Caitlin Clark Had a great Sunday afternoon.
The basketball program of the University of Iowa has been immortalized Clark’s career forever While she officially retired her no. 22 sweater and hung in the trusses of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Clark stood with her family when the song to the top of the facility was raised.
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Former Iowa Guard and current Indiana Fever WNBA player Caitlin Clark speaks during a press conference before the match between Iowa and USC, 2 February 2025, in Iowa City. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Clark then received the Hawkeyes No. 4 to see USC anesthetize for one of the biggest victories of their season. Lucy Olsen scored 28 points and Addison O’grady had 13 in the 76-69 victory. Iowa opened the match at a 17-1 point, but was set during the break before he sets the ship and took the victory.
Olsen and O’grady had 23 of Iowa’s 25 fourth quarter points.
Juju WatkinsThe next ladies’ basketball star will be the team with 27 points, five rebounds and three assists. She was 8-from-22 from the field and played 40 minutes.
But it wasn’t enough for the Trojans to keep Iowa.
Clark, who became the most important scorer of college basketball while he led Iowa to back-to-back national championship performances, spoke about her pension from Jersey for the game.
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South California guard Juju Watkins drives to the basket against Iowa in the first half. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
“I feel that I already have those butterflies in your stomach when you enter here,” said Clark during a Pregame press conference. “Not so much for a basketball game now, but of course to be with everyone and to enjoy this environment. I don’t have to compete for 40 minutes, although I wish I might be able to. I think it will be sure A bit more emotional that I don’t have to compete. “
A sold -out crowd of 14,998 attended the game. Former Iowa coach Lisa Bluder and former teammates Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall were present. Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White and comedian David Letterman were also in the game.
Clark thought about the winning Iowa while she was at the press conference.
“The winning came because of the great culture we had,” she said. “And for me I hope that it is always intact, and I know it will do that, because of the great coaching staff we have and the kind of players they are here.
Memorial towels for former Iowa Guard and the current Indiana Fever WNBA player Caitlin Clark are shown before her Jersey Retirement Ceremony, 2 February 2025, in Iowa City. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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“We had players who were selfless. We had players who don’t care how many points you were going to score. They are going to do what they could do for your teammates. They would hold their teammates responsible. And I think that is nowadays a lost art at the university, And you don’t always see that. “
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
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