IOWA CITY – A tight game between Iowa and Michigan State was settled with one-tenth of a second left when Caitlin Clark drilled a deep 3-pointer, leading the Hawkeyes past the Spartans 76-73 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Tuesday night.
No. 4 Iowa (14-1, 3-0) defeated RV Michigan State (11-3, 1-2) and the Hawkeyes are off to their sixth 14-1 start in program history.
Head Coach Lisa Bluder notched her 250th career Big Ten regular season victory.
Bluder has led Iowa to a pair of 14-1 starts.
Iowa last started 14-1 in the 2017-18 season.
Iowa is now 7-3 when Clark scores 40+ points.
Molly Davis nearly registered a double-double with seven points and eight rebounds.
Clark has scored 20+ points in 100-of-115 career games which is the most in program history.
Kate Martin tied her career-high in rebounds. (11)
Hannah Stuelke netted 15 points and eight rebounds.
In four consecutive games, Stuelke has netted 15+ points and shot 60%+ from the floor.
The Hawkeyes have won eight out of the last 10 meetings against the Spartans.
Iowa is currently riding a Big Ten-best 11-game winning streak.
The game featured six ties and five lead changes.
Clark kept her alive streak of 73 consecutive games making a 3-point basket. (NCAA best)
Clark is the first Division-I player to record 3,000+ points, 900+ assists, and 800+ rebounds in a career.
Iowa has won five straight against MSU in CHA.
UI snapped Michigan State’s four-game win streak.
Iowa owns the longest active streak in the AP Top 5 at 10 consecutive weeks.
14 of Iowa women’s basketball’s 16 all-time sellout crowds inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena have happened in the last three seasons, with the other two coming in 1985 and 1988.
The moments you dream about. @CaitlinClark22 x #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/I9cwmG41Fs
— Iowa Women's Basketball (@IowaWBB) January 3, 2024
The fourth-ranked Hawkeyes will hit the road to face Rutgers on Jan. 5. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. (CT) inside a sold-out Jersey Mike’s Arena. The game will broadcast on BTN and the Hawkeye Radio Network.
