IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark hit a 3-pointer from the Hawkeyes logo at the buzzer, finished with 40 points, and No. 4 Iowa State beat Michigan State 76-73 on Tuesday night. .
Clark, the nation's leading scorer, made 14 of 34 from the field and went scoreless for more than 14 consecutive minutes in the second and third quarters.
The Hawkeyes were able to get the ball to her in the final seconds, but although she was far from the basket, Clark took a pass from Hannah Stuelke and took a shot from 30 feet as the buzzer sounded.
The Hawkeyes (14-1, 3-0 Big Ten) extended their winning streak to 11 games behind Clark and Stuelke, who had 15 points.
Michigan State (11-3, 1-2) tied the game at 73 on Dee Dee Hageman's layup with 22 seconds left.
After a timeout, the Hawkeyes ran out the clock.
Stuelke briefly fumbled the ball, but recovered and handed the ball to Clark for the winning shot.
Clark scored 19 of Iowa's first 33 points, but was scoreless from the start of the second quarter to the end of the third with 1:32 as the Spartans built a six-point lead with 2:23 left in the third quarter. was. quarter.
She then scored eight points in 70 seconds, and her teams were tied at 55 points at the end of the quarter.
Michigan State started the game on an 8-0 run, and Iowa State responded with a 14-0 run.
The Hawkeyes built a 10-point lead late in the first quarter, but the offense struggled after that.
Iowa shot just 25 percent in the second quarter, but the Spartans ended the first half on a 9-0 run to take a 37-35 lead.
Julia Herault had 16 points for the Spartans. Hageman had 14 points.
Moira Joyner and Tory Ozment each had 10 points.
