WOMENS BASKETBALL

Iowa 77, Kansas State 70

By TIM REYNOLDS
Associated Press

ESTERO, Fla. - Caitlin Clark scored 32 points, and No. 5 Iowa survived wasting a pair of double-digit leads before rallying to finally beat No. 16 Kansas State 77-70 in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Showcase.

Clark made seven 3-pointers, the last coming with 47 seconds left, to help ensure the Hawkeyes (7-1) would win and avenge a Nov. 16 loss to Kansas State. The Wildcats also beat Iowa last season.

Molly Davis added 13, while Kate Martin had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Iowa.

Serena Sundell and Ayoka Lee each scored 18 for Kansas State (6-1), and Zyanna Walker finished with 11. The Wildcats - who didn't trail by more than 12 in either of their two wins over Iowa in the last two seasons - got themselves into a 13-point hole early, but used a 19-7 run to pull into a tie late in the half.

And then Kansas State had to rally again, this time from 11 points down after Clark made a 3-pointer late in the third. Sundell threw up a beat-the-clock prayer that bounced in to end the third quarter, and Kansas State - fueled by holding Iowa to a 1-for-11 stretch from the floor - went on a 14-2 run and took the lead back on Gisela Sanchez's three-point play with 2:44 remaining.

Martin then hit a layup to put Iowa back on top, and Clark scored Iowa's next seven points.

Clark moved another spot - her fifth in three days - up the Division I all-time scoring list. She passed Appalachian State's Valorie Whiteside (2,944) for 16th on the list, and has moved up 21 spots since the start of the season. Now at 2,954, she's within 573 points of Kelsey Plum's record of 3,527.

BIG PICTURE

Iowa: Clark's sixth field goal gave her 964 in her career, one more than Syracuse's Dyaisha Fair for the lead among all active women's college players. That means Clark is now the active leader - among all divisions - in points, scoring average, field goals made, 3-pointers made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, assists, assist average and triple-doubles.

Kansas State: The Wildcats held Iowa to a 2-for-21 effort from 3-point range in their first meeting this month. The Hawkeyes were 12 for 32 from 3.

November 26, 2023

Kansas State
Player	Pos	Min	FG-FGA	FT-FTA	3P-3PA	OR-TR	Ast	Blk	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
A. Lee	C	34	8-13	2-6	0-0	0-7	0	1	0	3	1	18
S. Sundell	G	34	8-14	0-0	2-5	1-6	6	0	1	1	2	18
J. Glenn	G	33	2-4	0-0	2-4	0-1	2	0	1	2	4	6
G. Gregory	G	27	3-8	0-2	2-6	2-5	7	0	0	0	1	8
B. Glenn	G	14	1-3	0-0	1-2	0-2	0	0	0	0	1	3
G. Sanchez		26	2-8	1-1	0-3	1-10	0	0	2	0	2	5
Z. Walker		22	5-7	0-0	1-2	0-1	0	0	1	3	0	11
T. Sides		6	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-2	1	0	0	1	1	0
E. Maupin		2	0-0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	2	2	1
H. Greer		1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		199	29-58 (.500)	4-11 (.364)	8-23 (.348)	4-36	16	2	5	12	15	70

Iowa
Player	Pos	Min	FG-FGA	FT-FTA	3P-3PA	OR-TR	Ast	Blk	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
S. Goodman	C	18	4-6	0-0	0-0	1-6	0	1	0	1	5	8
C. Clark	G	39	10-25	5-8	7-16	1-5	6	0	3	2	1	32
M. Davis	G	35	5-9	2-2	1-2	0-4	4	0	1	0	1	13
K. Martin	G	35	4-6	1-2	2-4	3-10	1	0	1	1	1	11
G. Marshall	G	32	1-7	0-0	1-6	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	3
S. Affolter		15	0-3	1-2	0-2	0-3	1	0	1	0	3	1
A. O'Grady		14	2-5	2-2	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	0	3	6
K. Feuerbach		8	1-2	0-0	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
T. McCabe		3	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A. Ediger		2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		201	27-64 (.422)	11-16 (.688)	12-32 (.375)	8-35	13	1	6	6	14	77

Officials: Kevin Pethtel, Natasha Camy, Maggie Tieman
Attendance: 3,007