Iowa, Caitlin Clark knock out defending champ LSU, will face UConn in Final Four

Iowa punched its ticket to the Final Four on Monday, extending all-star shooter Caitlin Clark’s college basketball career at least one more game and dashing LSU’s hopes for a repeat championship.

Iowa punched its ticket to the Final Four on Monday, extending all-star shooter Caitlin Clark’s college basketball career at least one more game and dashing LSU’s hopes for a repeat championship. 

The Hawkeyes beat the Tigers 94-87 in Albany, New York, and now advance to Cleveland, where they'll play the winner of the USC Trojans and Connecticut Huskies game.

This year's matchup between Clark and LSU's Angel Reese comes earlier in the tournament than last year, when they faced off for the national championship.

LSU won that one, and Clark has had her eye on the title ever since in her record-breaking senior year. She has said she plans to enter the WNBA draft. Reese, too, will have a decision to make about whether to turn pro or come back with one more season.

As the Elite Eight game kicked off at MVP Arena, Iowa was off to an early lead, but Reese and LSU responded and pulled ahead going into the second quarter.

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