Caitlin Clark watches Iowa stun No 4 USC as her jersey gets retired

Caitlin Clark had a terrific Sunday afternoon.

The University of Iowa women’s hoops programme immortalized Clark’s vocation forever arsenic they officially retired her No. 22 jersey and hung it successful the rafters of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Clark stood with her household arsenic the fig was raised to the apical of the facility.

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Clark past got to ticker the Hawkeyes stun No. 4 USC for 1 of the biggest wins of their season. Lucy Olsen scored 28 points and Addison O’Grady had 13 successful the 76-69 win. Iowa opened the crippled connected a 17-1 tally but were down astatine halftime earlier righting the vessel and pulling disconnected the victory.

Olsen and O’Grady had 23 of Iowa’s 25 fourth-quarter points.

JuJu Watkins, who is acceptable to beryllium the adjacent women’s hoops star, led the squad with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. She was 8-of-22 from the tract and played 40 minutes.

But it wasn’t capable for the Trojans to clasp disconnected Iowa.

Clark, who became assemblage basketball’s all-time starring scorer portion starring Iowa to back-to-back nationalist title appearances, spoke astir her jersey status earlier the game.

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"I consciousness similar I already person those butterflies successful your tummy erstwhile you locomotion successful here," Clark said during a pregame property conference. "Not truthful overmuch for a hoops crippled now, but evidently conscionable to beryllium astir everybody and to bask this environment. I don’t person to spell and vie for 40 minutes, adjacent though I privation possibly I could. I deliberation it volition decidedly beryllium a small spot much affectional that I don’t person to compete."

A sellout assemblage of 14,998 attended the game. Former Iowa manager Lisa Bluder and erstwhile teammates Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall were successful attendance. Indiana Fever manager Stephanie White and comedian David Letterman were besides astatine the game.

Clark reflected connected the winning Iowa did portion she was astatine the property conference.

"The winning came due to the fact that of the large civilization that we had," she said. "And for me, I anticipation that’s the happening that ever stays intact, and I cognize it will, due to the fact that of the large coaching unit we person and the benignant of players that they are here. 

"We had players that were selfless. We had players that didn’t attraction however galore points you were going to score. They’re going to bash immoderate they could for your teammates. They were going to clasp their teammates accountable. And I deliberation that’s a mislaid creation successful assemblage these days, and you don’t ever spot that."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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