No. 2 Iowa loses as Clark ends up 8 points shy of record
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska and Iowa fans alike came to Pinnacle Bank Arena hoping to see Caitlin Clark set the NCAA women’s career scoring record on a nationally televised celebration of women’s basketball.
What they saw instead Sunday was a huge performance by the Cornhuskers, who rallied from a 14-point fourthquarter deficit to beat No. 2 Iowa 82-79.
Nebraska (16-8, 8-5 Big Ten) earned its first win over a Top 25 opponent this season and its first over Iowa in 10 tries. A student-led court storming punctuated the afternoon.
Jaz Shelley’s 3-pointer with 30 seconds left gave Nebraska its first lead, and she made all four of her free throws to close out the Hawkeyes (22-3, 11-2).
Clark, who finished with 31 points, was held scoreless over the final 121⁄2 minutes. She missed her last six shots, including a 3 just ahead of the buzzer.
“Just didn’t execute down the stretch. It stinks,” Clark said.
Clark now has 3,520 career points and needs eight more to pass Kelsey Plum’s record of 3,527 for Washington from 2013-17. She likely will break the record Thursday at home against Michigan.
UTSA 76, UAB 58
Aysia Proctor scored a game-high 14 points off the bench and Jordyn Jenkins added 11 in her return from injury as the Roadrunners won in the Convocation Center.
UTSA (12-10, 6-5 American Athletic Conference) improved to 5-1 at home
in AAC games, knocking off the first-place Blazers (17-7, 8-4).
Proctor hit 6 of 9 shots, including 2 of 4 from beyond the arc. Kyra White scored 12 points on 6-of-11 shooting, and Sidney Love notched 11 points with six assists.
Jenkins, playing for the first time this year following an offseason injury, posted 11 points and six rebounds in 12 minutes.
INCARNATE WORD 67 HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 40
UIW scored the first 11 points of the game and held HCU without a field goal until midway through the second quarter, cruising to a win Saturday at Sharp Gym in Houston.
Jorja Elliott and Chloe Storer led the Cardinals (13-9, 6-5 Southland Conference) with 14 points each despite playing less than 20 minutes in the blowout. UIW limited HCU (6-17, 1-11) to 18.5% shooting, including 8.3% from beyond the arc, while the Cardinals finished with just four turnovers — the lowest total for a game in the program’s history at Division I.
NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 83 NO. 11 CONNECTICUT 65
Te-hina Paopao scored 21 points with five 3pointers and Raven Johnson added 10 points and 12 rebounds as the Gamecocks pulled away early to win its fourth straight over the Huskies.
South Carolina (23-0) won its 54th consecutive game at home and second one this week without leading scorer and rebounder Kamilla Cardoso, who is playing in an Olympic qualifier in her home country of Brazil.
NO. 3 N.C. STATE 83 PITTSBURGH 47
Madison Hayes scored 16 points, River Baldwin had 15 points, seven rebounds and three blocks, and the Wolfpack e used a dominant second quarter to pull away from the Panthers at Pittsburgh.
NO. 17 OREGON STATE 65 NO. 4 COLORADO 59
Talia von Oelhoffen scored 18 points and No. 17 Oregon State played tough defense to hold No. 4 Colorado to its lowest scoring total of the season and beat the Buffaloes 65-59 on Sunday.