GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Iowa 108, Penn State 67
Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Caitlin Clark scored 27 points, Monika Czinano added 20 and No. 12 Iowa got off to a red-hot start and never let up, rolling to a 108-67 win over Penn State.
The Hawkeyes (14-4, 6-1) made 15 of 20 shots in the first quarter and shot 54.5% for the game, going 10 of 26 from 3-point range and 26 of 34 from the foul line.
McKenna Warnock added 16 points with 10 rebounds for her 13th career double-double, Sydne Affolter scored a career-high 12 on 5-of-6 shooting and Hannah Stuelke had 11 on 3-of-5 shooting . Clark had 10 of the 26 assists on 36 baskets for her 33rd career double-double.
Shay Ciezki scored 20 points and Leilani Kapinus 16 for Penn State (11-7, 2-5), which finished 3 of 21 from 3-point range and shot 37% overall. The Nittany Lions were also outrebounded 44-31 outscored in the paint 50-24 and beaten on fastbreak points 24-3.
An explosive first quarter had the Hawkeyes up by as many as 24 before the Nittany Lions cut it to 34-15. At one stretch they made 11 straight and had runs of seven, 12, five and eight points. They finished with 13 assists, a school record for a quarter, on 15 baskets. Czinano had 10 points and Clark nine.
Iowa cooled off in the second quarter but still pushed the lead to 57-29 as Clark scored 12 points. The Hawkeyes shot 62% in the first half with five 3 pointers while the Nittany Lions were 1 of 13 behind the arc and shot 38%. The Iowa rebounding margin was 22-11.
Czinano had the first six points of the third quarter and Clark's 3-pointer at the 5:36 mark had the lead at 40.
January 14, 2023
| Penn State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Pinto | F | 18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| A. Williamson | F | 12 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Ciezki | G | 37 | 7-17 | 4-4 | 2-8 | 1-7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| M. Marisa | G | 33 | 2-13 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| L. Kapinus | G | 32 | 4-10 | 8-12 | 0-3 | 1-5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| A. Camden | 20 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| T. Thompson | 19 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| A. Brigham | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| J. Cash | 7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| A. Dia | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| K. Thomas | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| I. Tensaie | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 22-60 (.367) |
20-25 (.800) |
3-21 (.143) |
11-31 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 67 | |
| Iowa | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Warnock | F | 30 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 3-10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| M. Czinano | C | 23 | 7-11 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| C. Clark | G | 28 | 9-15 | 6-6 | 3-7 | 1-7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
| G. Marshall | G | 23 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Martin | G | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Davis | 18 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| S. Affolter | 14 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| T. McCabe | 11 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| S. Wetering | 10 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| H. Stuelke | 7 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| S. Goodman | 6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| J. Gyamfi | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| A. O'Grady | 4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| A. Ediger | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 199 | 36-66 (.545) |
26-34 (.765) |
10-26 (.385) |
13-44 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 108 | |
Officials: Nykesha Thompson, Bryan Enterline, Lauren Niemiera
Attendance: 12,436
