March Madness: Highlights and photos from Iowa-Colorado in the Sweet 16

IN YOUR FULL FORECAST. ALL RIGHT, TREY, THANK YOU. NOW TO THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR. CAITLIN CLARK IN THE HAWKEYE WOMEN HEADED BACK TO THE ELITE EIGHT AFTER THEIR MASSIVE WIN AGAINST COLORADO YESTERDAY. CLARK FINISHED WITH 29 POINTS AND 15 ASSISTS TO LEAD HER TEAM TO A DOMINANT. 89 TO 68 WIN. JUNIOR GUARD SYDNEY AFFOLTER CONTRIBUTED 15 POINTS AND FIVE REBOUNDS FOR THE HAWKS, AND SENIOR KATE MARTIN CHALKED UP 14 POINTS AND NINE REBOUNDS AS A LOT OF HAWK FANS GLUED TO THEIR TVS AT HOME OR EVEN OUTSIDE WATCHING THE HAWKS SEND COLORADO PACKING YESTERDAY. ��vlog’S AURORA SHARES THE EXCITEMENT FROM A WEST DES MOINES WATCH PARTY. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE IOWA WOMEN SECURING THEIR SPOT IN THE ELITE EIGHT. IT’S BEEN WAITING FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG. YOU KNOW. FORGOT ABOUT THAT A WHILE. WE NEED IT. THIS THIS THIS STATE NEEDS IT. LAST YEAR THEY MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. THIS YEAR, THEY COULD GO ALL THE WAY, MAKING THEIR SUCCESS SO FAR MORE EXCITING FOR FANS TO WATCH. I WOULD WATCH THE IOWA HAWKEYES EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK. IF I COULD HAVE FUN WATCHING CAITLIN CLARK DO HER THING. BUT WITH THEIR STAR PLANNING TO ENTER THE DRAFT, IT HAS TO BE THE YEAR TO REACH SUCCESS. CLARK’S HOMETOWN, WEST DES MOINES, HAS WATCHING CHEERING HER ON. BUT NOW THAT THEY’RE ONE WIN FROM THE FINAL FOUR, WE’RE EXCITED TO WATCH THEM PLAY. LSU, THE TEAM THAT BEAT THEM IN LAST YEAR’S CHAMPIONSHIP. DEWAR LSU WILL BE, UH, IT’LL BE A GOOD FIGHT, BUT IT’S GONNA BE A DOG FIGHT. TOUGH CONTENDER. I’M EXCITED TO SEE IT. BUT WIN OR LOSE, NEXT ROUND. TOWN KNOWS SHE’S BUILT A LEGACY HERE AT IOWA. I THINK SHE’S DONE A LOT. THE WHOLE TEAM HAS DONE A LOT FOR THE WOMEN’S SPORTS DEPARTMENT AND BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE PROGRAM. SO WHILE THERE MIGHT BE SOME REBUILDING, I THINK THAT HER LEGACY WILL LIVE ON AND IT INSPIRES THE YOUTH TODAY AND FANS ARE SURE TO BE BACK. WHEN IOWA WOMEN TAKE ON LSU AND CAITLIN CLARK’S HOMETOWN OF WEST DES MOINES. ��vlog EIGHT NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER AS PEPPER MENTIONED, NEXT UP FOR IOWA, THEY’RE TAKING ON LSU TIGERS IN THE ELITE EIGHT TOMORROW. IT WILL BE A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THE HAWKS HOPING FOR REDEMPTION TIP OF

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March Madness: Highlights and photos from Iowa-Colorado in the Sweet 16

Updated: 3:06 PM CDT Mar 31, 2024

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Iowa star Caitlin Clark is now sixth all-time in college basketball scoring with 3,859 points. She scored 29 points in the Hawkeyes' Sweet 16 win against Colorado to pass Miriam Walker-Samuels and Deb Remmerde, both of whom played in the NAIA. Walker-Samuels had 3,855 points and Remmerde was one behind her. Clark will be hard-pressed to get into the top five as Grace Beyer is next at 3,961 points.More Hawkeyes coverage:Iowa basketball: Get to know the Hawkeye women’s rosterNCAA opener: Hawkeyes run away from Holy CrossMarch Madness: Highlights, photos from Iowa-Holy CrossRound of 32: Hawkeyes survive to top West Virginia, 64-54March Madness: Highlights, photos from Iowa-West VirginiaHighlights from Iowa-Colorado in the Sweet 16Related video: Young women in Africa find inspiration in Caitlin Clark

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Iowa star Caitlin Clark is now sixth all-time in college basketball scoring with 3,859 points.

She scored 29 points in the Hawkeyes' Sweet 16 win against Colorado to pass Miriam Walker-Samuels and Deb Remmerde, both of whom played in the NAIA. Walker-Samuels had 3,855 points and Remmerde was one behind her. Clark will be hard-pressed to get into the top five as Grace Beyer is next at 3,961 points.

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Highlights from Iowa-Colorado in the Sweet 16

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