DALLAS — Caitlin Clark, adding to a junior season already overflowing with highlights, has captured the attention of basketball fans with her historic performance in the NCAA tournament.
Iowa’s sensational 6-footer will try to finish off the unprecedented run she has led the Hawkeyes on with a championship when they face LSU in the title game Sunday afternoon. CBS will televise the 3:30 p.m. matchup between the Big Ten’s Hawkeyes (31-16), a No. 2 seed, and the Southeastern Conference’s Tigers (33-2), a No. 3 seed.
“I think winning a national championship is how you put a final bow on it,” Clark said. “I think that’s the best way, but we’re going to give it everything we have for 40 more minutes. We know that’s all we have left of our season.”
The dazzling guard, who grew up in Iowa, became the first women’s player to post back-to-back 40-point performances in the NCAA Division I tourney after her 41-point game lifted the Hawkeyes over previously unbeaten South Carolina in the Final Four. She had a 41-point triple-double in an Elite Eight victory against Louisville last weekend.
Now she’ll try to etch her name next to some of the greatest ever to win a title — stars such as Cheryl Miller, Sheryl Swoopes, Chamique Holdsclaw, Diana Taurasi, Candace Parker, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson.