OAN’s James Myers
1:11pm – Monday, April 8, 2024
South Carolina defeated Iowa 87-75 in the women’s NCAA basketball championship game on Sunday.
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The win, with Gamecocks’ Tessa Johnson scoring 19 points and teammate Camila Cardoso 15 points, gave the team a perfect 38-0 season and earned the school its third Women’s NCAA Championship. obtained.
South Carolina’s victory stopped Caitlin Clark, the best women’s college basketball player at Iowa and perhaps ever.
There are now 10 gamecocks.th After losing all five starters from last year’s team and losing to Clark’s team in the final four, the team went undefeated.
“These things can happen when young people stick to themselves and have faith and trust and their parents have that same trust,” University of South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said. . “They made history. They wrote their names in the history books.”
Clark led the Hawkeyes to the national championship game, scoring 30 points, including a championship game record 18 points in the first quarter. Projected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft, she finished her career as the leading scorer in NCAA Division I history with 3,951 points.
Additionally, after accepting the trophy with his team, Staley praised Clark and Iowa for their great season and change in the sport.
“I would like to personally thank Caitlin Clark for elevating our sport,” Staley said. “She’s carried a huge burden for our sport. It’s not just that this doesn’t stop on the college tour, but when she becomes the No. 1 draft pick in the WNBA, she lifts that league up as well. right.”
“So, Caitlin Clark, if you’re out there, you’re one of the GOATs of our game and we appreciate you,” Staley said of the acronym for “Greatest of All Time.” I said using
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