I feel like this moment sealed the game. We had a chance to take a lead into the half with momentum. That moment took the wind out of the sails and the result was coming out the 2nd half really flat, allowing them to build a big lead that was just too much to overcome.
Clark turnover to end 1st half
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No, it didn't.
37-0 bench points sealed this game.
37-0 bench points sealed this game.
Clark is way too lackadaisical sometimes in those situations.
If you look at the box score, it was an evenly played game in almost every area besides rebounds.
…and dominated under the basket.
Yup. Second chance points is pretty much the major difference. We ran out of steam at the end and forced some things too. Feel like Bluder should have taken another timeout with a couple min left to get us reset. But it likely doesn’t matter. They were better
I disagree, S.Carolina has far too much size and a roster full of 5 stars, Look at bench scoring and rebounds, IMO game didn’t come down to one single play.
And still only lost by 12, with that clark turnover being a potential 5 pt swing. Not to mention it was probably the main reason they started the third so bad. Don't underestimate a mindset of being up 1 or 2 at the half vs down 3 based on pure laziness.
Iowa needed a transfer F/C to bang for rebounds. Bluder dropped the ball.
I'm not going to argue with you, but 10 points from our bench changes this whole game.
Don't put everything on CC because it's the easy way.
And a crap ton of offensive rebounds
Who exactly did you expect off the bench to do that when they did nothing last game?
That is a bit head scratching
This has been discussed countless times, She tried, She can only reach out, Cannot make the players return interest, She also said Iowa wasn’t in the ballpark in regards to NIL. Hardly dropping the ball.
It's an aspect of the game that I wish would change ruleswise but sadly I don't think it ever will be.
There were more than 120 WBB players 6ft 2 or taller who were in the transfer portal. Several ended up on other Big Ten teams. She apparently made a few phone calls. OK, thanks for trying.
Oh well. Congrats to the team on a great season.
Still find it very hard to believe there wasn’t someone interested and affordable. Just about anyone would be an upgrade over AOG.
IMO, Affolters 1 on 3 turnover was a bigger play than clarks turnover before half. Had the momentum, got a steal and then instead of picking the ball up she tries to beat 3 girls down the floor and gets picked
It's a weakness because our bench scorer had to start the whole tournament since Davis was out. It wasn't so much a problem during the regular season.
Affolter trying to outrun two of their players after a steal and getting poked from behind also hurt bad. Ogrady trying to shoot into Cardoso multiple times and getting blocked also hurt. The strategy should have been hammered into these girls to take almost all jumpshots this game and fight like hell on the boards. They have the best rim protection of any team.
Maybe. But AOG still deserves huge props for her game against LSU. Reese was unstoppable but Addie basically shut her down
Iowa has been winning all season losing the bench scoring matchup. So you’re 100% incorrect here.
It was shooting a lower percentage from 3 and being outscored from fast break. Those two stats are what usually lead to Iowa wins this season. A couple more threes made and connecting on open layups would have had this go down as one of the most exciting national title games.
Instead Iowa had to let them dribble it out,
That turnover was absolutely rough and is hard to have your team ready to talk strategy going into half like that. But that momentum swing wouldn’t have mattered as much if Iowa shoots moderately better from three and is successful on their open looks in paint.
Another major reason why failing to pull in a transfer C/F stings - Iowa should have been a very attractive home for a transfer big….
— the opportunity to join a veteran team; 4 returning starters on a team that played in the national championship game;
— the opportunity to play with arguably the best passer ever to play WBB; numerous high percentage shot opportunities virtually guaranteed every game;
— instant national exposure and the opportunity to play before regularly sold-out crowds;
etc., etc. Bluder had A LOT to sell a quality transfer.
They have 3 point shooters this time. We beat them last time because they could not shoot. They added a couple players who could and we still couldn't rebound against them and that was the difference. Caitlin needed to be extra special today and the 1st quarter she was but it just fell apart after that.
I never said they had to win the bench scoring matchup.
Getting 0 points from our bench killed us vs the best team in the country.
Not sure how that isn't obvious
and yet Iowa could have won with zero bench points. Iowa doesn’t get much out of their bench all year yet made it to the title game. They had 3 bench points vs UConn, it’s not why they lost.
South Carolina was going to excel in bench scoring as that is what they’ve been doing. This wasn’t a surprise. But if Iowa was going to win they needed to score more from 3. Doesn’t matter if it was starters or bench. But kind of tough to throw McCabe in there when she barely played the last 8 games.
I didn’t really agree with Stuelke sitting so long. So with playing Grady the minutes she got this game and not coming up with points is yes contribution to lost but far from the reason.
agreed, that seem to seal the fate of any hope of making the comeback...
No way, Clark was looking at a teammate in the corner and got lazy with her dribble. But my gawd the team had one or two good shooting spurts in the 2nd half but overall it was poor shooting when behind that got them.
USC formula half the time is to throw the ball by the rim and with their size gobble up ORebounds and score a whole bunch of 2nd chance points. And wow their depth and bench scoring killed the hawks
Pretty sure she wasn’t really in foul trouble until the fourth. If I counted right she had three fouls in the fourth. And two in the first half. And in the third is when she really slowed down
lol our fan base is insufferable sometimes. Imagine blaming the loss on a single play on a girl who absolutely carried not only her team but entire sport for two years.
We needed two or 3. It was like was watching 6th graders rebound against 8th graders. The girls tried but there’s only so much you can do.
