West Virginia came so close to shutting down Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes on Monday night.
But after a tight fourth quarter, Clark managed to will No. 1 Iowa to a narrow win in her final contest at Carver-Hawkeye Arena to secure a return trip to the Sweet 16.
Clark and the Hawkeyes edged out No. 8 West Virginia 64-54 in their second round NCAA tournament matchup in Iowa City on Monday night. Though it was a very uncharacteristic game for the Hawkeyes all around — they were held to just six points in the second quarter, hit just one field goal in the fourth quarter and couldn't get much offense outside of Clark all night — Clark dropped 32 points to set up a Sweet 16 matchup with No.