pick up 2 fouls in the first half as Iowa took a 38-37 lead into halftime.
In the 2nd half, South Carolina would fight their way back but Iowa would have an answer as Catlin Clark would have one of those performances that everyone will be talking about, especially after making 3-pointers from the half-court logo
LOGO CLARK. @CaitlinClark22 x #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/Qwau2bKP3J
— Iowa Women's Basketball (@IowaWBB) April 1, 2023
The term March Madness would come into full picture as Iowa would do the unthinkable – taking down undefeated South Carolina to make the Championship game.
THE HAWKEYES ARE HEADED TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME! #WFinalFour x @IowaWBB pic.twitter.com/GSt87kqZn1
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) April 1, 2023
Postgame:
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley talked about handling the pressure of going the season undefeated.
“I don’t think we felt pressure to win the game. I thought we approached it, it felt like any other
game. We just didn’t perform. We didn’t make more plays than we needed to make, especially down the stretch. That hasn’t been us all season long, But I never — I don’t think our players felt pressure, any
other pressure besides wanting to win another basketball game.”
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark:
My question I asked to (@IowaWBB) Caitlin Clark (@CaitlinClark22) after beating #SouthCarolina in the Final Four #Iowa #WFinalFour #MarchMadness #NCAAWBB @sportstalkphl pic.twitter.com/2fmcJ4J0t4
— David Malandra Jr (@DaveMReports) April 1, 2023
South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston:
Here Is what I asked (@GamecockWBB) Aliyah Boston (@aa_boston) after their Loss to #Iowa in the Final Four #SouthCarolina #WFinalFour #MarchMadness #NCAAWBB@sportstalkphl pic.twitter.com/M9vgRoL40V
— David Malandra Jr (@DaveMReports) April 1, 2023
Final Numbers:
What is next:
The National Championship will feature LSU taking on Iowa on Sunday at 3:30 PM on ABC. Both Iowa and LSU will be playing in their first-ever National Championship game.
